Best Higher Education Tech Companies in District of Columbia, United States
The 34 best Higher Education Tech companies in District of Columbia, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: MPOWER Financing.
Ranked: Best Higher Education Tech companies in District of Columbia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Street Streaming video, audio, and text databases for research, teaching, and learning | — | — | Acquired | 72 | Eileen M Lawrence Co-Founder | DrupalMariaDBPHP+22 | — |
| 2 | Betty AI-powered search and knowledge assistant for students | — | — | Unfunded | — | Rob Barnes Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 3 | capital partners for education Capital Partners for Education provides academic financial assistance to low-income students in the… | — | — | Private | 31 | — | — | — |
| 4 | College Lady Provider of academic advising and college application process consulting services | — | — | Unfunded | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Credit Union Student Choice Online marketplace offering student education loans | — | — | Unfunded | 71 | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+39 | — |
| 6 | Door94 Cloud-based platform providing program management software | — | — | Unfunded | — | Welles Hatch Founder | — | — |
| 7 | Grab Scholarship Provider of information regarding international scholarships, jobs, visas, and courses | — | — | Unfunded | — | Karim A Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — |
| 8 | GreenSchoolsAlliance Peer to peer network for schools for sustainability initiatives | — | — | Unfunded | — | — | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+16 | — |
Top 12 Higher Education Tech companies in District of Columbia
#1
Series A · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2014 · 255 employees$8.3Mraised▾
Provider of MBA education for students and employers. It provides different programs such as the free MBA, the executive MBA, and the open course. It provides an affordable MBA, connects with other learners, and career outcomes. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.
- Sep 2025Conventional Debt$1.1M
- Feb 2025Conventional Debt$1.8M
- May 2024Conventional Debt$1.2M
- Mar 2022Series A$8.3M
#2
Series C · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2014 · 282 employees$156Mraised▾
Provider of international student loans. It provides bridge loans to financially underserved students enrolled full time at accredited institutions. It disburses payments directly to the universities on behalf of students to pay for tuition or university sponsored services like housing,meal plans and health insurance. It also allows institutional and accredited retail investors to invest on the platform.
- Nov 2023Conventional Debt—
- May 2023Conventional Debt$150M
- Jul 2021Series C$100M
- Jan 2021Series C$30M
#3
Series A · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2017 · 13 employees$18.8Mraised▾
Online university offering degree program. It offers skills-focused education online and courses in financial decision making, global business, accounting and financial reporting, technology and operations management, and more.
- Sep 2022Series A$8M
- Jun 2021Series A$10.8M
#4
Series C · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2013 · 41 employees$25.3Mraised▾
Fullmeasure is a mobile engagement platform for higher education. Features include messaging inbox, custom auto-responses, campaign management, data & reporting, library, content management, data exchange, and others.
- Jun 2021Series C$10M
- Feb 2017Series B$3.4M
- Nov 2016Series B$400K
- May 2016Series B$6M
#5
Acquired · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 1999 · 125 employees$14.2Mraised▾
Interfolio provides a web-based platform that provides administrative enterprise SaaS solution to facilitate academic decision support. It has two products named BYCOMMITTEE which provides a platform for hiring new faculty members and provides analytical support to complement decision-making also helps committees to decide on promotion and tenure for staff members and DOSSIER which is a portfolio creation platform which lets individuals to create online resumes and share it with potential employees. Used by over 4,000 schools, 6,000 committees, and 1 million scholars.
- Jan 2016Series A$13M
- May 2013Unattributed$926.3K
- Apr 2008Unattributed$250K
#6
Funding Raised · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2017 · 21 employees$1.4Mraised▾
CircleIn provides solutions to college students for the preparation of the upcoming tests. In its platform, any student can share their class notes and other study material and get the points in reverse. Students can also host a video lecture for his fellow students. Students earning points get converted in perks and rewards within the app. It also provides quizzes for test preparation for students.
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)$1.1M
- Jan 2019Grant (prize money)$225K
- Dec 2018Grant (prize money)—
#7
Seed · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2012 · 11 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Provider of a complexity science solution intended to deliver material improvement for educational institutions to lower acquisition costs, enroll better fit students, increase retention and on-time completions rates, and amass loyal alumni who are thriving post-education. The company automates and scales success across the whole student lifecycle by applying complexity science through a proprietary IP containing predictive modeling, data, recommender engines, and machine learning, enabling students to increase their individual thriving chances inside any specific learning environment.
#8
Seed · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2014 · 11 employees$700Kraised▾
Merger of donation based crowdfunding and lending to finance college education. This platform is unique because there is sided revenue model and customer. It works like traditional crowdfunding sites yet is strictly for paying school costs and will help use the money raised to secure additional financing. The students, the financial institutions and the supporters and organizations are all the customers in one single transaction. It combines donation based crowdfunding and lending.
- May 2018Seed—
- Jul 2017Grant (prize money)$20K
- Mar 2016Seed$700K
#9
Seed · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2014$500Kraised▾
Purefy is a platform for consolidation and refinancing of federal and all other types of student loans into one single Purefy loan. The borrowers on the platform save an average of 2.5 years off their loan term and save an average of $17,496 in lifetime interest savings by refinancing. To be eligible, the applicant must have an annual income above $4K and credit score greater than 700, with both criteria being relaxable in case of co-signer. PenFed Credit Union is the servicing partner for the loans.
- Apr 2017Seed$500K
#10
Funding Raised · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2007$109Kraised▾
Provider of journal publishing tools, conference workflows, and lecture capture. The company offers tools for peer review and author/editor workflows for journal publishing. It maintains a repository of rich-media e-posters for conferences. The platform also provides lecture capture capabilities with an application designed for laptop use. Analytics data is available to determine viewer behavior.
- Feb 2009Grant (prize money)$109K
#11
Seed · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2014$100Kraised▾
Calolo, formerly known as CollegeAppz is an online platform that guides students through the entire college admissions and financial aid process. Include academics, standardized tests, college list, applications, essays, and scholarships help. Also features a collaborative checklist, a calendar, text reminders, and a separate dashboard for high school counselors to track students. Works on a freemium model. Calolo is a business-to-consumer Partnered with Pearson and marked as an add-on to their Student Information System.
- May 2015Seed$100K
#12
Deadpooled · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2015 · 9 employees$65Kraised▾
KoreFabrik is a Social Collaboration Platform for schools and Alumni. As of Aug 2016, this platform is in stealth mode and is about to release in near future.
- Apr 2016Conventional Debt—
- Apr 2016Seed$65K
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