Best K-12 EdTech Companies in Colorado, United States
The 89 best K-12 EdTech companies in Colorado, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Sphero.
Our analysis of 50 K-12 EdTech companies
$1.5b in tracked funding; 100% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best K-12 EdTech companies in Colorado
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sphero Smartphone controlled robotic gaming toy for kids | $132M | 72 mo ago | 68 | — | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+34 | Top 500k | 229 patents Programmable educational robotics and modular interactive toys with motion, wireless power, and sensor control | — |
| 2 | Ocelot Provider of AI and cloud-based chatbots for higher education services | $117M | 44 mo ago | 137 | Damon Vangelis Founder & CEO | — | — | 16 patents Design and manufacturing of data storage devices (e.g., solid‑state memory modules). | — |
| 3 | TopSchool SaaS based student information management system provider | $21M | 171 mo ago | 14 | Matthew Schnittman CEO & President | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | MagicSchool AI-powered platform offering lesson planning solutions for teachers 74Funding top 21%Tech top 22%Moat top 36%Talent top 38% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 21% Techtop 22% Moattop 36% Talenttop 38% Markettop 45% Growthtop 45% AItop 45% Newsbottom 42% Globalbottom 32% Funding: Raised $20.3M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr) Tech: 60 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $20M | 17 mo ago | — | Adeel Khan Founder & CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowApple iCloud Mail+28 | Top 50k | — | — |
| 5 | Bulb Digital portfolios for students and teachers | $19M | 93 mo ago | 10 | Eric Goldreyer Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Pairin Online candidate assistance platform for career guidance | $19M | 40 mo ago | 28 | Michael Simpson Co-Founder and CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+23 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 7 | Modular Robotics Robot blocks to build better thinkers through STEM, design, and coding | $9M | 139 mo ago | 10 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 8 | Pathify Mobile-based platform providing student engagement solutions for colleges 67Tech top 27%Funding top 34%Product top 34%Growth top 37% All 9 signals ▾Techtop 27% Fundingtop 34% Producttop 34% Growthtop 37% Talenttop 38% Customerstop 40% Markettop 44% Moattop 48% Globalbottom 32% Tech: 48 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud Funding: Raised $7.6M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $8M | 16 mo ago | 159 | James McCubbin Co-Founder & CFO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+34 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 9 | Bitsbox Internet-first brand offering kids activity boxes to learn to code | $5M | 46 mo ago | 14 | — | Cart FunctionalityCratejoyBootstrap+31 | Top 1M | — | — |
| 10 | Modern Teacher Transforming education through modern learning, professional development, and strategic frameworks | $4M | 96 mo ago | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Scholarly Provider of faculty affairs software for higher education institutions | $4M | 23 mo ago | — | Kristina Brown Co-Founder | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+12 | Top 50M | — | 1 launch |
| 12 | AgentSheets Software tools to enable kids to create agent-based games and simulations | $4M | 149 mo ago | — | Nadia Repenning Co-Founder & CEO | Proton MailAmazon Web ServicesHSTS+6 | Top 5M | 7 patents Interactive visual programming tools for 2D‑to‑3D model extrusion and conversational coding interfaces | — |
| 13 | Aegis Identity Identity management software | $4M | 126 mo ago | 15 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Schoolrunner School management system | $4M | 109 mo ago | 10 | — | NVD3D3Google Sign-in+21 | Top 500k | — | — |
| 15 | Woot Math Math resources transitioning to Saga Education, offering free tools and updates | $2M | 120 mo ago | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | ScholarCentric Online platform offering learning solutions for schools | $2M | 160 mo ago | 4 | Ron Klausner CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Edunoor Virtual learning platform connecting students and teachers with custom solutions | $2M | 61 mo ago | 56 | Jonas Latner Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Via TRM Traveler Relationship Management software for study abroad offices and educational travel companies | $1M | 127 mo ago | 18 | Samantha Martin Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Figure Platform to assist students in learning mathematics | $1M | 86 mo ago | 7 | — | — | — | 81 patents Humanoid robot locomotion, joint, and head‑neck mechanical design | — |
| 20 | Seamless Toy Company Electronics equipped building blocks to help kids make interactive creations | $1M | 152 mo ago | 20 | Michael Rosenblatt Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Phood Online payment solution for schools | $1M | 44 mo ago | 15 | Alex Parmley CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Hive Digital Minds Boutique marketing agency connecting organizations with stakeholders, specializing in education and… | $596K | 88 mo ago | 4 | James Larson Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Edify Transforming education through personalized learning programs and innovative technology | $550K | 126 mo ago | 44 | Jacob Zax Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 5 patents AI-driven personalized digital content, safety monitoring, datacenter ops, e‑therapy analytics, dynamic IVR | — |
| 24 | mcSquares Interactive dry erase whiteboards for use in teaching | $515K | 70 mo ago | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | EdCuration Provider of multiple education curriculum for students | $500K | 68 mo ago | 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Beanstalk Online platform providing live and on-demand classes for kids | $300K | 70 mo ago | — | Amy Molk Founder & CEO | — | — | 4 patents Indoor vertical farming hardware and integrated self-contained digital media projection systems. | — |
| 27 | Megathread Provider of data analytics platform for education institutes | $300K | 175 mo ago | 1 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | Top 10M | 6 patents Online entity similarity analysis and community‑driven user authentication platforms | — |
| 28 | Learn Fresh STEM learning platform provider for children | $250K | 120 mo ago | 22 | Bill Daugherty Co-Founder | Craft CMSPHPGoogle Maps+19 | Top 50M | — | 1 partnership |
| 29 | Core Learning Exchange Equitable career pathways through curriculum solutions and industry certifications | $235K | 106 mo ago | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Couragion STEM career exploration & self-discovery app | $100K | 110 mo ago | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 K-12 EdTech companies in Colorado
#1
Series B · Denver, Colorado · founded 2023$20.3Mraised▾
AI-powered platform offering lesson planning solutions for teachers. It also provides assignment management solutions for teachers.
- Jan 2025Series B$45M
- Apr 2024Series A$17.9M
- Aug 2023Seed$2.4M
#2
Series B · Greenwood Village, Colorado · founded 2011 · 159 employees$7.6Mraised▾
Mobile-based platform providing student engagement solutions for colleges. It offers features for attracting students, keeping track of their progress, and providing student communities to engage and communicate with each other.
- Jan 2025Series B$25M
- Jan 2023Series A$7.6M
#3
Unfunded · Boulder, Colorado · founded 2003 · 137 employees$117Mraised▾
Provider of AI and cloud-based chatbots for higher education services. It offers AI-enabled, multilingual chatbot aids a cloud-based chatbot and video content platform with customizable video libraries, bi-directional conversations, learning management systems, and more. It offers solutions to community colleges, technical schools, four-year public institutions, and four-year private schools of all sizes.
#4
Series A · Denver, Colorado · founded 2023$4Mraised▾
Provider of faculty affairs software for higher education institutions. Their software integrates with various existing systems like Banner, Workday to provide a single source of truth for faculty data.
- Jul 2024Series A$4M
#5
Series D · Boulder, Colorado · founded 2010 · 68 employees$131.9Mraised▾
Sphero designs and manufactures Sphero, a smartphone-controlled robotic gaming ball connected via Bluetooth. Sphero is a small, self-propelled ball with a built-in gyroscope, accelerometer, and Bluetooth. Has released its SDK for developers to build applications or connect their pre-built applications with the robotic ball. The company has created many applications for the device, available for free. Also designed a tubular smartphone-controlled robot called Ollie, that is engineered for speed, play, and race.
- Jun 2020Series D$3M
- Dec 2019Series D$717.7K
- Aug 2019Series D$27.8M
- Sep 2018Series D$605.7K
#6
Acquired · Denver, Colorado · founded 2012 · 28 employees$18.7Mraised▾
Online candidate assistance platform for career guidance. The platform provides a management system and tools to teachers, mentors, students, and employers to focus on and accelerate the development of skills. The platform also conducts surveys to measure attitudes, motivations, and behavioral proficiencies.
- Feb 2023Series B$2.1M
- Feb 2023Conventional Debt$2M
- Jan 2021Series A$4.4M
- Dec 2020Series A$7.9M
#7
Public · Boulder, Colorado · founded 2014 · 14 employees$4.7Mraised▾
Internet-first brand offering kids activity boxes to learn to code. The user gets a subscription box from which they choose an app and type out the code, then the user can share the app on any mobile device. The platform also has a website where kids as young as seven can program apps that run on real phones and tablets.
- Aug 2022Series A$287.9K
- Dec 2019Series A$3.2M
- Nov 2016Seed$735K
- Apr 2016Seed$50K
#8
Series B · Fort Collins, Colorado · founded 2011 · 10 employees$19Mraised▾
Bulb provides tools to create a digital portfolio for students and educators. Features include text, images and video content integration, Google Drive integration, phone support, organizational admin dashboard, co-authoring, inline commenting, reporting, account manager, presentation mode, and learning system integration. Operates on a freemium and yearly subscription model. Has won various awards.
- Aug 2018Series B$10.7M
- Jan 2017Series B$6M
- Jul 2014Series A$1M
- May 2013Seed$365.9K
#9
Acqui-Hired · Denver, Colorado · founded 2006 · 14 employees$21.2Mraised▾
TopSchool is a SaaS-based student information management system provider. It provides solutions for colleges to manage and report students information. It also provides solutions for student lifecycle management aspects like recruitment, retention, and career service.
- Mar 2012Series D$2.5M
- Jul 2010Series C$8M
- Mar 2009Series B$7M
- May 2008Series A$3.2M
#10
Series A · Boulder, Colorado · founded 2008 · 10 employees$9.1Mraised▾
Robot blocks to build better thinkers through STEM, design, and coding. They create systems that let you build robots out of lots of tiny robots, fostering problem-solving skills like collaboration, engineering, and computational thinking. Their robot blocks are versatile, used by educators and learners of all ages to teach skills needed to solve life's biggest problems. They offer a range of resources, including lesson plans and activities, to support educators in integrating their products into the classroom. Their products are designed to help students build cognitive skills and explore concepts like design thinking, engineering, complexity, and math. They aim to provide accessible and engaging tools for learning and innovation, promoting critical thinking and creativity through hands-on play. They offer educational resources, apps, and support to help users of all levels explore the possibilities of robotics and coding.
- Nov 2014Series A$3.1M
- Apr 2014Series A$3M
- Jan 2014Grant (prize money)$1M
- Jul 2013Grant (prize money)—
#11
Seed · Boulder, Colorado · founded 2018 · 15 employees$1Mraised▾
Online payment solution for schools. It features an integrated API for accepting student dining payments. It also allows students to use a meal plan card to order food from delivery services. Provides universities an opportunity to generate profit while enhancing dining services for students.
- Oct 2022Seed$1M
- 2021Seed$20K
#12
Series C · Westminster, Colorado · founded 2012 · 56 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Virtual learning platform connecting students and teachers with custom solutions. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools for creating virtual learning institutes, managing virtual learning centers, and facilitating direct private tutoring. The platform provides live interaction through video/audio conferencing, whiteboard functionality, and file sharing. It empowers learning with technology through course management, allowing lecturers to upload learning material. Students can discover courses, find tutors, and access learning materials. The platform incorporates social rating features, enabling students and tutors to rate each other and share their experiences on social networks. This fosters a dynamic and engaging learning environment, extending educational opportunities beyond geographical limitations. It is a SaaS solution that provides custom solutions for schools and universities.
- May 2021Series C$1.5M
- May 2019Series B$450K
- Dec 2016Series B$441K
- Mar 2014Series A$245K
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 Edtech in Colorado is moving
A read on the academic research around Edtech in Colorado — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 41 papers.
University of Colorado Boulder and Colorado State University lead Colorado's edtech research, focusing predominantly on innovative and online learning methods, with a cautiously optimistic tone (mean stance 0.28).
- University of Colorado Boulder16
- Colorado State University9
- University of Northern Colorado8
- University of Colorado System7
- Colorado Technical University1
- Embodied cognition1
- Cognitive science1
- Set (abstract data type)1
- Cognition1
- Discipline1
- Educational technology2→3
- Educational technology2
- Pedagogy2
- Inclusion (mineral)2
- Qualitative research2
- Perception2
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.