Best Education Companies in New South Wales, Australia
The 140 best Education companies in New South Wales, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: UNSW Sydney.
Our analysis of 207 Education companies
$18.9b in tracked funding; 92% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Education companies in New South Wales
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNSW Sydney University offering various courses & degrees across diversified streams | $175M | 13 mo ago | Late Stage | Paul Patterson Managing Director | 1949 | BugHerdAlgoliaWindows Server+34 | — |
| 2 | Academy Xi Expert-led design and coding bootcamp | $5M | 91 mo ago | Series B | — | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+39 | — |
| 3 | Aarnet Not-for-profit operator of the Australian national research and education network and associated services | $2M | 76 mo ago | Funding Raised | Chris Hancock CEO | 1989 | Craft CMSApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+18 | — |
| 4 | UTS University offering multiple courses and degrees across diversified streams | $1M | 14 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1988 | Amazon WebstoreWordPressMySQL+39 | — |
| 5 | BMNAC Non-government organization focused on providing after school learning and teacher training services | $350K | 39 mo ago | Funding Raised | Clark Webb CEO | 2010 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+29 | — |
| 6 | Lamno Software training center | $100K | 82 mo ago | Seed | Anindha Parthy Co-Founder | 2013 | — | — |
| 7 | Western Sydney University University offering multiple courses and degrees across diversified streams | $44K | 89 mo ago | Funding Raised | Nicolene Murdoch CEO | 1989 | Adobe Experience ManagerApple iCloud MailJava+31 | — |
| 8 | LearnEd Provider of personalized tutoring services for all subjects, helping students reach their academic goals | $4K | 106 mo ago | Funding Raised | Mitchell Knox Co-Founder | 2022 | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | — |
Top 12 Education companies in New South Wales
#1
Late Stage · Kensington, New South Wales · founded 1949 · 27121 employees$174.5Mraised▾
University offering various courses & degrees across diversified streams
#2
Funding Raised · Ultimo, New South Wales · founded 1988 · 19192 employees$1.1Mraised▾
University offering multiple courses and degrees across diversified streams
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$68.2K
- Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$48.1K
- Jan 2025Grant (prize money)$438.9K
- Sep 2019Grant (prize money)—
#3
Series B · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2015 · 134 employees$5.4Mraised▾
Academy Xi provides expert-led classroom courses in user experience design, service design, product management and coding. Classes are held in Melbourne and Sydney.
- Nov 2018Series B$3M
- Jun 2016Series A$2.2M
- 2016Seed$182.5K
#4
Funding Raised · Coffs Harbour, New South Wales · founded 2010$350Kraised▾
Non-government organization focused on providing after school learning and teacher training services
- Mar 2023Grant (prize money)$350K
#5
Funding Raised · Chatswood, New South Wales · founded 1989$1.9Mraised▾
Not-for-profit operator of the Australian national research and education network and associated services
- Feb 2020Grant (prize money)$1.9M
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)—
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)—
#6
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2013 · 1 employees$100Kraised▾
Provider of web development courses and partner services intended to link supply and demand in the developer marketplace. The company trains candidates with mini-projects that are built with the same architecture and technologies used in the actual product, enabling participants to build projects from the ground up and gain real-time experiences.
- Aug 2019Seed$100K
#7
Funding Raised · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 1989$44.1Kraised▾
University offering multiple courses and degrees across diversified streams
- Jan 2019Grant (prize money)$44.1K
- Nov 2018Grant (prize money)—
#8
Funding Raised · North Ryde, New South Wales · founded 1964—raised▾
University offering various courses & degrees across diversified streams
#9
Funding Raised · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 1850 · 19557 employees—raised▾
University provides higher education to students across various streams. It offers bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees.
#10
Funding Raised · Wollongong, New South Wales · founded 1975—raised▾
University offering multiple courses across diversified streams
#11
Deadpooled · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016 · 2 employees$3.8Kraised▾
Developer of educational consulting software designed to help students choose learning courses based on their interests. The company's software helps students choose university courses based on their interests and also offers emotional support by discussing issues relevant to the student's point in newsletters, enabling students to choose desired courses, forget their anxieties and feel empowered, inspired and enthused.
- Oct 2018Grant (prize money)$3.8K
#12
Funding Raised · Bondi, New South Wales · founded 2022$3.9Kraised▾
LearnEd is a personalized tutoring platform for all subjects, helping students improve their academic results. With a focus on individualized learning, LearnEd is a trusted resource for students in Australia.
- Aug 2017Grant (prize money)$3.9K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Education 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 Australia
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 1,099 Australia-affiliated papers.
- Monash University128
- University College London73
- University of South Australia65
- Department of Commerce65
- The University of Queensland49
- Curriculum1→10
- Learning analytics3→11
- Analytics3→8
- Educational technology3→6
- Adaptive learning1→4
- Educational technology26→107
- Learning analytics13→59
- Higher education2→41
- Analytics12→48
- Mathematics education23→56
- Educational technology28→79
- Curriculum5→26
- Analytics7→28
- Higher education12→30
- Experiential learning2→20
Where edtech is researched across Australia
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.
Common questions
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