Radar · Education in State of Sao Paulo
Best Education Companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil
The 37 best Education companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: FUNDHAS.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
37companies tracked
$153.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
4have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · EDUCATION × STATE OF SAO PAULO
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.
207companies analysed
92%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
1unicorns
2004median founding year
151kcombined LinkedIn audience
71%of audience held by top 3
7companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Education companies in State of Sao Paulo
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FUNDHAS Operates K-12 school | $100M | 50 mo ago | Seed | Jhonis Santos CEO | 2001 | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — |
| 2 | Principia Provider of educational support services for students | $41M | 15 mo ago | Series A | Diogo Fonseca Co-Founder & COO | 2022 | SentryNode.jsSalesforce+25 | — |
| 3 | Alicerce Education Provides tutoring on academic subjects for kids | $13M | 34 mo ago | Series B | Jair Ribeiro Co-Founder | 2017 | Node.jsYouTubeAmazon Web Services+15 | — |
| 4 | Agroadvance Center of education providing agriculture course | — | 48 mo ago | Seed | Marcos Gomes Co-Founder | 2018 | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | — |
| 5 | 15min Futuro Center of education providing professional education courses | — | — | Funding Raised | Sabrina A Co-Founder | 2019 | — | — |
| 6 | Abaco Educational institution offering active learning methods for students | — | — | Acquired | Cleide Saad Founder | 1980 | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | 1 job opening |
| 7 | Bertini Chain of training centre offering cloud, VM Ware, and related certification courses | — | — | Funding Raised | Antoninho Filho Founder & CEO | 1995 | — | 1 job opening |
| 8 | Blox Provider of curriculum flexibility system for secondary and higher education | — | — | Funding Raised | Carlos Ricci CFO & Co-founder | 2017 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — |
Top 4 Education companies in State of Sao Paulo
#1
Series A · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2022 · 50 employees$40.7Mraised▾
Series A · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2022 · 50 employees
Provider of educational support services for students
Funding rounds
- Jun 2025Series A$15M
- Jun 2025Conventional Debt$20M
- Aug 2023Series A$40.7M
- Mar 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
Valor Capital Group, FJ Labs, Arccapital, Spectra Investments, Supera Capital, Actyus
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#2
Seed · Sao Jose Dos Campos, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2001$100Mraised▾
Seed · Sao Jose Dos Campos, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2001
Operates K-12 school
Funding rounds
- Jul 2022Seed$18.5K
Founders & team
Investors
Oscarcalcados
Tech stack
BootstrapGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle WorkspaceHttp/3Jquery
#3
Series B · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2017 · 455 employees$13Mraised▾
Series B · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2017 · 455 employees
Provides tutoring on academic subjects for kids
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 43k LinkedIn followers — 28.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Nov 2023Series B$8.2M
- Oct 2019Series B$4.8M
Founders & team
Investors
Canary, Valor Capital Group, Rise Ventures, Igah Ventures, Spectra Investments, Good Karma Partners
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareContentsquareGoogle Analytics
#4
Seed · Piracicaba, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2018 · 62 employees—raised▾
Seed · Piracicaba, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2018 · 62 employees
Center of education providing agriculture course
Funding rounds
- Aug 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
Barauna, SP Ventures, Capria
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCodemirrorContentsquareCore-JsElementor
Funding & investor landscape
$153.7Mtotal disclosed funding
3companies funded
6disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Diogo Fonseca
Co-Founder & COO · Principia
Newton Alves
Co-Founder & CEO · Principia
Jhonis Santos
CEO · FUNDHAS
Jair Ribeiro
Co-Founder · Alicerce Education
Paulo Batista
CEO · Alicerce Education
Marcos Gomes
Co-Founder · Agroadvance
Prism market signals · Brazil · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,534,426 docs
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
RESEARCH SIGNALS · Brazil
How research on Education Technology is moving in Brazil
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 486 Brazil-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
202020252026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 68% → 67% across 2020–2026.
top research entities
- Ação Educativa23
- Universidade de São Paulo21
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina17
- Ministry of Health15
- Ministry of Education13
leading researchers
Luiz Rodrigues · Anrafel Fernandes Pereira · Guilherme Corredato Guerino · Hassan El Idrissi Bouzidi · Kabaili Hind · Matheus Soppa Geremias · Dias Rasteiro, D. M. L. · Pinto, C. M. A.
▲
Breakthroughs26 · 5%
▲ 0%→5% share
0 median citations96% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→5% of field), led by Mathematics education.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Mathematics education3
- Virtual reality3
- Experiential learning3
- Learning analytics2
- Analytics2
Landmark Using learning analytics in the Amazonas: understanding students’ behaviour in introductory programming · 102 cites
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Advancements259 · 53%
▲ 0%→54% share
0 median citations98% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (0%→54% of field), led by Educational technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Educational technology2→64
- Mathematics education1→26
- Context (archaeology)1→24
- Blended learning1→14
- Class (philosophy)1→9
Newly emergingActive learning (machine learning) 0→20 · E learning 0→20 · Quality (philosophy) 0→17
Landmark Effectiveness of Integrating MOOCs in Traditional Classrooms for Undergraduate Students · 196 cites
▼
Concerns122 · 25%
▲ 0%→24% share
0 median citations93% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→24% of field), led by Educational technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Educational technology4→42
- E learning1→35
- Mathematics education4→24
- Pedagogy1→17
- Humanities1→16
Newly emergingProfessional development 0→10 · Context (archaeology) 0→9 · Qualitative research 0→9
Landmark Improvements from a Flipped Classroom May Simply Be the Fruits of Active Learning · 716 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Brazil
Where edtech is researched across Brazil
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.
São Paulo69 · +0.39
Brasília56 · +0.26
Rio de Janeiro27 · +0.27
Florianópolis25 · +0.28
Curitiba16 · +0.32
Porto Alegre15 · +0.25
Recife14 · +0.35
Salvador10 · -0.19
Campinas9 · +0.19
Belo Horizonte9 · +0.32
Common questions
How many Education companies are there in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil?
Radar tracks 37 indexable Education companies headquartered in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Education companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil?
The Education companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil on this list have raised a combined $153.7M in disclosed equity funding across 3 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Education company in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil?
FUNDHAS is the highest-funded Education company in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, with $100M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Education companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil are funded?
3 of the 37 Education companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Education unicorns are there in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil?
None of the Education companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil Education companies?
The most active investors in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil Education companies on this list include Bossa Invest, Imaginable Futures, Arch Education, Good Karma Partners, Spectra Investments.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
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.