Best EdTech Companies in Vancouver, Canada
The 86 best EdTech companies in Vancouver, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: CFI.
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 Vancouver
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CFI Online finance and banking training and certifications | $48M | 63 mo ago | Series B | Scott Powell Co-Founder | 2016 | TypeScriptZone.jsAngular+22 | — |
| 2 | Thinkific Provider of online academy builder | $25M | 68 mo ago | Public | Miranda Lievers Co-Founder | 2012 | ThinkificSentryAtlassian Statuspage+42 | 1 job opening · 1 award |
| 3 | Rouxbe Online video classes and certifications on cooking | $7M | 102 mo ago | Series B | Dawn Thomas Co-Founder | Head of Media Production | 2005 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+46 | — |
| 4 | Wize Online platform providing learning and test preparation courses | $3M | 64 mo ago | Seed | Mike Maloon CTO & Co-Founder | 2017 | SentryRubyFacebook Login+32 | — |
| 5 | Fictionary SaaS-based editing software for publishers | $1M | 42 mo ago | Seed | Mathew Stanley Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+32 | — |
| 6 | Lambda Solutions e-learning technology tools | $1M | 67 mo ago | Seed | — | 2002 | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | — |
| 7 | Fit Brains Brain fitness through app | $1M | 220 mo ago | Acquired | Paul Nussbaum Founder | 2007 | — | — |
| 8 | SiMBi Online platform for improving reading skills | $510K | 63 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | NicepageWordPressMySQL+14 | — |
| 9 | HelpHub Manufacturer of hollow-core photonic crystal fibers and related photonic components | $250K | 130 mo ago | Deadpooled | Miguel Kudry Founder | 2013 | — | — |
| 10 | Aplic Provider of abroad study programs and admission solutions | $120K | 64 mo ago | Seed | Nikolai Syrov Co-Founder | 2018 | — | — |
| 11 | aplic.io marketplace for students across the globe seeking study abroad opportunities | $120K | 64 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | — | — |
| 12 | Educhain Provider of platform for issuing, sharing, and verifying digital academic credentials | $120K | 76 mo ago | Seed | Mark Balovnev CEO & MD | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — |
Top 12 EdTech companies in Vancouver
#1
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2016 · 11 employees$1.3Mraised▾
SaaS-based editing software for publishers. The company offers StoryTeller - a digital platform and editing tool for writers, and StoryCoach - a digital structural tool for writers. The software provides features such as an editing tool, a manuscript analyzer, keep track of editing, and more.
- Nov 2022Seed$1.3M
#2
Series B · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2016 · 309 employees$48Mraised▾
Online finance and banking training and certifications. It offers various certifications in areas such as financial modeling, business intelligence, commercial banking, and capital markets. Its training includes courses, learning paths, and access to templates and resources. It develops practical skills and enhances professional credibility in the finance industry, delivered through video lessons, interactive exercises, and skill validation assessments.
- Mar 2021Series B—
#3
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2012 · 354 employees$25Mraised▾
Provider of online academy builder. It enables users to create online courses, digital products, and communities that actually sell. It works on a premium model with revenue generated from transaction fees and subscriptions.
#4
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2017 · 105 employees$3Mraised▾
Online platform providing learning and test preparation courses. The platform provides video lessons and customized courses for school students. It offers courses for high school students, university students, and test preparation. It also provides its courses on math, science, LSAT exam preparation, and more.
- Jan 2021Seed$3M
#5
Series B · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2005 · 35 employees$6.8Mraised▾
Rouxbe is an online school for cooking, with video lessons developed by professional culinary instructors for home chefs. Rouxbe provides its services to homes, schools, culinary academies, and restaurants. The firm provides different types of certifications on the training imparted such as plant-based training, cook certification, instructional training courses, etc. The Culinary Rx program intends to develop cooking skills for anyone who wants to move to a more health-supportive way of cooking. Works on the subscription-based pricing model.
- Dec 2017Series B$4.2M
- Jul 2017Conventional Debt$25K
- Jan 2013Series A$456.5K
- Sep 2009Series A$2.1M
#6
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2002 · 40 employees$1Mraised▾
Lambda Solutions provides e-learning technology tools for the open-source Moodle learning management system and the Totara training management system. Helps higher education institutes, K-12 Schools, businesses and government organizations in Canada and United States with the implementation, integration, hosting & support of Moodle.
- Nov 2020Conventional Debt—
- Sep 2017Conventional Debt$2.2M
- Jun 2015Seed$1M
#7
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2018 · 38 employees$510Kraised▾
Online platform for improving reading skills. Offers a library of books with audio that readers can listen to and improve their reading ability. Allows users to listen to other people and improve their reading skills as well. Also provides readers and educators with personalized insights.
- Feb 2021Seed—
- Apr 2020Seed$50K
- Dec 2018Seed$460K
#8
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2018$120Kraised▾
Provider of abroad study programs and admission solutions. It enables finding programs and applying for them. It also provides scholarships to students. It provides AdmissionHelper that provides admission assistance and ScholarshipHelper that provides scholarship assistance.
- Jan 2021Seed$120K
#9
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2018 · 6 employees$120Kraised▾
Provider of admission and career assistance platform intended to offer students opportunities in the world. The company's platform is student-centric and technology-driven which allows students and recruitment agencies from all over the world to search and apply to universities and colleges, enabling students to connect with schools, scholarships, funding, and service providers.
#10
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2016 · 13 employees$120Kraised▾
Provider of platform for issuing, sharing, and verifying digital academic credentials. The platform helps institutions reduce costs, save time, and improve security. It streamlines data submission, ensuring a secure, efficient, and compliant process. The platform integrates with existing student portals and automates the issuance of digital documents.
- Feb 2020Seed$120K
#11
Acquired · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2007 · 11 employees$1Mraised▾
Fit Brains, formerly known as Vivity Labs, is a mobile app focused on brain fitness through exercises. Offers brain games, personalized tools that provide feedback and charts to improve brain fitness, blogs and articles on brain health. Users can track their performance and the app adapts to a user's performance. Has 10M+ users. Available on iOS, Android and web. Acquired by Rosetta Stone in Dec 2013 for $12M in cash.
- Feb 2008Seed$1M
#12
Deadpooled · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2013$250Kraised▾
Manufacturer of hollow-core photonic crystal fibers and related photonic components. It develops and commercializes photonic components, modules, and subsystems based on a proprietary hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HCPCF) technology and its functionalized form, the Photonic MicroCell (PMC). Products include beam delivery modules for high-power lasers, pulse compressors, specialty lasers, and sensing modules. These are used in various sectors including laser machining, medical and bio-photonics, space, sensing, and data communications. The company collaborates with partners to provide bespoke solutions and continues to expand its technological capabilities.
- Aug 2015Series A—
- Mar 2014Seed$250K
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 Canada
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 634 Canada-affiliated papers.
- Athabasca University45
- University of Calgary34
- Simon Fraser University33
- University of Toronto33
- University of British Columbia26
- Adaptive learning1→9
- Learning analytics2→6
- Analytics1→5
- Data science1→4
- Educational technology2→4
- Educational technology15→46
- Blended learning8→37
- Mathematics education16→35
- Learning analytics11→25
- Context (archaeology)8→22
- Educational technology10→41
- Higher education1→18
- Technology integration1→15
- Curriculum1→14
- Mathematics education3→15
Where edtech is researched across Canada
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 Canada
Canada edtech patent filing is accelerating — 101 filings from 60 assignees (2016–2025), led by 4AG Robotics, Toronto Dominion BANK, The Ontario Educational Communic; annual filings 5→46.
- 4AG Robotics14
- Toronto Dominion BANK12
- The Ontario Educational Communic11
- Avigilon Patent Holding 110
- Shopify7
- CAE6
- Services Petroliers Schlumberger6
- Schlumberger CA6
Common questions
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