Best EdTech Companies in Toronto, Canada
The 185 best EdTech companies in Toronto, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Top Hat.
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.
Ranked: Best EdTech companies in Toronto
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Top Hat Provider of interactive learning software for higher education course management | $200M | 64 mo ago | Series E | 561 | — | WordPressSentryApple iCloud Mail+38 | — | — |
| 2 | Hi Mama Provider of SaaS based software solution for parents and childcare centers | $61M | 55 mo ago | Unfunded | 170 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Lillio Provider of daycare management solution | $61M | 55 mo ago | Series B | — | Alana Frome Co-Founder | ContentfulUnbounceReact+29 | — | — |
| 4 | Knowledgehook Math learning platform empowering teachers and engaging students for academic success | $21M | 68 mo ago | Series A | 90 | Travis Ratnam Co-Founder & CEO | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceTypeScript+25 | 5 patents Educational software that diagnoses and remediates student misconceptions | 1 job opening |
| 5 | Figure 1 Provider of medical educational platform for professionals | $21M | 108 mo ago | Series B | 87 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+35 | — | — |
| 6 | Destiny Solutions Customer life cycle management software for higher education | $11M | 97 mo ago | Acquired | 2 | Shaul Kuper CEO & President | — | — | — |
| 7 | Kira Talent Admission management solution for higher education | $9M | 118 mo ago | Acquired | 32 | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+33 | — | — |
| 8 | LumiQ Online podcast streaming platform | $7M | 20 mo ago | Series A | 69 | Michael Kravshik Co-Founder & CEO | SentryAlgoliaSalesforce+24 | — | — |
| 9 | Halp Online platform providing admission mentoring & coaching solutions for students | $4M | 44 mo ago | Seed | 40 | Matthew Mclellan Co-Founder & CEO | StoryblokNode.jsReact+17 | — | — |
| 10 | Bounce Platform offering event ticketing management solutions | $4M | 22 mo ago | Seed | 25 | Francesco Virga Co-Founder | Squarespace CommerceCart FunctionalitySquarespace+22 | — | — |
| 11 | Babbly Technologies App-based platform offering baby speech monitoring development solution | $2M | 48 mo ago | Seed | 8 | — | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceAmazon ALB+25 | — | — |
| 12 | OneClass Open platfom for sharing educational content | $2M | 151 mo ago | Series A | 125 | — | SentryRubyNode.js+20 | — | — |
| 13 | Tech Spark Platform offering resources for students and teachers | $1M | 31 mo ago | Seed | — | Tamar Huggins Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 14 | Class Messenger Education messaging for teachers and parents | $1M | 153 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Crowdmark Collaborative online grading and analytics platform | $755K | 156 mo ago | Seed | 15 | James Colliander Founder | WordPressMySQLRedis+31 | 3 patents Online crowd-sourced examination grading platforms for digital assessments | — |
| 16 | Rayku Creator and manager of children's character brands across multiple media | $400K | 163 mo ago | Seed | 2 | Donny Ouyang Founder & President | — | — | — |
| 17 | Singspiel Piano learning & practicing app | $380K | 136 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Arian Rahbari Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 18 | Schoolio Online platform offering learning solutions for students | $250K | 56 mo ago | Seed | 15 | Sathish Bala Founder & CEO | WordPressSentryMySQL+40 | — | 2 launchs |
| 19 | Juno College Provider of training and support services | $150K | 82 mo ago | Seed | 134 | Heather Payne Founder | ContentfulApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+22 | — | — |
| 20 | BioRender Digital teaching tool provider for life sciences | $120K | 99 mo ago | Seed | 167 | Shiz Aoki Co-Founder & CEO | SentryZendeskApple iCloud Mail+36 | — | — |
| 21 | Edusight Online gradebook and integrated e-Portfolios for K-12 students | $100K | 140 mo ago | Seed | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Discovr Labs Learning with VR apps | $100K | 114 mo ago | Deadpooled | 7 | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 EdTech companies in Toronto
#1
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2016 · 69 employees$7.2Mraised▾
Online podcast streaming platform. It allows users to stream educational podcasts for learning about finance and accounting. The app is available for android and iOS users.
- Sep 2024PE—
- Aug 2022Series A$3.8M
- May 2021Seed$909.6K
- Jun 2019Seed$845K
#2
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 25 employees$3.7Mraised▾
Platform offering event ticketing management solutions. It is a fin tech startup that is redefining virtual and in person events. The platform is centred around event ticketing, increasing guest engagement, and creating communities on campus.It is a all in one platform that helps to organize, discover, and collect payments for events on campus. It is set out to improve the event experience for both hosts and guests.
- Aug 2024Seed$1.2M
- Jan 2023Seed$2.5M
#3
Series E · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2009 · 561 employees$199.5Mraised▾
Provider of interactive learning software for higher education course management. This platform facilitates student engagement through digital tools including polling, quizzes, and interactive textbooks. It integrates with learning management systems to track attendance, monitor student performance, and deliver course content. The software includes artificial intelligence features to assist with assessment creation and study support. Educators use these tools to manage classroom activities and identify learning gaps through data analytics.
- Feb 2021Series E$130M
- Feb 2020Series D$20M
- Feb 2020Conventional Debt$35M
- Jun 2017Series C$7.5M
#4
Series B · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2013$61.1Mraised▾
Provider of daycare management solution. It offers solution for parent messaging, daily reports, check-in, and more. It also offers solutions for Child attendance, Staff management, Waitlist management, Digital attendance reports, Staff scheduling, Calendars and more.
- Nov 2021Series B$55.6M
- Apr 2019Series A$5.4M
#5
Unfunded · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2013 · 170 employees$61.1Mraised▾
Provider of SaaS-based software solution for parents and childcare centers. It allows childcare, early learning programs and parents to record and share children's activities. The software helps childcare providers engage parents with digital daily sheets, pictures, videos and educational information. It also empowers staff to showcase the center's programming. Parents can use the app to view photos and reports of their children and share them with family and friends. The data is stored on AWS cloud infrastructure. The app is available both on iOS and Android.
#6
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2015$1.4Mraised▾
Platform offering resources for students and teachers. It provides tools for teachers for teaching various subjects. It also provides workshops for students.
- Nov 2023Seed$1.4M
#7
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2014 · 90 employees$21.3Mraised▾
Math learning platform empowering teachers and engaging students for academic success. This educational technology company offers a comprehensive operating system designed to improve math achievement. It provides solutions for teachers, administrators, and students, focusing on enhancing student engagement both inside and outside the classroom. The platform offers resources and tools to support teachers in building their confidence and capacity. It also provides system leaders with scalable support and real-time insights. With a commitment to privacy and data security, this platform aims to transform math education through innovative technology and pedagogical approaches. It is a B2B SaaS platform that offers login, resources, and support through its help center.
- Oct 2020Series A$20M
- Dec 2016Seed$1.2M
- Jun 2016Seed$30K
- Nov 2015Seed—
#8
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 40 employees$4Mraised▾
Online platform providing admission mentoring & coaching solutions for students. The platform offers one-on-one digital coaching, learning programs, scholarship assistance, personalized advice, and more.
- Oct 2022Seed$4M
#9
Series B · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2013 · 87 employees$20.9Mraised▾
Provider of medical educational platform for professionals. The company offers a platform for doctors and the medical community at large can share photos and information about rare and difficult-to-diagnose cases. The features include image descriptions of existing images in the database so users can search for diagnoses. They also provide face detection software that finds any potential identifying features and more.
- Jun 2017Series B$10M
- Oct 2015Series A$5M
- Aug 2014Series A$4M
- Dec 2013Seed$1.9M
#10
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2018 · 8 employees$2.5Mraised▾
Babbly is an app-based platform offering baby speech monitoring development solutions. It's an AI-powered app monitors the progress of the child and recommends activities that can accelerate development. The application analyzes the baby’s communication skills and gets personalized recommendations to maximize playtime. The parents can view the progress of the child through the app.
- Jun 2022Seed$2.5M
- Feb 2021Seed—
#11
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2012 · 32 employees$9Mraised▾
Admission management solution for higher education. Allows clients to create customized video & written assessment, receive candidate responses and evaluate the responses. Also enables students to prepare for admission video essays, interviews, and assessments.
- Aug 2016Series A$5M
- Mar 2015Seed$949.2K
- 2014Seed$1M
- Sep 2013Seed$2M
#12
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 1995 · 2 employees$11Mraised▾
Destiny One offers customer lifecycle management software designed specifically for higher education providers. It provides solutions to help colleges and universities attract, manage and maintain their non-traditional students. Company's flagship product Destiny One allows administrators to manage curriculum, enrollment, marketing, reporting, finance, and system administration. The clientele of the company includes Duke University, McGill, Virginia Tech, and University of Calgary among many others.
- May 2018PE$11M
- May 2018Conventional Debt—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Edtech in Toronto is moving
A read on the academic research around Edtech in Toronto — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 41 papers.
Toronto's University of Toronto and Toronto Metropolitan University lead optimistic edtech research (mean stance 0.42), focusing predominantly on online/blended learning and adaptive systems, with breakthroughs and advancements vastly outnumbering concerns.
- University of Toronto33
- Toronto Metropolitan University8
- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute1
- Unity Health Toronto1
- Analytics2
- Data science2
- Event (particle physics)1
- Learning analytics1
- Social media1
- Learning analytics1→5
- Educational technology1→4
- Educational technology3
- Curriculum2
- Virtual reality1
- Mathematics education1
- Multimedia1
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