Best EdTech Companies in Wisconsin, United States
The 68 best EdTech companies in Wisconsin, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Renaissance.
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 Wisconsin
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renaissance K-12 cloud based assessment, teaching, and learning solutions | $40M | 55 mo ago | Acquired | Judith Paul Co-Founder | 1986 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+34 | 11 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 2 | fiveable AP exam prep platform offering study guides, practice questions, and tools | $14M | 56 mo ago | Series A | Amanda DoAmaral Founder & CEO | 2018 | TurbopackEmotionApple iCloud Mail+21 | — | — |
| 3 | Songmaster Studios Education SaaS-based platform providing music lessons | $3M | 216 mo ago | Seed | Tim Gilbert Founder | 2008 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Virtual Training Online platform providing multi-disciplinary learning courses | $1M | 36 mo ago | Early Stage | JoLynn Rihn Owner | 1998 | — | 14 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 5 | Dirac Labs Provider of quantum sensor for subterranean exploration | $410K | 13 mo ago | Seed | Sanket Deshpande Co-Founder | 2023 | Framer SitesReactMicrosoft Clarity+6 | 8 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 partnership |
| 6 | JOY AI-based behavioral health app for college students | $200K | 28 mo ago | Seed | Aruna Jha Co-Founder | 2023 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Filament Games Educational game developer creating playful learning experiences for all ages | $149K | 192 mo ago | Funding Raised | Dan White CEO | 2005 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+26 | — | — |
| 8 | Rex E-learning platform provider of science curriculum for K-12 students | $100K | 48 mo ago | Seed | Sandhya Padala Founder & CEO | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Altus Online platform offering health care courses for professionals | $100K | 129 mo ago | Seed | Daniel Guerra Founder & CEO | 2014 | — | 7 patents Patents concentrated in construction | — |
| 10 | Foundry Deeper Learning Provider of personalized, competency-based, and project-based learning solutions for schools. | $100K | 144 mo ago | Seed | William Mortimore CEO | 2006 | — | — | — |
Top 12 EdTech companies in Wisconsin
#1
Seed · Madison, Wisconsin · founded 2023$410Kraised▾
Provider of quantum sensor for subterranean exploration. The company is focused on revolutionizing underground resource exploration by using quantum sensors to detect mineral deposits and more than traditional methods. It is deep-tech startup creates diamond NV-center magnetometers for autonomous vehicles, drones, underwater robots, and indoor positioning—spoof-proof alternative to satellite navigation.
- May 2025Seed$410K
#2
Acquired · Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin · founded 1986 · 1361 employees$40Mraised▾
Renaissance is a cloud-based assessment platform enabling educators to centralize all the assessment data in a single database. Provides daily assessment for students in reading, writing, and math monitors periodically. Initially started as Accelerated Reader, K-12 reading software for children to have a better reading experience and to read more books. Then AR enterprise is released featuring unlimited access to all AR quizzes. Accelerated Reader student mobile app is also released. Accelerated Math Live is also introduced to view and answer math problems online or on paper.
- Nov 2021Series D—
- Feb 2014Series C$40M
- Mar 2011Grant (prize money)$41.6K
- May 2005Grant (prize money)—
#3
Series A · Milwaukee, Wisconsin · founded 2018 · 64 employees$14.2Mraised▾
AP exam prep platform offering study guides, practice questions, and tools. This educational resource provides comprehensive study content and tools for various AP subjects, including history, science, math, English, and world languages. It offers study guides, practice questions, a glossary, and score calculators to help students prepare for their AP exams. The platform extends beyond AP courses, providing resources for college entrance exams, college classes, and high school honors courses. It emphasizes clear explanations, organized content, and engaging materials to enhance understanding. Features include progress tracking, a large practice question bank, and stimulus-based questions. Additional tools like an LEQ prompt generator, score calculators, and cheatsheets are available. The platform operates on a subscription or pricing model, offering resources for test preparation and academic support.
- Sep 2021Series A$10M
- Apr 2021Series A—
- Oct 2020Series A$2.3M
- May 2020Seed$125K
#4
Early Stage · Tomah, Wisconsin · founded 1998$1Mraised▾
Online platform providing multi-disciplinary learning courses. It offers classes for Microsoft Teams Fundamentals, Microsoft Teams Management, Microsoft Excel Fundamentals, Microsoft Excel Advanced, and many more.
- Jun 2023Unattributed$1M
#5
Seed · Lake Geneva, Wisconsin · founded 2023$200Kraised▾
AI-based behavioral health app for college students
- Jan 2024Seed$200K
#6
Seed · Milwaukee, Wisconsin · founded 2008$3.3Mraised▾
SaaS-based platform providing music lessons. It provides lessons for playing instruments such as guitar, keyboard, piano, or banjo. The lessons can also be played on any mobile platform. After a user signs up on the platform, they can learn any song by using the platform and master how the song is played by observing the video.
- 2008Angel$3.3M
#7
Seed · Milwaukee, Wisconsin · founded 2015 · 23 employees$100Kraised▾
E-learning platform provider of science curriculum for K-12 students. It provides courses for schools and districts. It also provides auto grading and reporting solutions. It also provides resources and contents for students learning.
- 2022Seed$100K
#8
Funding Raised · Madison, Wisconsin · founded 2005 · 66 employees$149.2Kraised▾
Educational game developer creating playful learning experiences for all ages. They specialize in crafting engaging digital games that improve lives through joyful and transformative learning experiences. They offer game-based learning content for any age, subject, and platform, partnering with clients to bring their visions to life. They focus on impact and knowledge transfer, scaffolding and feedback, identity in action, and design for context. They develop learning games with a methodology that guides projects to impactful conclusions, using mature production processes and a culture of continuous improvement. They maintain connections to digital learning theory, offering on-demand marketing services and expertise in institutional education, including privacy compliance. They create games for learning, focusing on educational game design, talent, and experience.
- Dec 2010Grant (prize money)$149.2K
- 2010Grant (prize money)—
#9
Seed · Madison, Wisconsin · founded 2014$100Kraised▾
Online platform offering health care courses for professionals. It also offers solutions for radiation technologists, tools for clinics to organise their credentialing requirements, online tools such as webinars for scientific device manufacturers, and more.
- Sep 2015Seed$800K
#10
Seed · Milwaukee, Wisconsin · founded 2006 · 11 employees$100Kraised▾
Provider of personalized, competency-based, and project-based learning solutions for schools. It offers a digital platform and professional services to help schools and districts implement personalized learning. The company provides strategies, technologies, and professional development to support student-centered learning and teacher adoption. The platform manages the design, complexity, data, and evidence of learning. It transforms schools, teachers, students, and processes to make education equitable, engaging, and impactful.
- 2014Seed$100K
#11
Funding Raised · Eagle River, Wisconsin · founded 2006 · 120 employees—raised▾
Provider of after-school English reading and spelling programs. It provides courses for phonics, decoding, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.
- Aug 2020Conventional Debt—
#12
Funding Raised · Madison, Wisconsin · founded 2017—raised▾
GrowthChart is a hands-free documentation solution for child-care centers. It enables teachers to record real-time observation by voice. It also enables parents to track the child's development. It can be accessed from desktop, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices.
- Oct 2019Grant (prize money)—
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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How research on Edtech in Wisconsin is moving
A read on the academic research around Edtech in Wisconsin — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 41 papers.
- University of Wisconsin–Madison26
- University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh5
- University of Wisconsin–Whitewater4
- University of Wisconsin–La Crosse3
- University of Wisconsin–Platteville2
- Generalizability theory1
- Operationalization1
- Learning analytics1
- Scalability1
- Analytics1
- Educational technology1→3
- Learning analytics1→3
- Educational technology2→6
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