Best K-12 EdTech Companies in Germany
The 175 best K-12 EdTech companies in Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Sdui.
Germany's K-12 EdTech sector is the focus here, with 175 companies ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum. Total disclosed funding across the directory sits at $209M, which sounds healthy until you realize one company, Sdui, accounts for $58M of that alone. Knowunity follows at $34M. The capital is concentrated, and the long tail is thin.
Coverage is flat right now, and that tension is real globally. Cash-flow stress at Practically shows what happens when EdTech growth assumptions meet a tighter fundraising climate. Germany isn't immune to that pressure, but the themes drawing investor attention here, educational apps, tech-enhanced pedagogy, virtual classroom tools, do have genuine traction. Backers like HTGF, HV Capital, and Educapital are active. So if you're scanning this directory to find where the conviction capital is going, watch how those themes cluster. One unicorn in 175 companies tells you the ceiling exists. The question is who's building toward it next.
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 Germany
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founded | Founder | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sdui Communication platform for parents, teachers, and students | $58M | 10 mo ago | Series A | 77 77 → 74 (-4%) | 2018 | Daniel Zacharias Founder & CEO | — |
| 2 | Knowunity AI-based learning platform | $34M | 12 mo ago | Series B | — | 2020 | Yannik Prigl Co-Founder | — |
| 3 | StudySmarter Mobile-based learning app for students | $31M | 56 mo ago | Series A | 164 | 2017 | Simon Hohentanner Co-Founder & COO | — |
| 4 | simpleclub Provider of a learning application for school children | $17M | 25 mo ago | Series A | 74 74 → 114 (+54%) | 2015 | Alexander Powell Co-Founder simpleclub für Unternehmen | — |
| 5 | bettermarks Developer of an adaptive online learning and teaching system | $15M | 159 mo ago | Series A | 34 34 → 66 (+94%) | 2008 | Marianne Voigt Co-Founder & CFO | 1 award |
| 6 | Edurino Online platform providing digital skill development solutions for children | $15M | 11 mo ago | Series B | 70 | 2021 | — | — |
| 7 | Cleverly Online platform providing tutoring solutions for students | $8M | 33 mo ago | Seed | 44 | 2020 | Björn Jopen Co-Founder / Investor | 1 job opening · 1 internship |
| 8 | Jodel App-based social platform connecting students | $7M | 63 mo ago | Series A | 56 | 2014 | — | — |
| 9 | Easy-Tutor SaaS-based online tutoring platform | $5M | 42 mo ago | Series A | 40 | 2017 | Massimo Cancellara Co-Founder | — |
| 10 | Complori Online platform offering programming lessons for kids between the ages of 7 and 16 | $4M | 44 mo ago | Seed | 28 | 2020 | Amanda Maiwald Co-Founder & CEO | 1 job opening |
| 11 | Tinkerbots Modular Robotic building kits for kids | $3M | 114 mo ago | Deadpooled | 17 | 2009 | — | — |
| 12 | ubiMaster Mobile & SaaS-based platform providing math tutoring solutions | $2M | 36 mo ago | Seed | 12 | 2019 | Jana Krotsch Founder & CEO | — |
| 13 | Knowunity Online learning platform for school subjects | $2M | 61 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | Julian Prigl Co-Founder | — |
| 14 | Paddy Developer of an AI platform providing tools for educators | $1M | 10 mo ago | Seed | — | 2024 | Tobias Schroder Co-Founder | — |
| 15 | Beelinguapp App-based language learning resources for individuals | $1M | 66 mo ago | Seed | 1 | 2016 | David Montiel Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| 16 | Uniwhere Mobile-based career guidance and communication platform | $1M | 72 mo ago | Seed | 2 | 2015 | Gianluca Segato Co-Founder | — |
| 17 | RocketTutor AI-based math learning app | $1M | 32 mo ago | Seed | — | 2022 | Komaldeep Chahal Co-Founder | — |
| 18 | Illusion Walk Holodeck based walkable virtual reality platform | $850K | 68 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2013 | Julien Rüggeberg Co-Founder & CTO | — |
| 19 | Fuxam Provider of learning management system for educational institutions | $635K | 30 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | Julian Schröder Managing Director & Co-Founder | — |
| 20 | TukToro Math learning platform for children | $542K | 12 mo ago | Seed | — | 2022 | Andreas Haring Co-Founder | — |
| 21 | Math 42 Mobile platform providing mathematical homework help | $442K | 124 mo ago | Acquired | 9 | 2013 | — | — |
| 22 | Instruct AG Learning and content management software for universities | $350K | 77 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2000 | Martin Adler CEO | — |
| 23 | Planpolitik Provider of interactive workshops and simulations for political and social topics | $238K | 66 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2005 | Bjorn Warkalla Founder & Managing Director | — |
| 24 | pianini Mobile app providing gamified piano lessons for kids | $123K | 66 mo ago | Seed | — | 2019 | Maia Wiest Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| 25 | itslearning Provider of a learning management system for educational institutions | $113K | 65 mo ago | Acquired | 278 | 1999 | — | 1 partnership |
Top 12 K-12 EdTech companies in Germany
#1
Series A · Koblenz, Rhineland Palatinate · founded 2018 · 77 employees$58.3Mraised▾
Communication platform for parents, teachers, and students. It offers solutions for file sharing, creating timetables and calendars, scheduling, spam prevention, and more. The application is available on Android, iOS, and Windows platforms.
- Jul 2025Series A—
- Jul 2024Series A$22.9M
- Feb 2023Series A$27.1M
- Feb 2023Venture Debt—
#2
Series B · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2020$33.6Mraised▾
AI-based learning platform. It offers courses and resources for learning various subjects and topics such as Maths, English, Science and more.
- Jun 2025Series B$31.2M
- Apr 2021Seed$2.4M
#3
Series B · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2021 · 70 employees$15Mraised▾
Online platform providing digital skill development solutions for children. It offers learning content for children. The platform provides educators and parents with learning kits for kids.
- Jul 2025Series B$23.2M
- Mar 2023Series A$11.2M
- Feb 2022Seed$3.8M
#4
Seed · Bielefeld, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2024$1.2Mraised▾
Developer of an AI platform providing tools for educators. The platform offers resources for lesson planning, material creation, and sharing with students. It provides feedback, learning progress analysis, and personalized insights. The platform also facilitates class access and ensures data protection standards for educational environments.
- Aug 2025Seed$1.2M
#5
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2022$542Kraised▾
Math learning platform for children. It combines a physical toy with a mobile app for learning maths. It connects itself to the app via Bluetooth.
- Jun 2025Seed$2.9M
- Apr 2024Seed$542K
#6
Series A · Grunwald, Bavaria · founded 2015 · 74 employees$16.6Mraised▾
Provider of a learning application for school children. It provides individual learning solutions, learning plans, tutorial videos & exercises, ready-made summaries, and many more. It provides its learning solution for mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, German, English, and many more. It provides its application for Android as well as iOS platforms.
- May 2024Series A$4.3M
- Jul 2023Angel$3.3M
- Jun 2022Series A$7.6M
- Dec 2021Seed$1.4M
#7
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2020 · 44 employees$8.4Mraised▾
Online platform providing tutoring solutions for students. The platform offers tutoring for all subjects and grade levels. The platform also enables tutors to register by applying through the digital form.
- Sep 2023Seed$4.9M
- Sep 2021Seed$3.5M
#8
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2017 · 164 employees$31Mraised▾
StudySmarter is a mobile-based learning app for students. It enables students to create study cards and summaries, access other's learning contents, learning plans, and track learning progress. Its features include creating & sharing flashcards, matching with fellow students, and more. The app is available on Android and iOS platforms.
- Oct 2021Series A$16M
- May 2021Series A$15M
- Jun 2020Seed—
#9
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2017 · 40 employees$5.1Mraised▾
SaaS-based online tutoring platform. It provides students with an online platform to find tutors for various subjects like chemistry, physics, german, etc. It uses its platform for students and tutors to connect and share notes and lessons. It uses a credit-based revenue model in which students have to buy credits to contact tutors.
- Dec 2022Series A$5.1M
#10
Seed · Baierbrunn, Bavaria · founded 2019 · 12 employees$2.4Mraised▾
Operator of an application-based tutoring platform intended to provide learning support for students, grades 5-13, and trainees. The company's platform offers on-demand tutoring with personal tutors at the fingertips for a flat rate, and certified tutors for math help via video calling or chat, enabling learners to send a photo of the math problem and tutors to offer solutions accordingly so they have tailored access to extracurricular education.
#11
Seed · Munchen, Bayern · founded 2022$1.1Mraised▾
AI-based math learning app. It uses AI-based systems to provide personalized learning support for students preparing for the Math exam.
- Oct 2023Seed$1.1M
#12
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2020 · 28 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Online platform offering programming lessons for kids between the ages of 7 and 16. Both the app store and google play have apps for the platform. They impart the fundamentals of programming and scripting languages like Python and Java.
- Sep 2022Seed$3.5M
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)—
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 Germany
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 689 Germany-affiliated papers.
- Technical University of Munich28
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München25
- University of Potsdam22
- University of Duisburg-Essen21
- University of Mannheim21
- Adaptation (eye)11
- Bridge (graph theory)10
- Dissemination9
- Multidisciplinary approach9
- Massive open online course9
- Educational technology5→80
- Mathematics education6→49
- Context (archaeology)3→30
- Learning analytics4→26
- Experiential learning2→22
- Educational technology1→44
- Technology integration1→13
- Learning analytics1→11
- Analytics1→10
- Qualitative research1→8
Where edtech is researched across Germany
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 Germany
Germany edtech patent filing is accelerating — 205 filings from 61 assignees (2017–2025), led by Siemens, SAP SE, Robert Bosch; annual filings 5→45.
- Siemens37
- SAP SE30
- Robert Bosch21
- Leica Microsystems14
- SAP14
- Zeiss CARL Meditec12
- NEC Laboratories Europe10
- Bayerische Motoren Werke9
Common questions
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