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Best EdTech Companies in Portugal

The 42 best EdTech companies in Portugal in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Virtuleap.

42companies tracked
$5.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
4have raised
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FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · EDTECH × PORTUGAL

Our analysis of 261 EdTech companies

$20.4b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.

261companies analysed
94%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
18unicorns
2017median founding year

Ranked: Best EdTech companies in Portugal

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Virtuleap
VR-based platform for cognitive assessment and training
$3M32 mo agoSeedHossein Jalali
Cofounder & CTO
2016Node.jsTailwind CSSVue.js+8—
2Miles in the Sky
Online platform providing multi-disciplinary learning solutions for IT professionals
$2M40 mo agoSeedPaulo Silva
Founder & CEO
2021——
3Growappy
App-based school management software
$655K24 mo agoSeedTiago Vidigal
Co-Founder
2019WordPressMySQLPHP+21—
4SPEAK
Online platform to discover language learning partners
$263K56 mo agoFunding RaisedHugo Aguiar
Co-Founder & CEO
2014WordPressMySQLPHP+29—
5Magikbee
Interactive device learning through tablets for kids
$250K95 mo agoSeedHugo Filipe Ribeiro
Co-Founder & CEO
2015——
6schoooools.com
Social and collaborative platform for creative schools
$40K182 mo agoSeedAdemar Aguiar
Co-Founder
2008——
7Intuitivo
Digital assessment platform for teachers and schools
$20K38 mo agoSeedJoão Guimarães
Co-Founder & CEO
2020Node.jsAmazon Web ServicesVercel+11—
8Code for All_
Provider of online IT courses
—98 mo agoFunding RaisedDomingos Folque Guimarães
Co-Founder
2012HubSpot CMS HubAmazon Web ServicesSplide+17—

Top 11 EdTech companies in Portugal

#1
Seed · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2019
$655.2Kraised
▾

App-based school management software

Founders & team
Tiago VidigalCo-FounderHelder MarquesCo-Founder
Investors
Caixa Capital, Startup Lisboa
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerCart FunctionalityCloudflare
#2
Seed · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2016 · 19 employees
$2.6Mraised
▾

VR-based platform for cognitive assessment and training. The company offers Enhance a headset provides VR experience is a daily brain training workout that offers short, fun, and intense games designed to test and train various cognitive skills.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 16.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2023Seed$2.5M
  • Jul 2020Seed$100K
Founders & team
Hossein JalaliCofounder & CTOAmir BozorgzadehCEO and Cofounder
Investors
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, GED Ventures Portugal, StartUp Health, Startup Lisboa, Bradford Brown, EthAum
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle WorkspaceNode.Js
#3
Seed · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2021 · 25 employees
$1.6Mraised
▾

Operator of an ed-tech company intended to build better learning experiences for future-proof people and organizations. The company offers various courses that include data science, web development, python fundamentals, and digital experience, enabling professionals to learn new courses while pursuing their current work life.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 13.9% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Paulo SilvaFounder & CEOFrancisco MartinsFounderPedro Santa ClaraCo-Founder
Investors
Armilar Venture Partners
#4
Funding Raised · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2014
$263.5Kraised
▾

SPEAK is an online platform for discovering language learning partners. It organizes lesson groups of 4-18 participants fo a 12 week-long program. It offers different learning levels based on participants' previous knowledge.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$153.5K
  • 2019Grant (prize money)$110K
Founders & team
Hugo AguiarCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Chivas Venture, Europa, Startup Lisboa, Bem Comum
Tech stack
AddtoanyAddtoany Share ButtonsAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7
#5
Seed · Porto, Porto District · founded 2020 · 9 employees
$20Kraised
▾

Digital assessment platform for teachers and schools. The platform is designed to assist teachers and schools in both online and in-person teaching environments. The platform focuses on providing tools for creating and conducting tests efficiently.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 8.5% of this cohort's audience · 88 engagements/post (6.1× cohort median)
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Backend Engineer, AI Engineer
Funding rounds
  • 2023Seed$20K
Founders & team
João GuimarãesCo-Founder & CEODuarte OliveiraCo-Founder
Investors
Techstars
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#6
Seed · Braga, Braga District · founded 2015
$250Kraised
▾

Magikbee provides interactive device learning for kids on iPad. Combines wooden blocks with the iPad for learning through gamification. Kids had to assemble the physical blocks to get through each challenge. Uses the iPad sensors to detect shapes. Games focus on spatial thinking, measurement skills, orientation reasoning and motor skills. Works on the product based pricing model.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 719 LinkedIn followers — 2.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. GUANG DONG WINSING COMPANY LIMITED and Pear & Cat Media) announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Hugo Filipe RibeiroCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Ideias Glaciares
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityWordpressMysqlPhpAddtoany Share ButtonsWoocommerce
#7
Seed · Porto, Porto District · founded 2008
$40Kraised
▾

Social and collaborative platform for creative schools

Founders & team
Ademar AguiarCo-Founder
Investors
Start-Up Chile
#8
Funding Raised · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2012
—raised
▾

Provider of online IT courses

Founders & team
Domingos Folque GuimarãesCo-FounderJoao MagalhaesCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Chivas Venture, Bem Comum
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesBootstrapCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#9
Public · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2008
—raised
▾

Educational toys & activities for children

Founders & team
Miguel Pina MartinsCEO
Investors
Portugal Ventures, Atena Equity Partners
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityCore-JsCrisp Live ChatE-GoiFacebook PixelFancybox
#10
Deadpooled · Porto, Porto District · founded 2014
—raised
▾

ARPublisher is a producer of books. The company produces books with 3D augmented reality digital content which enables users to read from their smartphones. It also offers mobile apps with the narration of books in multiple languages.

Funding rounds
  • 2014Series A—
Founders & team
Narciso MeloFounder & CEO
Investors
2bpartner
#11
Seed · Porto Salvo, Lisbon · founded 2009 · 30 employees
—raised
▾

Developer of a school monitoring, communication, and relationship platform designed to bring parents closer to their child's learning journey. The company's platform helps schools and teachers to share and communicate information and content with parents and students through messages, photos, videos, and files, enabling parents to always be in the know-how of their child's progress and attendance.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 865 LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Paulo MateusCEODaniel WoodcockManaging Director
Investors
Armilar Venture Partners, Bynd Venture Capital, PME Investimentos
Tech stack
Hubspot Cms HubHubspotSlickJqueryGoogle Tag ManagerCloudflare Bot Management

Funding & investor landscape

$5.5Mtotal disclosed funding
7companies funded
5disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Startup Lisboa6 rounds
Bem Comum3 rounds
Armilar Venture Partners2 rounds
Chivas Venture2 rounds
Portugal Ventures2 rounds
2bpartner1 rounds
Atena Equity Partners1 rounds
Beta Capital1 rounds
Boost VC1 rounds
Bradford Brown1 rounds

Notable founders

Tiago Vidigal
Co-Founder · Growappy
Helder Marques
Co-Founder · Growappy
Hossein Jalali
Cofounder & CTO · Virtuleap
Amir Bozorgzadeh
CEO and Cofounder · Virtuleap
Paulo Silva
Founder & CEO · Miles in the Sky
Francisco Martins
Founder · Miles in the Sky
Hugo Aguiar
Co-Founder & CEO · SPEAK
João Guimarães
Co-Founder & CEO · Intuitivo
Duarte Oliveira
Co-Founder · Intuitivo
Hugo Filipe Ribeiro
Co-Founder & CEO · Magikbee
Ademar Aguiar
Co-Founder · schoooools.com
Domingos Folque Guimarães
Co-Founder · Code for All_
Prism market signals · Portugal · country-scoped Prism corpus, 702,905 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of EdTech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Portugal

How research on Education Technology is moving in Portugal

A read on the academic research around Education Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 194 Portugal-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
202420252026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 71% → 71% across 2024–2026.
top research entities
  • Universidade do Porto23
  • University of Aveiro19
  • Ministry of Health15
  • Ministry of Education13
  • Polytechnic Institute of Porto13
leading researchers
Gil Gonçalves · Rui Oliva Teles · Miguel Santos · Alberto Hernando García-Cervigón · Rui Pinto · Leonel Morgado · João Ferreira-Santos · Lúcia Pombo
▲ Breakthroughs13 · 7%
▲ 0%→7% share
0 median citations92% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→7% of field), led by Scalability.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Scalability3
  • Adaptive learning2
  • Learning analytics2
  • Analytics2
  • Personalized learning2
Landmark Adaptive learning in agents behaviour: A framework for electricity markets simulation · 77 cites
◆ Advancements99 · 51%
▲ 0%→55% share
0 median citations97% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (0%→55% of field), led by Educational technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Educational technology2→16
  • Blended learning1→8
  • Augmented reality1→7
  • Context (archaeology)2→8
Newly emergingMathematics education 0→12 · Learning analytics 0→11 · Perception 0→9
Landmark Improving teaching and learning of computer programming through the use of the Second Life virtual world · 129 cites
▼ Concerns53 · 27%
▲ 0%→26% share
0 median citations89% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→26% of field), led by Educational technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Educational technology1→11
Newly emergingHigher education 0→8 · Focus group 0→7 · Perception 0→6
Landmark A critical review of mobile learning integration in formal educational contexts · 201 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Portugal

Where edtech is researched across Portugal

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Porto42 · +0.15
Hot · Higher educationAdvancing · Educational technologyOpportunity · Learning analytics
Lisbon27 · +0.38
Hot · Experiential learningAdvancing · Active learning (machine learning)Opportunity · Mathematics education
Aveiro19 · +0.38
Hot · Technology integrationAdvancing · Augmented realityOpportunity · Experiential learning
Coimbra15 · +0.28
Hot · Educational technologyOpportunity · Higher education
Braga8 · +0.19
Opportunity · Educational technology
Vila Real8 · +0.40
Hot · Educational technologyOpportunity · Virtual reality
Faro5 · +0.12
Opportunity · Educational technology

Common questions

How many EdTech companies are there in Portugal?
Radar tracks 42 indexable EdTech companies headquartered in Portugal that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by EdTech companies in Portugal?
The EdTech companies in Portugal on this list have raised a combined $5.5M in disclosed equity funding across 7 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded EdTech company in Portugal?
Virtuleap is the highest-funded EdTech company in Portugal, with $2.6M in disclosed equity funding.
How many EdTech companies in Portugal are funded?
7 of the 42 EdTech companies in Portugal on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many EdTech unicorns are there in Portugal?
None of the EdTech companies in Portugal on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Portugal EdTech companies?
The most active investors in Portugal EdTech companies on this list include Startup Lisboa, Bem Comum, Armilar Venture Partners, Chivas Venture, Portugal Ventures.
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