Best Education Companies in Spain
The 247 best Education companies in Spain in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: ICFO.
Spain's Education sector, tracked across 247 companies and $205M in total disclosed funding, is one of the more interesting corners of European edtech to watch right now. Icfo leads the pack at $76M raised, Coding Giants follows at $13M, and the spread from there drops fast, which tells you something real about how concentrated early capital still is. Globally, the education market sits at roughly $2140.0B and is forecast to hold that scale through 2028 at a 4.86% CAGR, driven by rising incomes, internet penetration, and expanding female labor participation. And with two unicorns already in the Spanish count, the ceiling here isn't theoretical.
What I find telling is the app-layer signal: median install growth across 569 education apps is running at roughly +18% YoY, which is demand you can actually measure. But the structural picture is messier. Higher education funding battles are reshaping where institutional money flows, and the legal complexity facing education startups is a real friction point, especially under Spain's regulatory environment. So if you're scanning this directory for where momentum lives, follow the funding concentration and the investors who keep showing up: Lanzadera, Europa, and Creas are the names worth tracking.
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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 Spain
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ICFO Organization focused on providing educational activities for students | $76M | 45 mo ago | Funding Raised | 1 | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+25 | 1 job opening · 1 award |
| 2 | Goal Systems Provides management solutions for urban transport companies and public organisations | $49M | 80 mo ago | Late Stage | 231 | Francisco Guerrero CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressPlesk+27 | — |
| 3 | Ironhack Chain of education centers providing software programming training programs | $27M | 65 mo ago | Series B | 546 | Ariel Quinones Co-Founder & Co-CEO | DatoCMSNode.jsSalesforce+28 | — |
| 4 | Coding Giants Online platform offering coding classes | $13M | 18 mo ago | Series B | — | Kamila Purymska CEO | — | — |
| 5 | IAAC NGO offering multiple educational programs | $11M | 52 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Vicente Guallart Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — |
| 6 | IBEI Research and education institution that focuses on promoting the formation of postgraduate research in… | $8M | 53 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | — | SentryDebianApache HTTP Server+9 | — |
| 7 | Global Alumni Providing educational consulting services | $6M | 64 mo ago | Series A | 506 | Pablo Rivas Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — |
| 8 | Learnlife Innovation learning based community | $3M | 84 mo ago | Seed | 50 | Stephen Harris Co-Founder | HubSpot CMS HubFacebook LoginLinkedin Sign-in+27 | 1 internship · 2 awards |
| 9 | BCAM Research center on applied mathematics created with the support of the basque government and the university | $3M | 41 mo ago | Funding Raised | 123 | — | DrupalPleskPHP+15 | 1 award |
| 10 | Alterschool Online platform providing multi-disciplinary learning solutions | $2M | 52 mo ago | Seed | 14 | Patricia Gonzalez Co-Founder | — | — |
| 11 | Utopika Labs Conscious education movement leader creating projects for societal mindset shift | $2M | 27 mo ago | Seed | — | Borja Vilaseca Founder | — | — |
| 12 | CodeOp Chain of education center providing software skill based training services | $1M | 59 mo ago | Seed | 165 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — |
| 13 | ISDI College offering multiple courses and degrees across diversified streams | $904K | 49 mo ago | Funding Raised | 531 | Noelia FernĂĄndez Arroyo Founder and Member of Academic Board | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24 | — |
| 14 | Bemyvega Provider of recording, broadcasting and real-time viewing of classes, conferences or exhibitions services | $688K | 33 mo ago | Seed | — | Antonio Kaiser Founder | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+23 | — |
| 15 | StudiesIn Provider of comprehensive support for studying abroad | $562K | 43 mo ago | Seed | 12 | Rodin Affourtit Co-Founder & CMO | WebflowAlgoliaZoho+22 | — |
| 16 | Multiply College Provider of tech sales boot camp training | $532K | 26 mo ago | Seed | 56 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Meloom Provider of music lessons | $331K | 21 mo ago | Seed | — | Ivan Jimenez Founder & Director | LearnWorldsCodeMirrorMathJax+24 | — |
| 18 | Assembler School Online platform offering IT courses | $302K | 77 mo ago | Seed | 73 | Kasia Adamowicz Co-Founder & COO | — | — |
| 19 | Sharing Academy Online tutor discovery platform for university students | $221K | 124 mo ago | Funding Raised | 1 | Jordi Llonch Esteve Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 20 | Citilab-Cornellà Citilab-Cornellà is oriented activate, promote and extend the creative and innovative capacity in technology… | $197K | 120 mo ago | Public | 52 | — | WordPress Block EditorwpBakeryWordPress+20 | — |
| 21 | Avalonbiometrics Provider of essay writing assistance, including outlines, samples, and tips | $183K | 133 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | BraiBook Provides books for blind children | $153K | 96 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Carlos Domenech CEO | — | — |
| 23 | TeachApp Online tutor discovery platform | $17K | 103 mo ago | Deadpooled | 1 | Angel Guasch Duran Co-Founder & COO | — | — |
| 24 | Globeducate 🦄 Operator of K-12 schools | — | 22 mo ago | Late Stage | 121 | Luca Uva CEO | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365CodeMirror+32 | 1 partnership · 2 expansions |
| 25 | Discapebox Provider of generating awareness and promoting inclusion services | — | 30 mo ago | Seed | — | Saül Sanz Piqué CEO & Co-Founder | — | — |
| 26 | Universidad Europea 🦄 University offering multiple courses and degrees across diversified streams | — | 30 mo ago | Acquired | 4,914 | — | WagtailWordPressSkolengo+28 | — |
Top 12 Education companies in Spain
#1
Series B · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2015$12.7Mraised▾
Online platform offering coding classes. It provides courses such as basics of game development, programs and computer games, introduction to coding, and much more.
- Dec 2024Series B$9M
- Mar 2023Series A$3.7M
#2
Funding Raised · Castelldefels, Barcelona · founded 2002 · 1 employees$75.8Mraised▾
Organization focused on providing educational activities for students
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$501.2K
- Aug 2022Grant (prize money)$186.1K
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$3.2M
- Oct 2021Grant (prize money)$115.9K
#3
Seed · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2022$330.8Kraised▾
Provider of music lessons
- Sep 2024Seed$330.8K
#4
Seed · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2022$1.6Mraised▾
Utópika Labs is a hub of conscious education focused on awakening society's consciousness through transformative projects and the largest Spanish-speaking self-knowledge community. They aim to change societal mindset by creating projects that contribute to profound change.
- Mar 2024Seed$1.6M
#5
Funding Raised · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2002$10.9Mraised▾
NGO offering multiple educational programs
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$223.8K
- Apr 2021Grant (prize money)$233.4K
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$198.5K
- Dec 2020Grant (prize money)$304.8K
#6
Seed · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2021 · 56 employees$532Kraised▾
Provider of tech sales boot camp training. It covers topics such as SaaS, email campaigns, ChatGPT, Agile, Scrum, lead discovery, and Salesforce.
- Apr 2024Seed$532K
#7
Funding Raised · Bilbao, Basque Country · founded 2008 · 123 employees$3.2Mraised▾
BCAM is a research center on applied mathematics created with the support of the Basque Government and the University of Basque Country. They have been conducting research and transfer for the past 15 years.
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$270.3K
- Jan 2022Grant (prize money)$196.7K
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$61.3K
- Nov 2020Grant (prize money)$292.1K
#8
Funding Raised · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2004$8.3Mraised▾
Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) is a research-focused academic institute that promotes the study of international relations and politics at the postgraduate level. IBEI aims to contribute to the understanding of global issues and challenges through its research and publications. The institute offers various programs and courses, including summer schools and elective courses, to facilitate knowledge exchange and collaboration among scholars and practitioners.
- Jan 2022Grant (prize money)$2.8M
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$255.3K
- Nov 2020Grant (prize money)$358.9K
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)$2.3M
#9
Series B · Madrid, Community of Madrid · founded 2013 · 546 employees$27Mraised▾
Ironhack provides coding courses including Full-Time Web Development Bootcamp and UX/UI Design Bootcamp; Part-Time Web Development and Front-End Web Development. Users learn by creating projects using the tools and workflow that emulate a real work environment. Students have been placed in Google, Telefonica, RocketInternet and others. Also provides corporate with training programs, events and more.
- Dec 2020Series B$20M
- Jul 2019Series A$4M
- Jul 2017Seed$3M
#10
Late Stage · Madrid, Community of Madrid · founded 1998 · 231 employees$49.4Mraised▾
Provides management solutions for urban transport companies and public organisations
#11
Seed · Murcia, Region of Murcia · founded 2020$688.1Kraised▾
Provider of recording, broadcasting and real-time viewing of classes, conferences or exhibitions services
- Sep 2023Seed$688.1K
#12
Series A · Madrid, Community of Madrid · founded 2014 · 506 employees$5.7Mraised▾
Operator of a digital platform designed to transform universities in the world, expanding its programs, prestige, and its culture to new horizons. The company's platform facilitates adaptation to the fourth industrial revolution, helping professors create and refine online and blended courses in Spanish and English, enabling users in improving the quality of higher education training through cutting-edge technologies and a state-of-the-art platform.
- Feb 2021Series A$2.2M
- Jul 2020Series A$3.6M
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 Spain
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 815 Spain-affiliated papers.
- Department of Education46
- Universitat Oberta de Catalunya43
- Universidad de Salamanca35
- Universidad de Granada34
- Universitat de Barcelona31
- Learning analytics1→4
- Educational technology3→85
- Mathematics education8→48
- Blended learning5→35
- Context (archaeology)6→36
- Experiential learning2→24
- Educational technology2→55
- Higher education1→29
- Mathematics education1→19
- Information and Communications Technology1→16
- Pedagogy1→11
Where edtech is researched across Spain
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
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.