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Best K-12 EdTech Companies in France

The 176 best K-12 EdTech companies in France in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: DigiSchool.

176companies tracked
$145.6Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
40have raised

France's K-12 EdTech sector is smaller than the headlines suggest, and this directory ranks the best K-12 EdTech companies in France by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum. We're tracking 176 companies with a combined $146M raised, which sounds substantial until you notice there isn't a single unicorn in the mix.

Poppins leads at $14M, followed by Lunii at $11M and Revyze at $8M. Those three alone account for a disproportionate share of the total pool. So the funding is real but concentrated. The hot themes right now are educational apps, tech-enhanced pedagogy, and virtual classroom tools, with a notable cluster around engineering projects for adolescents. Bpifrance and Educapital are the most active backers, which tells you institutional appetite exists. But coverage is flat, and globally the pressure on EdTech balance sheets is visible: Practically's recent layoffs are a reminder that even funded players can hit a wall fast. If you're scanning this list for partners or investment targets, the spread between leaders and the long tail is the number to watch.

FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · K-12 EDTECH × FRANCE

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.

148companies analysed
96%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
5unicorns
2016median founding year
90kcombined LinkedIn audience
31%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best K-12 EdTech companies in France

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1DigiSchool
Online education for k-12 students
$20M124 mo ago—Anthony Kuntz
Co-Founder & President
TypeScriptGraphQLNode.js+19Top 100k——
2digiSchool.com
Provider of learning tools for primary school to post-graduation studies
$20M124 mo ago—Thierry Debarnot
Co-Founder
————
3Poppins
Provider of a digital therapeutics platform for neurodevelopmental disorders
60Tech top 14%Growth top 35%Funding top 37%Product top 47%
All 8 signals ▾
Techtop 14%
Growthtop 35%
Fundingtop 37%
Producttop 47%
Talentbottom 49%
Marketbottom 42%
Globalbottom 36%
Newsbottom 27%
Tech: 54 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Cloudfront
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100
$14M13 mo ago47Francois Vonthron
Co-Founder & CEO
RubyTrixFacebook Login+24Top 5M——
4Index Education
Management solution for schools
$12M99 mo ago119Olivier Calderon
Founder & CEO
ElasticsearchPHPVimeo+15Top 500k——
5Lunii
Manufacturer of interactive audio devices and related audiobooks for children
$11M40 mo ago50
50 → 96 (+92%)
Maelle Chassard
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+22Top 500k——
6PowerZ
Online platform offering game-based learning solutions for students
$10M48 mo ago43—Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+6Top 10M——
7Revyze
Community-based platform offering learning solutions for students
$8M20 mo ago—Guillaume Perrot
Co-Founder
Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+7Top 5M——
8EvidenceB
Developer of adaptive learning platform and educational modules for core skills
$6M29 mo ago42Thierry Vulpillieres
CEO
SentryMathJaxVarnish+8Top 10M——
9Maskott
Cloud-based platform providing learning management solutions
$5M29 mo ago59Pascal Bringer
CEO
————
10SchoolMouv
Online course provider for high school and college students
$4M89 mo ago62—TurbopackUnbounceNode.js+24Top 100k——
11Magic Makers
Code learning platform for children
$4M95 mo ago76Claude Terosier
Founder & CEO
Cart FunctionalityShopifyBootstrap+24Top 5M——
12Gymglish
Adaptive English lessons
$3M92 mo ago50Antoine Brenner
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+16Top 100k—1 job opening · 2 launchs
13Klassroom
Ed-tech platform offering school apps for teachers, parents, and students
$3M69 mo ago19Damien Rottemberg
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalityBootstrapGSAP+20Top 10M——
14Meet in Class
School support classes provider
$2M92 mo ago10Youssef Zakaria
Co-Founder & CEO
JavaGoogle MapsYouTube+21Top 5M——
15Edifice
Provider of educational digital services for schools and colleges
$2M90 mo ago49Olivier Vigneau
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressWordPress Block EditorMySQL+23Top 100k——
16Marbotic
Provider of educational apps and kits for students
$2M91 mo ago13———4 patents
Tangible objects and interfaces for capacitive touch-screen identification and interaction
—
17Jam
Chat-based social platform to assist students
$2M84 mo ago52—RubyErlangChart.js+15Top 50M——
18Kartable
Online educational resources for students
$2M141 mo ago27Sarah Besnainou
Co-Founder & CEO
TypeScriptZone.jsAngular+16Top 100k——
19Epopia
SaaS-based platform providing gamified learning solutions for kids
$2M61 mo ago24—Cart FunctionalityCloudflarecdnjs+14Top 50M——
20ExtraStudent
Online learning community for high school and university students
$2M36 mo ago—Jules Brocherie
Co-Founder & CEO
Framer SitesReactPriority Hints+7Top 50M—1 partnership
21AppScho
Student engagement app for higher educational institutes
$1M100 mo ago16Victor Wacrenier
Co-Founder & CEO
———1 partnership
22BCDiploma
Blockchain-based platform offering a digital portfolio solution for students
$1M65 mo ago21Jarry Lacombe Luc
Founder & CEO
Node.jsElement UIAzure Front Door+18Top 5M—4 partnerships
23Digit'Owl
Provider of digital skill learning programs for students
$1M72 mo ago11Maryline Perenet
Founder & CEO
————
24Cantoo
Provider of a software toolkit for students to manage note-taking and other educational tasks
$1M42 mo ago11Minashe Selvam
Founder & CEO
Webflowstyled-componentsReact+20Top 5M—1 launch
25Pandacraft
Provider of educational & creative kits for school students
$1M128 mo ago—Guillaume Caboche
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalityMagentoApple iCloud Mail+35Top 5M—1 job opening
26English Attack
Language learning through multimedia resources and social networking.
$990K131 mo ago—Paul Maglione
Co-founder
DrupalPHPBootstrap+11Top 50M——
27Bugali
Provider of augmented reading experience for children
$980K48 mo ago—Emmanuelle Duez
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalityShopifyYouTube+30Top 5M9 patents
AR-enabled interactive book hardware and page-recognition systems
1 expansion
28Nomad Education
Mobile apps for education of children
$898K117 mo ago61Francois Firmin
CEO & Co-Owner
SentryNode.jsGoogle Cloud+21Top 500k——
29UbiCast
Offers video recording and web publishing solutions
$726K29 mo ago24Tanguy Yu
Co-Founder & CEOI
HubSpot CMS HubProton MailGoogle Workspace+24Top 10M6 patents
Real-time rendering of graphic overlays in encoded composite video streams
1 expansion
30eduPad
Apps for elementary and middle schools
$693K183 mo ago11Jérôme SERRE
Founder
WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+8Top 50M——
31Cabrilog
Online adaptive math education platform
$522K29 mo ago14—Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+22Top 5M——
32Aleph Kids
Developer of an AI language learning platform integrated with Minecraft
$500K8 mo ago—Jaihee Kim
Co-Founder
Turbopackstyled-componentsSentry+23Top 5M——
33Life Skills Group
Online learning platform for schools
$195K28 mo ago—Nikki Bonus
Founder
HubSpot CMS HubVimeoAmazon Web Services+17Top 5M—1 award
34Pili Pop
Gamified language learning platform
$129K153 mo ago2Eugène Ernoult
Co-Founder & COO
WordPressMySQLPHP+28Top 10M——

Top 12 K-12 EdTech companies in France

#1
Series A · Palaiseau, Ile de France · founded 2018 · 47 employees
$13.6Mraised
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Provider of a digital therapeutics platform for neurodevelopmental disorders. It offers therapies in the form of musical video games for the treatment of children's neurodevelopmental disorders such as dyslexia, dysorthographia and dyscalculia.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 14%
Growth
top 35%
Funding
top 37%
Product
top 47%
Talent
bottom 49%
Market
bottom 42%
Tech: 54 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Cloudfront · Observability: Microsoft Clarity, Sentry
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $13.6M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 7 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series A (Apr 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers — 5.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Series A$5.7M
  • Oct 2023Series A$8.4M
  • Mar 2021Series A$4.8M
  • Feb 2019Seed$120K
Founders & team
Francois VonthronCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Verve Ventures, Allianz, HEC Alumni, Techstars, BNP Paribas Developpement, Bpifrance
Tech stack
AhoyAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApolloAxeptio
#2
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2022
$8.2Mraised
▾

Community-based platform offering learning solutions for students. It offers resources for students for SAT preparation and writing your college application essays.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 5.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2024Seed$6M
  • Jun 2022Seed$2.2M
Founders & team
Guillaume PerrotCo-Founder
Investors
Speedinvest, Motier, STATION F, Moonfire, Firstminute Capital, Kima Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesBunnyFramer SitesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle WorkspaceHsts
#3
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2021
$500Kraised
▾

Developer of an AI language learning platform integrated with Minecraft. It provides an immersive environment where children learn languages through interactive play. The platform offers personalized learning experiences, adapting to each child's pace and learning style. It aims to build confidence in language acquisition through engaging activities.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Seed$500K
Founders & team
Jaihee KimCo-FounderDan HanCo-FounderJoseph JangCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Y Combinator
Tech stack
Channel.IoCloudflareCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
#4
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2017 · 42 employees
$6.4Mraised
▾

Developer of adaptive learning platform and educational modules for core skills. The platform personalizes learning content for school, higher education, and professional training. Adaptive modules stimulate fundamental knowledge acquisition and intrinsic student motivation. The company creates intelligent pedagogical assistants for primary and secondary education, supporting teachers and learners with evidence-based education.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 3.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$173.8K
  • Nov 2022Series A$4.1M
  • Feb 2020Seed$2.2M
Founders & team
Thierry VulpillieresCEO
Investors
Zanichelli Venture, Finorpa, IRD, Educapital, LITA, Europa
Tech stack
HstsHubspotJsdelivrMathjaxMatomo AnalyticsMicrosoft 365
#5
Series A · Le Puy, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2004 · 59 employees
$5.3Mraised
▾

Cloud-based platform providing learning management solutions. It offers an authoring tool, collaborative resources, animation tools, and more. It caters to schools and colleges.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 3.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$158.6K
  • May 2022Series A$5.3M
Founders & team
Pascal BringerCEO
Investors
Banque des Territoires, CMArkea, UI Investissement, Europa
#6
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2014 · 50 employees
$11.4Mraised
▾

Manufacturer of interactive audio devices and related audiobooks for children. The company designs and produces screen-free audio players intended to stimulate imagination and language development in young children. It creates original audio content and makes it available for download onto its devices. The company’s products are designed to provide an alternative to screen-based entertainment.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 16k LinkedIn followers — 17.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2023Seed$11.4M
Founders & team
Maelle ChassardCo-Founder & Co-CEOIgor KrinbargCo-CEO
Investors
Arjo, BNP Paribas Developpement, Educapital, Unique Heritage, SaaS Lander
Tech stack
A3 Lazy LoadAlgoliaAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssAxeptio
#7
Series A · Montreuil, Ile de France · founded 2020 · 43 employees
$9.6Mraised
▾

Online platform offering game-based learning solutions for students. It offers educational video games for students for learning various subjects such as Maths, History, language, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 4.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2022Angel—
  • Jul 2021Series A$6.1M
  • Jul 2021Conventional Debt$1.2M
  • Sep 2020Seed$3.5M
Investors
Hachette Livre, Educapital, RAISE, Bayard Asset Management, Financiere Saint James
Tech stack
CloudflareMailjetMicrosoft 365Next.JsNode.JsOpen Graph
#8
Seed · Evry Courcouronnes, Ile de France · founded 2007 · 24 employees
$726.4Kraised
▾

UbiCast offers webcasting solutions. It offers EastCast Studio, a recording and publishing appliance for recording lectures, training sessions, conferences, and seminars; and publishing them to Internet or an intranet in rich media format. The company also offers EasyCast Campus, a multi-room centrally managed solution for recording various presentations within an organisation. Captures lectures, MOOCs, webcasts, conferences, training sessions, edit them on PC tablet or on UbiCast recorder, share live or on demand via your LMS, website, or YouTube.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 3.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$104.8K
  • Sep 2011Seed$472.4K
  • 2008Angel$254K
Founders & team
Tanguy YuCo-Founder & CEOIJean-Marie CognetCo-FounderFlorent ThieryCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
3T Capital, Europa, IMT Starter
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle WorkspaceHubspotHubspot Analytics
#9
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2021
$1.6Mraised
▾

Online learning community for high school and university students. It offers a personalized feed where students may ask questions and receive responses. It is accessible on the App Store and Google Play.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 3.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. GROUPE M6, DG de Webedia) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Seed$1.6M
Founders & team
Jules BrocherieCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
M6 Group
Tech stack
Framer SitesGoogle Font ApiGoogle WorkspaceHstsHttp/3Mailjet
#10
Series B · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2005
$19.7Mraised
▾

Online education for k-12 students. It is a digital platform offering educational resources, study materials, exam preparation and revision materials to k-12 students for various subjects.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2016Series B$15.8M
  • Jun 2013Series A$3.9M
Founders & team
Anthony KuntzCo-Founder & President
Investors
Creadev, Sepfi, Bpifrance, Auchan, LEROY MERLIN, Turenne Groupe
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAxeptioEnvoyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Workspace
#11
Series B · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2005
$19.7Mraised
▾

Provider of learning tools for primary school to post-graduation studies

Founders & team
Thierry DebarnotCo-FounderAnthony KuntzCo-Founder
Investors
Auchan, LEROY MERLIN, Creadev, Sepfi, Bpifrance, Turenne Capital
#12
Series A · Fontaine, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2000 · 14 employees
$521.9Kraised
▾

Cabri is an online adaptive math education platform for primary, secondary and college students. The learning is delivered using a math toolkit with personalized experiment with an option to explore, investigate and model with tools and worksheets in 2D and 3D. It offers integration support with LMS Canvas, Schoology and other web-based learning platforms.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$136K
  • Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$385.9K
  • 2010Series A—
Investors
Europa, Starquest Capital
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesBootstrapCart FunctionalityChart.JsContact Form 7

Funding & investor landscape

$145.6Mtotal disclosed funding
36companies funded
56disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Bpifrance9 rounds
Educapital8 rounds
Europa6 rounds
Kima Ventures6 rounds
Le Village by CA6 rounds
IMT Starter5 rounds
Investessor4 rounds
WeLikeStartup4 rounds
123 Investment Managers2 rounds
Auchan2 rounds

Notable founders

Francois Vonthron
Co-Founder & CEO · Poppins
Guillaume Perrot
Co-Founder · Revyze
Jaihee Kim
Co-Founder · Aleph Kids
Dan Han
Co-Founder · Aleph Kids
Thierry Vulpillieres
CEO · EvidenceB
Pascal Bringer
CEO · Maskott
Maelle Chassard
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Lunii
Igor Krinbarg
Co-CEO · Lunii
Tanguy Yu
Co-Founder & CEOI · UbiCast
Jean-Marie Cognet
Co-Founder · UbiCast
Jules Brocherie
Co-Founder & CEO · ExtraStudent
Anthony Kuntz
Co-Founder & President · DigiSchool
Prism market signals · France · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,015,352 docs

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

RESEARCH SIGNALS · France

How research on Education Technology is moving in France

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 259 France-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
202420252026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 61% → 61% across 2024–2026.
top research entities
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique25
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne24
  • Aix-Marseille Université11
  • Université Claude Bernard Lyon 111
  • Université Paris-Saclay10
leading researchers
Marí­a Jesús Rodríguez-Triana · Luis P. Prieto · Pierre Dillenbourg · Madeth May · Nhuyen Yan Hoana · Margarida ROMERO · Khaldi, Mohamed · Matt McLain
▲ Breakthroughs30 · 12%
▲ 0%→13% share
0 median citations100% since 2021mostly methods-led
Adaptive learning research is breaking through — French EdTech papers surged from 0% to 13% field-share, with adaptive learning hitting 4 papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Adaptive learning4
  • Curriculum4
  • Adaptation (eye)3
  • Preparedness3
  • Workforce3
Landmark Adapting User Interfaces with Model-based Reinforcement Learning · 72 cites
◆ Advancements141 · 54%
▲ 0%→54% share
0 median citations89% since 2021mostly empirical
Educational technology advancements are intensifying — field-share rose 0%→54%, led by context-archaeology papers jumping 1→12 and learning analytics 5→11.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Context (archaeology)1→12
  • Learning analytics5→11
  • Analytics4→10
  • Adaptive learning1→6
  • Set (abstract data type)1→4
Newly emergingEducational technology 0→33 · Higher education 0→14 · Quality (philosophy) 0→10
Landmark Blended Learning Compared to Traditional Learning in Medical Education: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis · 671 cites
▼ Concerns64 · 25%
▲ 0%→23% share
0 median citations88% since 2021mostly empirical
Digital and transformative learning concerns are newly emerging — both debuted at 7 papers as educational technology concern papers rose 2→12.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Educational technology2→12
  • Learning analytics3→4
Newly emergingDigital learning 0→7 · Transformative learning 0→7 · Quality (philosophy) 0→7
Landmark Perceiving Learning at a Glance: A Systematic Literature Review of Learning Dashboard Research · 503 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · France

Where edtech is researched across France

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.

Paris74 · +0.37
Hot · Learning analyticsAdvancing · Adaptation (eye)Opportunity · Experiential learningConcern · Higher education
Lyon18 · +0.44
Hot · Educational technologyAdvancing · Mathematics educationOpportunity · Personalized learning
Marseille11 · +0.22
Opportunity · Curriculum
Grenoble5 · +0.26
Opportunity · Adaptation (eye)
Toulouse5 · +0.42
PATENT SIGNAL · France

Who's filing edtech patents in France

France edtech patent filing is accelerating — 71 filings from 29 assignees (2018–2025), led by Dassault Systemes, Services Petroliers Schlumberger, Geoquest Systems; annual filings 1→21.

71 filings29 assigneespeak 21/yr2018–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2018–2025)
top patent filers
  • Dassault Systemes32
  • Services Petroliers Schlumberger15
  • Geoquest Systems14
  • Schlumberger Technology7
  • Schlumberger CA6
  • Sanofi4
  • Median TECH4
  • Airbus SAS4

Common questions

How many K-12 EdTech companies are there in France?
Radar tracks 176 indexable K-12 EdTech companies headquartered in France that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by K-12 EdTech companies in France?
The K-12 EdTech companies in France on this list have raised a combined $145.6M in disclosed equity funding across 36 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded K-12 EdTech company in France?
DigiSchool is the highest-funded K-12 EdTech company in France, with $19.7M in disclosed equity funding.
How many K-12 EdTech companies in France are funded?
36 of the 176 K-12 EdTech companies in France on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many K-12 EdTech unicorns are there in France?
None of the K-12 EdTech companies in France on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in France K-12 EdTech companies?
The most active investors in France K-12 EdTech companies on this list include Bpifrance, Educapital, Europa, Kima Ventures, Le Village by CA.
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