Best Higher Education Tech Companies in Florida, United States
The 87 best Higher Education Tech companies in Florida, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Anthology.
Ranked: Best Higher Education Tech companies in Florida
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACFCS Empowering financial crime specialists with resources, training, and a global community | — | — | 104 | J.R. Helmig Founder & CEO | Shogun Page BuilderCart FunctionalityBigCommerce+29 | — | — |
| 2 | AliveTek Provider of custom eLearning design, development, consulting, hosting, and support | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Alternatives To College Online platform providing college alternative discovery solutions | — | — | 3 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+12 | — | — |
| 4 | analytikus Analytics and AI solutions to positively impact learning, teaching, and student success. | — | — | 22 | — | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+16 | — | — |
| 5 | apollidon Apollidon is a web-based services company collaborating with academic institutions to provide distance… | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | AULM Provider of online degree programs in business and computer science | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Barcharts Provider of laminated quick-reference guides, flash cards, posters, and books | — | — | 25 | — | Cart FunctionalityBigCommerceUnbounce+25 | — | — |
| 8 | Bisk Online learning solutions amplifying potential through transformational experiences for universities and… | — | — | 281 281 → 455 (+62%) | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+33 | — | — |
Top 12 Higher Education Tech companies in Florida
#1
Seed · Palm Beach, Florida · founded 2021$5.2Mraised▾
Developer of cloud native student information systems for higher education. This platform manages student lifecycle functions including admissions, financial aid, academic operations, and student records. It utilizes automated workflows to process enrollment, scheduling, and reporting tasks. The system provides tools for student advising, career services, and financial management. It integrates data across institutional departments to support administrative and academic processes.
- Apr 2026Seed$5.2M
#2
Series B · Gainesville, Florida · founded 2014 · 33 employees$14.4Mraised▾
Local marketplace for P2P tutoring. It is an on-demand mobile platform for finding a peer tutor nearby who has taken the same course before for an in-person tutoring session. Students can search for the course and select the tutor they want, schedule sessions on-demand or for later; make payments, and rate or review the teacher. It also provides a platform for students to become tutors through the app by uploading a picture of their transcripts.
- Sep 2025Series B$4.8M
- Sep 2023Series A—
- Aug 2022Series A$11.2M
- Feb 2021Seed$815K
#3
Series D · Coral Gables, Florida · founded 1996 · 2200 employees$110Mraised▾
Center of education providing cyber security training and digital skills programs
- Jan 2022Series D$100M
- Dec 2020Unattributed$10M
#4
Seed · Miami, Florida · founded 2018 · 33 employees$2Mraised▾
Provider of LMS for schools and students. It provides academic support system for universities and schools. The system enhance student success and retention by providing accessible and centralized support.
- Aug 2024Seed$2.9M
#5
Public · Boca Raton, Florida · founded 1996 · 1001 employees$118.3Mraised▾
Provider of educational tools and platforms for institutions and learners. The company delivers service and support for its products. These products include learning management systems, accessibility tools, and institutional effectiveness solutions. It also provides student information systems, finance, and human capital management software. Additionally, the company offers lifecycle engagement and student success portfolios.
- Sep 2003Series C$4M
- Jan 2002Series C$6.3M
- Jun 2001Series C$25M
- Apr 2001Series C$48M
#6
Series B · Boca Raton, Florida · founded 2014 · 45 employees$39.2Mraised▾
Honorlock provides an online proctoring platform for educational institutions along with support by its in-house proctors, in-browser proctoring, and student authentication. The features include search and blocking of content related to testing from the web, browser guard to disable toggling, print, clipboard, etc and it also includes a mobile-detection technology to trace mobile phones tucked underneath the desk and out of webcam view. The clients include Santa Fe College, FIU, FAU, DVC, Eastern Washington University, etc.
- Apr 2021Series B$25M
- Mar 2020Series A$11.5M
- Apr 2019Angel$2.5M
- Aug 2017Seed$250K
#7
Series A · Miami, Florida · founded 2020 · 36 employees$21Mraised▾
Mobile-based platform providing social streaming services for kids. The platform offers challenges led by kid's brands such as media stars, museums, zoos, educators, children's musicians, and more. The platform enables kids to watch entertaining videos and share a short video response with friends as a challenge. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.
- Jun 2022Series A$17M
- Apr 2021Seed$4M
#8
Seed · Miami, Florida · founded 2019$2.3Mraised▾
Saas-driven platform offering tutoring solutions for students. It offers tutoring on STEM subjects for students. It also offers homework help along with providing learning solutions for schools.
- Jan 2023Seed$2.3M
#9
Series A · Naples, Florida · founded 2012 · 10 employees$2.7Mraised▾
EdTech company providing project-based learning solutions for workforce readiness. They offer digital platforms and tools designed to enhance critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and collaboration skills. Their solutions focus on active learning, measurable outcomes, and alignment with educational standards. They transform traditional learning into engaging, competency-based experiences, preparing learners for college and career success. They provide interactive digital content delivery, project-based social learning platforms, and tools to measure learning competencies. They aim to support learners at every stage, delivering stellar learning outcomes. Their offerings include AI and machine learning integration, catering to digital natives and promoting team-based, real-world problem-solving.
- Oct 2017Series A$1.6M
- Aug 2014Seed$1.1M
#10
Acquired · Tampa, Florida · founded 2012 · 47 employees$1Mraised▾
Student engagement and resource planning platform for universities. It enables institutions to structurize and advertise the involvement opportunities for students, track and verify the student involvement using mobile device data. It also identifies behaviour trends and compares students through the web and mobile platforms. The clients include the University of North Carolina, Tulsa Community College, Adams State University Colorado, The New School, HCC, MCLA, San Diego State University, etc.
- Jul 2021Series B—
- Aug 2016Series A$1M
- Mar 2015Conventional Debt$1M
#11
Early Stage · Plantation, Florida · founded 1993 · 14 employees$1.7Mraised▾
Provider of tools, technical assistance, and resources for institutes. It offers personalized and workforce-aligned learning experiences for higher education management.
- Apr 2011Unattributed$1.7M
#12
Series A · Fort Lauderdale, Florida · founded 2011 · 19 employees$690.5Kraised▾
Nuro Retention provides integrated student retention management platform to educational institutions. The middleware toolset identifies trends and patterns in consumed data which is then normalized and tagged in time to create traceable checkpoints of behavioral data. Enables users to report success indicators at the individual student, campus professional, department, and institutional level. Utilizes neural algorithms, augmented with graph database technologies inorder to consume, combine and normalize multiple and disparate data sets.
- Dec 2016Series A$2M
- Jul 2015Series A$1.5M
- Jul 2013Series A$690.5K
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