Best K-12 EdTech Companies in China
The 410 best K-12 EdTech companies in China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Yuanfudao.
Tracking the best-funded K-12 EdTech companies in China, this directory covers 410 tracked companies with $14.0B in total disclosed funding and seven unicorns built from that capital. The numbers concentrate fast: Yuanfudao alone pulled in $4.0B, Zuoyebang sits at $2.9B, and Huohua Siwei cleared $590M, meaning three names account for the bulk of the pile while the rest of the field is still scrapping for early rounds. And that spread tells you something real about how this market is structured. It's not a rising tide lifting all boats. It's a winner-take-most dynamic, with Blue Elephant Capital, Tencent, and New Oriental Education and Technology Group among the investors who've decided where to concentrate their bets.
Coverage is flat right now, but the hot themes are anything but. Educational apps, virtual classroom technologies, and engineering projects for adolescents are where product teams are actually shipping. I'd watch the tech-enhanced pedagogy angle especially, since that's where regulatory pressure on tutoring has pushed founders to rebuild offerings with a more tools-first framing rather than a services-first one. So if you're scanning this list for where momentum lives in 2025, look past the unicorn names and find the companies threading the K-12 EdTech innovation thread between curriculum and platform. That's the real action this quarter.
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 China
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founded | Founder | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuanfudao 🦄 Provider of online school-based test preparation platform | $4.0B | 65 mo ago | Series G | 30,000 | 2012 | Shuai Ke Founder | — |
| 2 | Zuoyebang 🦄 Platform offering homework help products for students | $2.9B | 65 mo ago | Series E | — | 2015 | Hou Jianbin Founder & CEO | — |
| 3 | Zhangmen Provider of tutoring platform for K-12 students | $873M | 69 mo ago | Public | 62 | 2005 | Zhang Yi Founder & CEO | — |
| 4 | Huohua Siwei 🦄 Provider of AI-based online learning platform for students | $590M | 50 mo ago | Series E | 8,743 | 2016 | Luo Jian Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| 5 | 17Zuoye Provider of virtual classroom platform for students, parents and teachers | $585M | 98 mo ago | Public | 480 | 2011 | Dun Xiao Co-Founder | — |
| 6 | Shenzhen Dianmao Technology Online programming learning tool for K-12 students | $395M | 66 mo ago | Series D | 7,000 | 2015 | Li Tianchi Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| 7 | DaDaABC Interactive english learning course | $335M | 73 mo ago | Series D | — | 2013 | Hui Zhi Founder & CEO | — |
| 8 | Knowbox 🦄 Provider of online education platform which connects students and teachers | $306M | 84 mo ago | Series D | 59 | 2014 | Liu Ye Co-Founder | — |
| 9 | Love learning Cloud-based management platform for schools | $300M | 67 mo ago | Series D | 925 | — | — | — |
| 10 | ClassIn Online platform providing classroom solutions | $265M | 65 mo ago | Series C | 100 | 2014 | Junbo Song Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| 11 | Xuele Provider of cloud-based platform for learning various subjects | $221M | 116 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2002 | Chen Donghua Founder & CEO | — |
| 12 | VIPThink Online math learning for children | $195M | 69 mo ago | Series C | 600 | 2018 | — | — |
| 13 | Squirrel Ai Learning 🦄 Provider of AI-based tutoring platform for students | $194M | 59 mo ago | Series C | 67 | 2014 | Jason Zhou Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| 14 | VIP Online music learning platform for students | $165M | 91 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 500 | 2014 | Ge Jiaqi Founder | — |
| 15 | Xuebajun 1 on 1 🦄 Provider of online platform for homework assistance for school kids | $155M | 113 mo ago | Deadpooled | 1,000 | 2013 | Yuan Pu Co-Founder & CTO | — |
| 16 | Shenzhou Eagle Software Technology Cloud-based school management software provider for kindergartens | $150M | 90 mo ago | Series D | — | 2011 | Yexianxian Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| 17 | Bo Bird Picture Book Picturebook rental platform for kids | $147M | 84 mo ago | Series A | 30 | 2017 | — | — |
| 18 | Xiaoyuetong Provider of SaaS-driven school management software | $139M | 60 mo ago | Series D | 1,000 | 2016 | — | — |
| 19 | Palfish English learning courses for children | $125M | 70 mo ago | Series C | 2,000 | 2015 | Henry Huang Founder & CEO | 1 launch |
| 20 | 51Talk Online English learning platform | $90M | 132 mo ago | Public | 171 | 2011 | — | — |
| 21 | Beijing National Tsing Hua University Century Group Online education programs and IT solutions & services provider for learning centres | $82M | 135 mo ago | Deadpooled | 1,100 | 2003 | Zhang Hui Founder & CEO | — |
| 22 | Makeblock Robotic kits to learn coding | $80M | 93 mo ago | Series C | 400 | 2011 | — | — |
| 23 | Beijing Wenyuanjia Technology Online platform providing one-on-one tutoring lessons for kids | $80M | 77 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2018 | Chen Yuan CEO | — |
| 24 | ZEBRA ENGLISH Online platform providing English language learning solutions for students | $78M | 55 mo ago | Series C | — | 2017 | Li Yong Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| 25 | Huike 🦄 Cloud-based learning management system for educational institutes | $67M | 96 mo ago | Series D | — | 2010 | Yue Xiwei Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| 26 | Classba Learning management platform for schools | $63M | 103 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2014 | Jason Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| 27 | Xstudy Online platform for discovery of offline tutors for K-12 students | $62M | 120 mo ago | Series C | 50 | 2014 | — | — |
| 28 | Shenzhen Rice and Xiaomi Culture Communication Online platform offering information regarding mental disorders | $61M | 46 mo ago | Series D | — | 2014 | Jiang Yingshuang CEO | — |
| 29 | Beijing Le Le Gaoshang Education Technology Provider of online mathematics and English learning platform | $60M | 69 mo ago | Series C | 30 | 2014 | Ying Mao Co-Founder | — |
| 30 | Biancm Provider of programming courses for children | $57M | 79 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2019 | Li Tianchi CEO | — |
| 31 | Meiyu Online Technology Cloud based school management software provider | $56M | — | Late Stage | — | 2017 | Pang Zhiyong CEO | — |
| 32 | Neo Bear Provider of AR-based educational products for kids | $56M | 115 mo ago | Series B | 96 | 2009 | Neo Xiong Founder & CEO | — |
| 33 | Genshuixue Listing platform connecting students with online and offline tutors | $50M | 66 mo ago | Public | 4,002 | 2014 | Chen Xiangdong Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| 34 | Snapask Provider of online tutoring and educational resources for primary and secondary students | $50M | 75 mo ago | Series B | 100 | 2015 | Timothy YU Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| 35 | Baijiayun Provider of online virtual learning solutions | $50M | 58 mo ago | Public | 500 | 2014 | — | — |
| 36 | Alo7 Provider of childrens digital English learning platform | $48M | 102 mo ago | Series D | 51 | 2004 | — | — |
| 37 | Xiaoyangedu Cloud based platform offering learning network software | $47M | 67 mo ago | Series B | 400 | 2003 | — | — |
| 38 | Whales English Online schools for language learners aged 3-18 | $34M | 64 mo ago | Series B | — | 2012 | Tom Wu CEO | — |
| 39 | Jie Rui Education Group Online platform providing curriculum-based courses for school students | $33M | 63 mo ago | Series B | 1,000 | 2004 | — | — |
| 40 | Baby playing English Online resources for English language learning for kids | $32M | 98 mo ago | Series B | — | 2016 | Li Hongmei Founder & CEO | — |
| 41 | Yimifudao Diversified conglomerate operating in real estate, construction, education, healthcare, manufacturing, and… | $31M | 91 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2014 | Xiaofeng Li Founder & CEO | — |
| 42 | SchoolPal Online ERP solution for school management | $31M | 94 mo ago | Series C | 400 | 2010 | Yichi Zhang Co-Founder & Chairman | — |
| 43 | Landzo Brand offering baby toy products | $29M | 60 mo ago | Series A | — | 2011 | Wang Jiang Founder & CEO | — |
| 44 | Magic Ear Online instructor-led English language courses for kids | $24M | 95 mo ago | Series A | 30 | 2016 | Jin Lei Founder | — |
| 45 | String Sound Information Technology Provider of online courses for students | $21M | 73 mo ago | Series B | 10 | 2017 | — | — |
| 46 | Teenager gets Provider of literacy courses for children | $14M | 68 mo ago | Series B | 56 | 2017 | — | — |
| 47 | WhalesBot Platform offering educational robots for STEM learning | $14M | 22 mo ago | Series A | — | 2018 | Abbott Lyu Co-Founder | — |
| 48 | Huan Chuang Technology Provider of chinese language learning solutions | $12M | 44 mo ago | Series C | — | 2015 | Zhou Kun Founder & CEO | — |
| 49 | Precision AI based adaptive learning platform provider for students | $7M | 24 mo ago | Series B | — | 2018 | Yang Renbin Founder & CEO | — |
| 50 | Bingo Social robot developer | $3M | 19 mo ago | Series A | 30 | 2014 | Min Haibo Founder | — |
Top 12 K-12 EdTech companies in China
#1
Series A · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2018$13.8Mraised▾
Platform offering educational robots for STEM learning
#2
Series A · Suzhou, Jiangsu · founded 2014 · 30 employees$2.5Mraised▾
Bingo is a social robot developer. It is an intelligent robot which enables the learning and development of a child. It also enables parents to video call with their children. It has raised $1.8M in Seed round of funding.
- Nov 2024Series A$13.8M
- Aug 2019Angel$708.9K
- Aug 2018Series A—
- Aug 2016Seed$1.8M
#3
Series G · Chaoyang, Beijing · founded 2012 · 30000 employees$4Braised▾
Yuanfudao provides an online school-based test preparation platform. It enables students to improve test scores. The platform connects students with tutors and live streams through the app. The students can choose one-on-one tutoring services or join a group class.
- Dec 2020Series G$300M
- Oct 2020Series G$2.2B
- Mar 2020Series G$1B
- Dec 2018Series F$300M
#4
Series E · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2015$2.9Braised▾
Platform offering homework help products for students. It enables users to search for different exercises and practice them. It also helps them learn and solve different questions using a communication tool by connecting with different tutors.
- Dec 2020Series E$1.6B
- Jun 2020Series E$750M
- Jul 2018Series D$350M
- Aug 2017Series C$150M
#5
Series E · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2016 · 8743 employees$590Mraised▾
Huohua provides an AI-based online learning platform for students. It offers features such as one-to-many online interactive live sessions, AI-based interactive games, online courses, etc, to learn mathematics. Its app is available for both Android and iOS platforms.
- Apr 2022Series E—
- Jan 2021Series E$150M
- Oct 2020Series E$100M
- Aug 2020Series E$150M
#6
Series B · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2018$7.3Mraised▾
Precision Learning is an AI-based adaptive learning platform provider for students. It focuses on the learning weaknesses of the student and designs personalized learning solutions. The learning session is for two hours per week.
- May 2024Series B$27.6M
- Sep 2019Series A$120K
- May 2019Series A$7.3M
#7
Public · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2005 · 62 employees$873Mraised▾
Provider of tutoring platform for students. It offers online tutoring with customized counseling and content. It provides tutoring for subjects like maths, English, physics, chemistry, and more. Its app is available for Android and iOS platforms.
- Sep 2020Series F$400M
- Jan 2019Series E$350M
- Dec 2017Series D$119.7M
- Sep 2016Series C—
#8
Series D · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2015 · 7000 employees$395.1Mraised▾
Online programming learning tool for K-12 students. The platform aims to help students to learn programming via game-oriented interface where-in the script is visualized to a get video teaching solution. Children can collaborate over different exercises as well.
- Nov 2020Series D$197.6M
- Apr 2020Series C$35.3M
- Nov 2019Series C$56.8M
- Jan 2019Series C—
#9
Public · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2011 · 480 employees$585Mraised▾
Provider of virtual classroom platform for students, teachers, and parents. It provides a virtual classroom to serve as a nexus for all three groups to facilitate the educational experience, focusing on English and Math classes. For students, one of the services it offers is an automated system that allows the students to record English sentences and get instant feedback on pronunciation. Teachers can then listen to the recordings at any time. Parents can get real-time reports on the kids via WeChat.
- Mar 2018Series E$250M
- Mar 2018Series E$200M
- Feb 2015Series D$100M
- Feb 2014Series C$20M
#10
Series D · Guangdong, Jilin · founded 2014$61.1Mraised▾
Online platform offering information regarding mental disorders. It offers mental disorders information and learning courses enabling clinicians to register and learn about autism, mental retardation, etc.
- Jul 2022Series D$42M
- Dec 2019Series B$12.8M
- Apr 2018Series A$6.3M
#11
Knowbox 🦄Series D · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2014 · 59 employees$306.4Mraised▾
Knowbox provides an online education platform that connects students and teachers. It is a virtual classroom platform that helps teachers and students to connect for different courses and guidance that teachers can provide. It uses big data analytics to help teachers design personalized teaching courses to meet the students' requirements. It also released a new product - quick calculation, mainly for primary school students. The product aims to provide games and math learning tool for teachers and students.
- May 2019Series D$150M
- Jul 2018Series C—
- Feb 2018Series C$100M
- Oct 2017Series B$30.4M
#12
Series C · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2014 · 67 employees$193.9Mraised▾
SquirrelAI provides an AI-based tutoring platform for students. It provides tutoring platform with personalized feedbacks for students using AI-technology.
- Jul 2021Series C—
- Oct 2018Series C$150M
- 2014Seed$43.9M
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 China
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 2,700 China-affiliated papers.
- Beijing Normal University81
- Central China Normal University76
- East China Normal University55
- Zhejiang University51
- Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University32
- Adaptive learning1→86
- Adaptive control1→22
- Blended learning1→21
- Control theory (sociology)1→18
- Pattern recognition (psychology)1→13
- Educational technology14→262
- Blended learning4→210
- Mathematics education16→212
- Curriculum3→80
- Context (archaeology)5→81
- Educational technology7→63
- Blended learning3→38
- Mathematics education3→37
- Context (archaeology)1→25
- Cognition1→24
Where edtech is researched across China
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 China
China edtech patent filing is accelerating — 65 filings from 83 assignees (2017–2025), led by Huawei TECH, UNIV Zhejiang, NIO Technology Anhui; annual filings 1→14.
- Huawei TECH29
- UNIV Zhejiang5
- NIO Technology Anhui3
- UNIV Beijing Technology3
- TSE HO Keung3
- Qualcomm2
- Sanya NAT Institute Of Southern 2
- Malakhov Kirill Aleksandrovich2
Common questions
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.