Best Higher Education Tech Companies in Toronto, Canada
The 48 best Higher Education Tech companies in Toronto, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Top Hat.
Ranked: Best Higher Education Tech companies in Toronto
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Top Hat Provider of interactive learning software for higher education course management | $200M | 66 mo ago | Series E | — | 2009 | WordPressSentryApple iCloud Mail+38 | — |
| 2 | Destiny Solutions Customer life cycle management software for higher education | $11M | 98 mo ago | Acquired | Shaul Kuper CEO & President | 1995 | — | — |
| 3 | Kira Talent Admission management solution for higher education | $9M | 120 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2012 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+33 | — |
| 4 | LumiQ Online podcast streaming platform | $7M | 22 mo ago | Series A | Michael Kravshik Co-Founder & CEO | 2016 | SentryAlgoliaSalesforce+24 | — |
| 5 | Halp Online platform providing admission mentoring & coaching solutions for students | $4M | 46 mo ago | Seed | Matthew Mclellan Co-Founder & CEO | 2019 | StoryblokNode.jsReact+17 | — |
| 6 | Bounce Platform offering event ticketing management solutions | $4M | 23 mo ago | Seed | Francesco Virga Co-Founder | 2019 | Squarespace CommerceCart FunctionalitySquarespace+22 | — |
| 7 | OneClass Open platfom for sharing educational content | $2M | 153 mo ago | Series A | — | 2010 | SentryRubyNode.js+20 | — |
| 8 | BioRender Digital teaching tool provider for life sciences | $120K | 100 mo ago | Seed | Shiz Aoki Co-Founder & CEO | 2016 | SentryZendeskApple iCloud Mail+36 | — |
Top 12 Higher Education Tech companies in Toronto
#1
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2016 · 69 employees$7.2Mraised▾
Online podcast streaming platform. It allows users to stream educational podcasts for learning about finance and accounting. The app is available for android and iOS users.
- Sep 2024PE—
- Aug 2022Series A$3.8M
- May 2021Seed$909.6K
- Jun 2019Seed$845K
#2
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 25 employees$3.7Mraised▾
Platform offering event ticketing management solutions. It is a fin tech startup that is redefining virtual and in person events. The platform is centred around event ticketing, increasing guest engagement, and creating communities on campus.It is a all in one platform that helps to organize, discover, and collect payments for events on campus. It is set out to improve the event experience for both hosts and guests.
- Aug 2024Seed$1.2M
- Jan 2023Seed$2.5M
#3
Series E · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2009 · 561 employees$199.5Mraised▾
Provider of interactive learning software for higher education course management. This platform facilitates student engagement through digital tools including polling, quizzes, and interactive textbooks. It integrates with learning management systems to track attendance, monitor student performance, and deliver course content. The software includes artificial intelligence features to assist with assessment creation and study support. Educators use these tools to manage classroom activities and identify learning gaps through data analytics.
- Feb 2021Series E$130M
- Feb 2020Series D$20M
- Feb 2020Conventional Debt$35M
- Jun 2017Series C$7.5M
#4
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 40 employees$4Mraised▾
Online platform providing admission mentoring & coaching solutions for students. The platform offers one-on-one digital coaching, learning programs, scholarship assistance, personalized advice, and more.
- Oct 2022Seed$4M
#5
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2012 · 32 employees$9Mraised▾
Admission management solution for higher education. Allows clients to create customized video & written assessment, receive candidate responses and evaluate the responses. Also enables students to prepare for admission video essays, interviews, and assessments.
- Aug 2016Series A$5M
- Mar 2015Seed$949.2K
- 2014Seed$1M
- Sep 2013Seed$2M
#6
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 1995 · 2 employees$11Mraised▾
Destiny One offers customer lifecycle management software designed specifically for higher education providers. It provides solutions to help colleges and universities attract, manage and maintain their non-traditional students. Company's flagship product Destiny One allows administrators to manage curriculum, enrollment, marketing, reporting, finance, and system administration. The clientele of the company includes Duke University, McGill, Virginia Tech, and University of Calgary among many others.
- May 2018PE$11M
- May 2018Conventional Debt—
#7
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2010 · 125 employees$1.6Mraised▾
OneClass, formerly known as NoteSolution, hosts an interactive library for educational content starting at the university level. Allows tutors to utilize the platform as a distribution channel to create supplementary materials such as videos for each and every university subject. Students can ask questions on any subject. Encourages user interaction through a rewards system, offering them free services so long as they contribute their own notes.
- Oct 2013Series A$1.6M
#8
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2016 · 167 employees$120Kraised▾
BioRender is a digital teaching tool provider for life sciences. It provides icons, templates to help researchers & teachers create, share scientific illustrations. Monetizes through monthly subscription packages. Some of their clients include Standford medical, Genentech, University of Cambridge, Roche, University of Toronto, and others.
- Mar 2018Seed$120K
#9
Funding Raised · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2015$50Kraised▾
Participaid is an online platform that enables users to participate in research studies. It enables users to discover research studies, and enroll in nearby & online research studies.
- Jun 2017Grant (prize money)$50K
#10
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2020 · 9 employees—raised▾
Operator of the visa management platform intended to manage the immigration pathway with transparency. The company's platform offers comprehensive support throughout the immigration process for those interested in pursuing post-graduation in Canada also creating employment pathways, enabling users to get visas briskly and digitally by saving time and money.
#11
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2000 · 362 employees—raised▾
Cloud-based platform providing educational management solutions. The platform offers products such as Omni CMS - which offers a content management system and Destiny One - offers a student information system. The platform offers enrollment enhancement solutions, conference management, communication management, and more.
- May 2018PE—
#12
Deadpooled · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2008—raised▾
SaaS-based platform providing digital learning materials. The platform provides tools for educators to source, assemble and distribute learning materials from various publishers. Used by schools, educators, and publishers to provide digital learning materials to students. Materials are available for delivery, download, and via print on demand.
- Jan 2009Angel—
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