Radar · Educational Support Services in San Francisco
Best Educational Support Services Companies in San Francisco, United States
The 32 best Educational Support Services companies in San Francisco, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Presence Learning.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
32companies tracked
$746.6Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
5have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES × SAN FRANCISCO
Our analysis of 50 Educational Support Services companies
$6.7b in tracked funding; 93% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
50companies analysed
93%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2004median founding year
51median Fliar Index™
75kcombined LinkedIn audience
73%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Educational Support Services companies in San Francisco
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presence Learning 50Funding top 27%Tech top 36%Talent bottom 49%Market bottom 45% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 27% Techtop 36% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 45% Growthbottom 40% Globalbottom 32% Funding: Raised $414M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 15 yrs (0.3/yr) Tech: 41 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $414M | 59 mo ago | Series E | Kate Walker Chief Executive Officer | 2009 | WordPressSentryZendesk+35 | — |
| 2 | Altschool 37Funding top 35%Market bottom 40%Global bottom 33%News bottom 22% All 4 signals ▾Fundingtop 35% Marketbottom 40% Globalbottom 33% Newsbottom 22% Funding: Raised $177M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 12 yrs (0.3/yr) Market: 48 employees rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $177M | 114 mo ago | Series B | — | 2013 | — | — |
| 3 | Minerva Project Offers academic programs in arts, sciences, computational sciences, humanities, and social sciences 32Tech top 32%Funding top 33%Moat top 38%Patents top 45% All 9 signals ▾Techtop 32% Fundingtop 33% Moattop 38% Patentstop 45% Innovationbottom 45% Globalbottom 42% Marketbottom 36% Newsbottom 22% Growthbottom 18% Tech: 39 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Funding: Raised $155M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 14 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $155M | 50 mo ago | Series C | — | 2011 | WebflowSalesforceAmazon Web Services+23 | — |
| 4 | Grasshopper Kids Provider of hands-on learning experiences for kids 7Talent top 45%Funding bottom 38%Global bottom 25%Market bottom 14% All 4 signals ▾Talenttop 45% Fundingbottom 38% Globalbottom 25% Marketbottom 14% Talent: 2 named leaders on record Funding: Raised $618k across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 7/100 | $618K | 20 mo ago | Seed | Cristina Tcheyan Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer | 2021 | — | — |
| 5 | Interstride Provider of international student support services to higher education institutions | $20K | 65 mo ago | Funding Raised | Nitin Agrawal Co-Founder & CEO | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — |
| 6 | 621 consulting Fractional CMO and experienced marketing operators to help startups go further, faster. | — | — | — | — | 2017 | — | — |
| 7 | Accent Global Learning Provider of customized study abroad programs for universities and colleges | — | — | Unfunded | — | 1991 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — |
| 8 | aspect foundation Aspect Foundation is a small non-profit organization offering affordable study-abroad opportunities to… | — | — | Private | — | 1985 | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — |
Top 5 Educational Support Services companies in San Francisco
#1
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2021 · 5 employees$617.5Kraised▾
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2021 · 5 employees
Grasshopper Kids is a platform that offers hands-on learning experiences for kids aged 3-12, led by fully vetted and background checked teachers. They offer a variety of enrichment activities, from art to STEM, music, foreign languages, and more. The platform also allows for convenient scheduling and customization of birthday parties and experiences.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 7how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 45%Funding
bottom 38%Global
bottom 25%Market
bottom 14%Talent: 2 named leaders on record
Funding: Raised $618k across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Seed (Mar 2025)
Global: Single-market focus (United States)
Audience (LinkedIn): 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2025Seed$232.5K
- May 2021Seed$385K
Founders & team
#2
Series E · San Francisco, California · founded 2009 · 173 employees$413.9Mraised▾
Series E · San Francisco, California · founded 2009 · 173 employees
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 27%Tech
top 36%Talent
bottom 49%Market
bottom 45%Growth
bottom 40%Global
bottom 32%Funding: Raised $414M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 15 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Series E (Nov 2021)
Tech: 41 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Observability: Microsoft Clarity, Sentry
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 19k LinkedIn followers — 24.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Nov 2021Series E$349.6M
- May 2020Series D$27M
- Nov 2015Series C$25M
- Apr 2013Series B$8M
Founders & team
Investors
Spectrum Equity, The Rise Fund, New Markets Venture Partners, Blue Heron Capital, Birchmere Ventures, Catamount Ventures
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDocusignElementorFacebook Pixel
#3
Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2011 · 34 employees$155.1Mraised▾
Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2011 · 34 employees
Offers academic programs in arts, sciences, computational sciences, humanities, and social sciences
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 32how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 32%Funding
top 33%Moat
top 38%Patents
top 45%Innovation
bottom 45%Global
bottom 42%Tech: 39 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Devops: Nginx
Funding: Raised $155M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 14 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Series C (Sep 2022)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 5/10 · IP moat: 38 patents · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 17k LinkedIn followers — 22.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Universidad de la Libertad) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2022Series C$3.1M
- Jul 2019Series C$57M
- Oct 2014Series B$70M
- Apr 2012Seed$25M
Investors
ByteDance, TAL Education Group, Yongjin Group, PinPoint Ventures, Kakao Ventures, ES Investor
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#4
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2013 · 48 employees$177Mraised▾
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2013 · 48 employees
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 35%Market
bottom 40%Global
bottom 33%News
bottom 22%Funding: Raised $177M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 12 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Series B (May 2017)
Market: 48 employees
Global: Single-market focus (United States)
Funding rounds
- May 2017Series B$40M
- Mar 2016Series B$100M
- Mar 2014Series A$33M
- Seed$4M
Investors
Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital, Omidyar Network, Harrison Metal, Learn Capital
#5
Funding Raised · San Francisco, California · founded 2016 · 17 employees$20Kraised▾
Funding Raised · San Francisco, California · founded 2016 · 17 employees
Provider of international student support services to higher education institutions
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 19k LinkedIn followers — 25.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Director – Early Careers & Employer Partnerships (India)
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Denison University) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2021Grant (prize money)$20K
Founders & team
Investors
Lighthouse Labs
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAutoptimizeCdnjsChart.Js
Funding & investor landscape
$746.6Mtotal disclosed funding
5companies funded
16disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Cristina Tcheyan
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer · Grasshopper Kids
Arielle Mckenzie
Co-founder & CEO · Grasshopper Kids
Kate Walker
Chief Executive Officer · Presence Learning
Nitin Agrawal
Co-Founder & CEO · Interstride
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 973,062 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Educational Support Services coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States
How research on Education Technology is moving in the United States
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 4,451 United States-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 48% → 65% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- Purdue University West Lafayette107
- North Carolina State University61
- Michigan State University61
- University of Florida57
- Carnegie Mellon University56
leading researchers
E Mahiban Ross · D Beula Jeba Malar · Freederia AI Researcher · Charles R. Graham · Wordly Knowledge Publishing Centre · Richard E. Mayer · Vincent Aleven · Florence Martin
▲
Breakthroughs487 · 11%
▲ 4%→12% share
▲3.0× share momentum0 median citations93% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (4%→12% of field), led by Adaptive learning.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Adaptive learning3→51
- Analytics2→42
- Learning analytics6→44
- Educational technology6→37
- Artificial neural network1→27
Newly emergingReinforcement learning 0→63 · Scalability 0→43 · Personalized learning 0→26
Landmark What is Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)? · 1,481 cites
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Advancements2,156 · 48%
▲ 43%→50% share
▲1.2× share momentum0 median citations84% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (43%→50% of field), led by Educational technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Educational technology84→423
- Experiential learning13→154
- Higher education4→126
- Curriculum23→137
- Learning analytics28→135
Newly emergingTransformative learning 0→112 · Generative grammar 0→72 · Digital learning 0→71
Landmark The Relative Effectiveness of Human Tutoring, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, and Other Tutoring Systems · 1,829 cites
▼
Concerns1,162 · 26%
▼ 30%→25% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations79% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (30%→25% of field), led by Educational technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Educational technology79→257
- Higher education7→109
- Professional development11→74
- Curriculum19→74
- Transformative learning2→55
Newly emergingGenerative grammar 0→63 · Digital learning 0→38 · Thematic analysis 0→32
Landmark Teacher Technology Change · 2,249 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States
Where edtech is researched across United States
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.
Boston105 · +0.37
New York92 · +0.31
Pittsburgh82 · +0.48
SF Bay Area76 · +0.41
Philadelphia52 · +0.32
Atlanta46 · +0.51
Los Angeles44 · +0.24
Chicago42 · +0.29
Ann Arbor35 · +0.30
Seattle34 · +0.44
PATENT SIGNAL · United States
Who's filing edtech patents in the United States
United States edtech patent filing is accelerating — 2,649 filings from 804 assignees (2016–2025), led by Google, Microsoft, Adobe; annual filings 32→533.
2,649 filings804 assigneespeak 533/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Google131
- Microsoft123
- Adobe110
- Equifax107
- IBM94
- Oracle64
- Capital One Services58
- Qualcomm55
Common questions
How many Educational Support Services companies are there in San Francisco, United States?
Radar tracks 32 indexable Educational Support Services companies headquartered in San Francisco, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Educational Support Services companies in San Francisco, United States?
The Educational Support Services companies in San Francisco, United States on this list have raised a combined $746.6M in disclosed equity funding across 5 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Educational Support Services company in San Francisco, United States?
Presence Learning is the highest-funded Educational Support Services company in San Francisco, United States, with $413.9M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Educational Support Services companies in San Francisco, United States are funded?
5 of the 32 Educational Support Services companies in San Francisco, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Educational Support Services unicorns are there in San Francisco, United States?
None of the Educational Support Services companies in San Francisco, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in San Francisco, United States Educational Support Services companies?
The most active investors in San Francisco, United States Educational Support Services companies on this list include Lighthouse Labs, Allen & Company, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Double Impact, Baseline Ventures.
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.