Best K-12 EdTech Companies in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The 78 best K-12 EdTech companies in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: zenda.
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 Dubai
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | zenda Provider of app-based pay-now and pay-later solutions for students | $9M | 50 mo ago | Seed | Haseeb Ahmed Co-Founder | 2021 | TypeScriptBootstrapAngular+18 | 1 job opening |
| 2 | Coded Minds Online STEAM courses for children | $3M | 87 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | — | — |
| 3 | Geek Express Online platform providing coding and STEM classes | $860K | 69 mo ago | Seed | Manal Hakim Co-Founder & CEO | 2000 | VimeoBootstraptoastr+22 | — |
| 4 | KidsAI Developer of child-safe AI assistants and AI literacy media | $199K | 24 mo ago | Funding Raised | Irmak Atabeg Co-Founder & CEO | 2024 | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 5 | Skillza Provider of online coding classes for kids | $125K | 51 mo ago | Seed | Anand Satyan Founder | 2021 | — | — |
| 6 | Unitors Online tutor discovery platform | $50K | 44 mo ago | Seed | Vamsi Putta Founder | 2018 | — | — |
| 7 | Algorithmics Provider of after-school programming and math classes | — | 63 mo ago | Series A | Andrey Lobanov Founder & CEO | 2016 | ReadymagBackbone.jsReact+16 | — |
| 8 | Beenova AI-based personalized learning platform | — | 81 mo ago | Seed | Antonios Kondis Founder | 2019 | — | — |
Top 10 K-12 EdTech companies in Dubai
#1
Funding Raised · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2024$198.8Kraised▾
Developer of child-safe AI assistants and AI literacy media. It creates ethical AI assistants designed for children, alongside educational content to foster AI literacy. The company also conducts research and advocates for responsible AI development focused on children's well-being, collaborating with experts and policymakers to shape ethical AI frameworks and regulations. This includes developing scalable AI solutions for businesses while promoting AI literacy as a fundamental skill.
- 2024Grant (prize money)$198.8K
#2
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2021 · 40 employees$9.4Mraised▾
Provider of app-based pay-now and pay-later solutions for students. It offers pay-now and pay-later options for families and students on their school bills. It also offers lending for schools with automated reconciliation and analytics tools. It offers rewards to lendees for fund repayment.
- Apr 2022Seed$9.4M
#3
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2018$2.7Mraised▾
Online STEAM courses for children. Provides lessons, projects, and doubt clarification. Allows children to learn robotics, coding, social app development, Python, and more. Caters to students above 4 years.
- Mar 2019Seed$2.7M
#4
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2000 · 139 employees$860Kraised▾
Geek classes is an online platform providing coding and STEM classes. It provides robotics, coding, and STEM camps for kids and teens. It also provides robotics and programming courses. It provides instructors, gamified learning, certification courses, and many more. It provides applications for Android as well as iOS.
#5
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2018$50Kraised▾
Online tutor discovery platform. The platform connects students with experienced tutors from top universities. They offer both online and home tutoring services in various subjects, including math, science, English, and Arabic
- Oct 2022Seed$50K
#6
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2021 · 25 employees$125Kraised▾
Provider of online coding classes for kids. It offers online classes and teaches concepts related to coding, UI-UX development, algorithms, mathematical aptitude, etc. It works on a subscription-based pricing model.
- Mar 2022Seed$500K
#7
Series A · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2016—raised▾
Provider of after-school educational programs. The platform offers after-school programs, maths classes, coding classes, and more. The platform enables users to start a business with the Algorithmic franchise.
- Feb 2021Series A—
#8
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2019 · 2 employees—raised▾
Beenova is an AI-based personalized learning platform for educational institutions and corporates. The platform leverage NLP and recommendation algorithms to understand the emotional state of student and to deliver personalized content.
- Sep 2019Seed—
#9
Series A · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2013 · 112 employees—raised▾
CTS is an information technology solutions provider for the education sector. It provides custom technology solutions for schools. Offerings include learning management systems, assessment platforms, education tablets, office suits, game-based learning platforms, and others. Claims to have partners like Intel, Microsoft, frog education, Google, Acer, ExploreLearning, and others.
- Jul 2019Series A—
#10
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2018—raised▾
Provider of educational apps for students. It provides STEM-based learning solutions. The app is available for iOS and Android users.
- Jun 2019Seed—
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
What Dubai researches in edtech
- British University in Dubai8
- University of Dubai8
- University of Wollongong in Dubai2
- Heriot-Watt University Dubai2
- Canadian University of Dubai2
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