Best K-12 EdTech Companies in British Columbia, Canada
The 69 best K-12 EdTech companies in British Columbia, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: FreshGrade.
Our analysis of 148 K-12 EdTech companies
$9.7b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best K-12 EdTech companies in British Columbia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FreshGrade Communication and reporting through digital portfolio | $16M | 121 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | — | 2012 | — | — |
| 2 | Minga SaaS and app-based parent-teacher communication platform | $7M | 28 mo ago | Series A | Jason Richards Founder & CEO | 2015 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+37 | 1 award |
| 3 | Wize Online platform providing learning and test preparation courses | $3M | 64 mo ago | Seed | Mike Maloon CTO & Co-Founder | 2017 | SentryRubyFacebook Login+32 | — |
| 4 | Lambda Solutions e-learning technology tools | $1M | 67 mo ago | Seed | — | 2002 | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | — |
| 5 | SiMBi Online platform for improving reading skills | $510K | 63 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | NicepageWordPressMySQL+14 | — |
| 6 | LlamaZOO Interactive online platform anatomy learning | $500K | 126 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2015 | RubyRuby on RailsAzure+7 | — |
| 7 | ChatterBlock Social discovery and booking platform for kids activities | $500K | 180 mo ago | Seed | James Degreef Founder and Chair | 2011 | PythonMapbox GL JSFacebook Login+23 | — |
| 8 | HelpHub Manufacturer of hollow-core photonic crystal fibers and related photonic components | $250K | 130 mo ago | Deadpooled | Miguel Kudry Founder | 2013 | — | — |
| 9 | Educhain Provider of platform for issuing, sharing, and verifying digital academic credentials | $120K | 76 mo ago | Seed | Mark Balovnev CEO & MD | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — |
| 10 | Lexim Provider of learning management system | $120K | 171 mo ago | Deadpooled | Michael Shimmins CEO | 2010 | — | — |
Top 12 K-12 EdTech companies in British Columbia
#1
Series A · Kelowna, British Columbia · founded 2015 · 42 employees$7Mraised▾
SaaS and app-based parent-teacher communication platform. It allows clients to share news, photos, announcements and more with students and staff. It enables users to conduct surveys, cultural programs, track and manage student rewards, view reports, and more. Its app is available for Android and iOS devices.
- Feb 2024Series A$7M
#2
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2017 · 105 employees$3Mraised▾
Online platform providing learning and test preparation courses. The platform provides video lessons and customized courses for school students. It offers courses for high school students, university students, and test preparation. It also provides its courses on math, science, LSAT exam preparation, and more.
- Jan 2021Seed$3M
#3
Acqui-Hired · Kelowna, British Columbia · founded 2012 · 25 employees$15.9Mraised▾
FreshGrade is a web and mobile-based app which targets parent, student and teacher communication and reporting through a digital portfolio. Teachers can add learning outcomes and capture best practices for collaboration, send reports on child's progress to parents, communicate announcements to kids and more. Students can self-document their achievements and progress, post comments on their and others achievements and more. Parents can keep track of their children and communicate with teachers for better development of kids. Available in iOS Appstore.
- May 2016Series A$11.6M
- Aug 2014Seed$4.3M
#4
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2002 · 40 employees$1Mraised▾
Lambda Solutions provides e-learning technology tools for the open-source Moodle learning management system and the Totara training management system. Helps higher education institutes, K-12 Schools, businesses and government organizations in Canada and United States with the implementation, integration, hosting & support of Moodle.
- Nov 2020Conventional Debt—
- Sep 2017Conventional Debt$2.2M
- Jun 2015Seed$1M
#5
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2018 · 38 employees$510Kraised▾
Online platform for improving reading skills. Offers a library of books with audio that readers can listen to and improve their reading ability. Allows users to listen to other people and improve their reading skills as well. Also provides readers and educators with personalized insights.
- Feb 2021Seed—
- Apr 2020Seed$50K
- Dec 2018Seed$460K
#6
Acquired · Victoria, British Columbia · founded 2015 · 24 employees$500Kraised▾
LlamaZoo is an interactive online platform for anatomy students. Provides 3D models, digital textbooks, quizzes and a collaborative platform for students. Students can look through layers, and peel away structures to see how they relate positionally. Also provides a digital twin platform for oil & gas, aerospace and mining industries that helps to plan and monitor operations & progress through data visualization. Was awarded the Startup of the Year at 2015 Viatec Technology Awards. Content is created using MRI and CT imaging in cooperation with institutions.
- Nov 2015PE$500K
- Sep 2015Grant (prize money)$50K
#7
Seed · Victoria, British Columbia · founded 2011 · 12 employees$500Kraised▾
ChatterBlock is a social discovery platform to browse & connect with kids activities. Users can create local family events, update class/camps schedules & can also interact with the business on kids activities. Offers a discussion forum & articles on parenting and related stuff. Users can browse upcoming events, book activities & share them within the network. Generates revenue through business listings and online advertisements.
- Jun 2011Angel$500K
#8
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2016 · 13 employees$120Kraised▾
Provider of platform for issuing, sharing, and verifying digital academic credentials. The platform helps institutions reduce costs, save time, and improve security. It streamlines data submission, ensuring a secure, efficient, and compliant process. The platform integrates with existing student portals and automates the issuance of digital documents.
- Feb 2020Seed$120K
#9
Deadpooled · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2013$250Kraised▾
Manufacturer of hollow-core photonic crystal fibers and related photonic components. It develops and commercializes photonic components, modules, and subsystems based on a proprietary hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HCPCF) technology and its functionalized form, the Photonic MicroCell (PMC). Products include beam delivery modules for high-power lasers, pulse compressors, specialty lasers, and sensing modules. These are used in various sectors including laser machining, medical and bio-photonics, space, sensing, and data communications. The company collaborates with partners to provide bespoke solutions and continues to expand its technological capabilities.
- Aug 2015Series A—
- Mar 2014Seed$250K
#10
Deadpooled · Richmond, British Columbia · founded 2010$120Kraised▾
Provider of learning management system. It is an Australia-based platform that allowes teachers to deliver courses online. It also offeres a free version for teachers up to a certain usage limit. It serves educators seeking to transition to or supplement with online teaching methods.
- Mar 2012Seed$100K
- Sep 2011Seed$20K
#11
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2014 · 85 employees$20Kraised▾
Edvisor offers enrollment management for schools. Allows clients to manage the registration process, approve applications, send admission related updates, share pricing and promotions. Also offers solutions for admission agents. Offered on a monthly subscription. Clients include Education Mundial, Class Education, Education world, etc.
- Feb 2019Series A—
- Sep 2015Grant (prize money)$100K
- Jul 2014Seed$20K
#12
Seed · Richmond, British Columbia · founded 2011 · 41 employees—raised▾
Envisio offers a cloud-based strategic plan implementation, performance management, and reporting software to help Government and Educational institutions. Product features include Cascade planning with customizable hierarchies, labels and performance measures, visualization dashboards drilled down to individual stakeholder level, custom report generation and performance tracking, cross-departmental collaboration in addition to automated notifications and reminders. Also offers a community dashboard to enable data democratization to promote transparency. Clients include Educational institutions and local government agencies across the US and Canada.
- Jan 2014Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of K-12 EdTech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Education Technology is moving in Canada
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 634 Canada-affiliated papers.
- Athabasca University45
- University of Calgary34
- Simon Fraser University33
- University of Toronto33
- University of British Columbia26
- Adaptive learning1→9
- Learning analytics2→6
- Analytics1→5
- Data science1→4
- Educational technology2→4
- Educational technology15→46
- Blended learning8→37
- Mathematics education16→35
- Learning analytics11→25
- Context (archaeology)8→22
- Educational technology10→41
- Higher education1→18
- Technology integration1→15
- Curriculum1→14
- Mathematics education3→15
Where edtech is researched across Canada
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.
Who's filing edtech patents in Canada
Canada edtech patent filing is accelerating — 101 filings from 60 assignees (2016–2025), led by 4AG Robotics, Toronto Dominion BANK, The Ontario Educational Communic; annual filings 5→46.
- 4AG Robotics14
- Toronto Dominion BANK12
- The Ontario Educational Communic11
- Avigilon Patent Holding 110
- Shopify7
- CAE6
- Services Petroliers Schlumberger6
- Schlumberger CA6
Common questions
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