Best EdTech Companies in Tampa, United States
The 47 best EdTech companies in Tampa, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: BookThatBook.
Biggest earners Skillsoft Corp. ($513M, -3% YoY), Instructure Inc ($156M, +12% YoY), Blackboard Inc ($119M), Capella Education Co ($112M, +0% YoY)
Our analysis of 88 EdTech companies
$7.3b in tracked funding; 99% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best EdTech companies in Tampa
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BookThatBook Provider of virtual book marketplace | $5M | 65 mo ago | Series A | Lea Sweeney Co-Founder | 2017 | — | — |
| 2 | Script Process and workflow automation system | $3M | 68 mo ago | Acquired | Aaron White Co-Founder & CEO | 2016 | — | — |
| 3 | PikMyKid Provider of student dismissal system | $2M | 63 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2013 | WordPressSentryMySQL+40 | — |
| 4 | Presence Student engagement and resource planning platform for universities | $1M | 61 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2012 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceTypeScript+24 | — |
| 5 | Tembo Education Screen-free early learning program for children aged 0-6 via SMS | $50K | 117 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2015 | — | — |
| 6 | AE21 Provider of online insurance training | — | — | Unfunded | Jim Greer Owner | 1998 | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — |
| 7 | Aldostools App-based platform offering a virtual piano | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2008 | Facebook LoginGoogle Sign-inPayPal+5 | — |
| 8 | Astria Learning School management solutions provider | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2009 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+33 | 1 launch |
Top 5 EdTech companies in Tampa
#1
Series A · Tampa, Florida · founded 2017 · 13 employees$4.7Mraised▾
Provider of virtual book marketplace. It facilitates the discovery and purchase of books by connecting buyers with sellers in their local area, aiming to simplify the search process and reduce costs for both parties. The platform offers a range of features, including an up-to-date collection of books, earning cash, saving time, and social media integration.
- Feb 2021Series A$4M
- Jun 2019Seed$250K
- Jan 2018Seed$400K
#2
Acquired · Tampa, Florida · founded 2013 · 43 employees$2.2Mraised▾
PikMyKid is a school dismissal system. Provides an Android and iOS based app for parents to manage the dismissal of children from their phones. Provides administrators with a real-time dismissal tracking interface and reduces the amount of times parents wait in pick-up lines. Notifies parents instantly of dismissal status, delays, and emergencies.
- May 2021Series A—
- Mar 2020Grant (prize money)$60K
- Sep 2016Seed$1M
- Sep 2016Seed—
#3
Acquired · Tampa, Florida · founded 2012 · 47 employees$1Mraised▾
Student engagement and resource planning platform for universities. It enables institutions to structurize and advertise the involvement opportunities for students, track and verify the student involvement using mobile device data. It also identifies behaviour trends and compares students through the web and mobile platforms. The clients include the University of North Carolina, Tulsa Community College, Adams State University Colorado, The New School, HCC, MCLA, San Diego State University, etc.
- Jul 2021Series B—
- Aug 2016Series A$1M
- Mar 2015Conventional Debt$1M
#4
Acquired · Tampa, Florida · founded 2016 · 10 employees$2.7Mraised▾
Process and workflow automation system for parents, teachers, and school administrators. Document management and electronic payment system empower school administrators to transform their schools to go paperless and cashless. It provides solutions for business & operations department, human resources department, student services, school front offices, finance, safety, and transportation department. Its features include field trip management, financial tracking, document management, form management, process automation, e-signature capture, and email notifications. The application is available for Andriod and iOS.
- Nov 2020Seed$2.1M
- May 2019Seed—
- Mar 2018Seed$650K
- Jul 2017Seed—
#5
Funding Raised · Tampa, Florida · founded 2015 · 6 employees$50Kraised▾
Screen-free early learning program for children aged 0-6 via SMS. This innovative platform delivers parent-led activities through SMS texts, WhatsApp, or Facebook Messenger, promoting parent-child bonds and cognitive development. The curriculum, designed for ages 0-6, covers cognitive, motor, language, and social-emotional domains, based on research from leading institutions. It offers a convenient, screen-free alternative to traditional early childhood education, focusing on play-based learning and parental engagement. The platform leverages technology to provide accessible early childhood education, particularly in areas where quality learning resources are limited. It partners with organizations to create incentives for learning and offers bespoke learning solutions. This is a social impact venture maximizing human potential through early education.
- Nov 2016Grant (prize money)$50K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
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
How research on Education Technology is moving in the United States
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 4,451 United States-affiliated papers.
- Purdue University West Lafayette107
- North Carolina State University61
- Michigan State University61
- University of Florida57
- Carnegie Mellon University56
- Adaptive learning3→51
- Analytics2→42
- Learning analytics6→44
- Educational technology6→37
- Artificial neural network1→27
- Educational technology84→423
- Experiential learning13→154
- Higher education4→126
- Curriculum23→137
- Learning analytics28→135
- Educational technology79→257
- Higher education7→109
- Professional development11→74
- Curriculum19→74
- Transformative learning2→55
Where edtech is researched across United States
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.
Who's filing edtech patents in the United States
United States edtech patent filing is accelerating — 2,649 filings from 804 assignees (2016–2025), led by Google, Microsoft, Adobe; annual filings 32→533.
- Google131
- Microsoft123
- Adobe110
- Equifax107
- IBM94
- Oracle64
- Capital One Services58
- Qualcomm55
Common questions
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