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Best K-12 EdTech Companies in Kolkata, India

The 75 best K-12 EdTech companies in Kolkata, India in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Nalanda Learning Systems.

75companies tracked
$7.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
7have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · K-12 EDTECH × KOLKATA

Our analysis of 48 K-12 EdTech companies

$7.5b in tracked funding; 93% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2022.

48companies analysed
93%cloud-native stacks
2022funding peak (by rounds)
3unicorns
2017median founding year

Ranked: Best K-12 EdTech companies in Kolkata

#CompanyRevenueDisclosed fundingFounderEmployeesTech stackWeb popularityRecent signals
1Get My Books
Provider of online e-commerce platform for kids
$22M
FY2025
—Manosh Patra
Co-Founder
272Cart FunctionalityBootstrapAmazon Web Services+10Top 100k—
2Ekin
Provider of virtual classroom management solutions
$5M
FY2025
—Sundeep Tambi
Co-Founder & Chief Energy Optimizer
—WordPressMySQLPHP+21Top 5M2 launchs
3FastInfo Class
Online platform providing exam preparation and multi-disciplinary learning courses
$863K
FY2025
—Rajesh Kewat
Founder & Managing Director
84PHPUbuntuBootstrap+17Top 500k2 job openings
4Nalanda Learning Systems
Online platform providing learning management solutions for pre-k schools
$252K
FY2025
$6M—60
60 → 112 (+87%)
Node.jsUbuntuTailwind CSS+9Top 50M—
5Open Solutions for Education
Online platform offering management solutions for educational institutions
$238K
FY2025
—Bob Ghosh
Co-Founder & CEO
36
36 → 42 (+17%)
WebflowZohoMicrosoft Clarity+15Top 50M—
6Mind Hour
Gamified learning platform for K-12 students
$219K
FY2018
$725K—4———
7OFFBEAT EDUCATION
Provider of a school management system
$213K
FY2022
——30PHPUbuntuCodeIgniter+8Top 500k—
8Brishti Technologies
Provider of technology solutions including Android apps for businesses with a focus on education
$207K
FY2025
—Sandip Kar
Co-Founder
72———

Top 7 K-12 EdTech companies in Kolkata

#1
Series A · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2012 · 60 employees
$5.9Mraised
▾

Online platform providing learning management solutions for pre-k schools. It provides audio-visual learning, school administration, parent-teachers engagement, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 21k LinkedIn followers — 53.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2021Series A$5.4M
  • Aug 2020Angel$180.6K
  • Jul 2019Angel$161.3K
  • Sep 2018Angel$152.8K
Investors
Brand Capital, Aavishkaar Capital, Arrowlink Tours & Travels, Mergers & Acquisitions Consultants, Mukherjee Equi Search Consultants, Sri Gbk Resources
#2
Seed · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2016 · 23 employees
$63.2Kraised
▾

Gurusiksha is a mobile-based platform providing tutor discovery solutions. It enables in finding online and offline tutors within the proximity of the home. It also enables in inquiry, selection of teacher profile, demo classes, class confirmation, and teaching process. It provides tuition discovery for school, college, language/extracurricular, and competitive. It provides its application for Android.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2022Seed$63.2K
Founders & team
Dipak JhaFounder & Director
#3
Deadpooled · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2014 · 4 employees
$724.5Kraised
▾

Mindhour is a gamified learning platform for K-12 students to learn and practice their syllabus. Students get access to adaptive learning programs and exercises. Students get rewarded with points and badges for completing the exercises. Teachers get a performance report of the student based on analysis such as topic wise performance, time management efficiency, accuracy level, weakness and strengths.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2019Seed$125.8K
  • Aug 2018Angel$28.6K
  • May 2018Seed$194.4K
  • Dec 2017Seed$150.8K
Investors
Blue Circle Services, Brand Capital, Accent Advisory, Accent Trade
#4
Seed · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2020
$13.9Kraised
▾

App and community-based learning platform for students. It offers MCQs, doubts solving solutions, videos, a marketplace to sell books, chat solutions, study notes, and more. Its app is available for Android devices.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2022Seed—
  • Nov 2021Angel$13.9K
Founders & team
Krishti DasCo-Founder and Chief Operations Officer
Investors
India Accelerator
#5
Seed · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2009
$625.7Kraised
▾

Accreditation management software for higher educational institutes. Enables clients to manage accreditations, reporting, data collection from students, compliance, and more. Pricing is based on a freemium model. Also offers consulting services and conducts workshops.

Funding rounds
  • May 2016Seed$575.7K
  • Apr 2015Seed$50K
Founders & team
Prabol BhandariCo-FounderSuman NandyCo-Founder & CEOSanchita BiswasCo-Founder
Investors
TLabs, Astir Ventures, OMICS International, GAR, Hyderabad Angels, Brand Capital
Tech stack
ReactNetlifyCloudflarePwaHttp/3
#6
Seed · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2019 · 7 employees
$187.9Kraised
▾

MyELSA is an English learning platform provider for students. It provides resources covering the English curriculum of CBSE, ICSC, ICS, and WB board. Some of its features include assessments, exams, mock tests, a question bank, videos, online sessions, and others.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 3.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2019Seed$187.9K
Founders & team
Sanjoy PaulCo-FounderCreamson IntelliCEO
Investors
Neotec Hub, RISE, NCL- IIT BHU Incubation
#7
Deadpooled · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2016 · 3 employees
$108.5Kraised
▾

Offers learning management solution for schools and educational institutions. Provides for creation and management of education content for these institutes. Also provides for organising workshops, skills training workshops and online courses. Currently operational in Kolkata as of June 2016.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2018Angel—
  • Sep 2017Seed$108.5K
Investors
Padup Ventures, AmbujaNeotia, RE-Rise, Neotec Hub, Brand Capital, Timesgroup

Funding & investor landscape

$7.7Mtotal disclosed funding
7companies funded
17disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Brand Capital4 rounds
Neotec Hub3 rounds
Blue Circle Services2 rounds
Padup Ventures2 rounds
Aavishkaar Capital1 rounds
Accent Advisory1 rounds
Accent Trade1 rounds
AmbujaNeotia1 rounds
Arrowlink Tours & Travels1 rounds
Astir Ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

Dipak Jha
Founder & Director · Gurusiksha
Krishti Das
Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer · ClassRoute
Prabol Bhandari
Co-Founder · EPaathsala
Suman Nandy
Co-Founder & CEO · EPaathsala
Sanjoy Paul
Co-Founder · myELSA
Creamson Intelli
CEO · myELSA
Prism market signals · India · country-scoped Prism corpus, 263,866 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 flat · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · India

How research on Education Technology is moving in India

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 2,453 India-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
202020242026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 67% → 72% across 2020–2026.
top research entities
  • Saveetha University59
  • G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce College56
  • Christ University44
  • Chitkara University39
  • Lovely Professional University38
leading researchers
Sovanna Huot · Meel, Manav Kumar · Prasad, Arjun · R. N. Ravikumar · S. Aarthi · Tathe, Pratiksha · Tathe, Ishwari · Tathe, Samruddhi
▲ Breakthroughs442 · 18%
▲ 0%→18% share
0 median citations100% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→18% of field), led by Scalability.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Scalability78
  • Personalized learning70
  • Reinforcement learning63
  • Learning analytics60
  • Analytics54
Newly emergingScalability 0→78 · Personalized learning 0→70 · Reinforcement learning 0→63
Landmark Metaverse: A Potential Virtual-Physical Ecosystem for Innovative Blended Education and Training · 71 cites
◆ Advancements1,187 · 48%
▲ 0%→48% share
0 median citations99% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (0%→48% of field), led by Educational technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Educational technology2→236
  • Blended learning1→114
  • Analytics1→95
  • Adaptive learning1→76
  • Quality (philosophy)1→52
Newly emergingTransformative learning 0→126 · Learning analytics 0→116 · Personalized learning 0→112
Landmark Students’ Perception towards E-Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic in India: An Empirical Study · 367 cites
▼ Concerns587 · 24%
▲ 0%→24% share
0 median citations98% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→24% of field), led by Information and Communications Technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Information and Communications Technology1→44
  • Learning analytics1→41
  • Blended learning1→40
  • Analytics1→35
  • Experiential learning1→33
Newly emergingEducational technology 0→144 · Higher education 0→90 · Transformative learning 0→73
Landmark Online Learning: A Panacea in the Time of COVID-19 Crisis · 4,931 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · India

Where edtech is researched across India

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.

Delhi-NCR125 · +0.34
Hot · CreativityAdvancing · UsabilityOpportunity · Educational technologyConcern · Conceptual framework
Chennai70 · +0.52
Hot · Language acquisitionAdvancing · AnalyticsOpportunity · Learning analyticsConcern · Educational technology
Pune61 · +0.48
Hot · Bridging (networking)Advancing · Reinforcement learningOpportunity · Key (lock)Concern · Lifelong learning
Mumbai30 · +0.34
Hot · Active learning (machine learning)Advancing · Experiential learningOpportunity · Educational technologyConcern · Generative grammar
Hyderabad23 · +0.44
Hot · Higher educationAdvancing · Artificial neural networkOpportunity · Educational technologyConcern · Information and Communications Technology
Bengaluru17 · +0.48
Hot · Educational technologyAdvancing · Experiential learningOpportunity · Analytics
Kolkata16 · +0.25
Hot · Higher educationAdvancing · Thematic analysisOpportunity · Educational technology
Roorkee11 · +0.01
Hot · Information technologyOpportunity · Component (thermodynamics)Concern · Educational technology
Kharagpur7 · +0.60
Guwahati6 · +0.52
Opportunity · Visually impaired
PATENT SIGNAL · India

Who's filing edtech patents in India

India edtech patent filing is accelerating — 44 filings from 53 assignees (2018–2025), led by Tata Consultancy Services, RN Chidakashi TECH, Doshi Payal; annual filings 1→4.

44 filings53 assigneespeak 11/yr2018–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2018–2025)
top patent filers
  • Tata Consultancy Services17
  • RN Chidakashi TECH5
  • Doshi Payal3
  • Indiavidual Learning2
  • Highradius TECH2
  • Medtrainai TECH2
  • Kaalbi TECH2
  • Sharma Sharda2

Common questions

How many K-12 EdTech companies are there in Kolkata, India?
Radar tracks 75 indexable K-12 EdTech companies headquartered in Kolkata, India, India, that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by K-12 EdTech companies in Kolkata, India?
The K-12 EdTech companies in Kolkata, India on this list have raised a combined $7.7M in disclosed equity funding across 7 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded K-12 EdTech company in Kolkata, India?
Nalanda Learning Systems is the highest-funded K-12 EdTech company in Kolkata, India, with $5.9M in disclosed equity funding.
How many K-12 EdTech companies in Kolkata, India are funded?
7 of the 75 K-12 EdTech companies in Kolkata, India on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many K-12 EdTech unicorns are there in Kolkata, India?
None of the K-12 EdTech companies in Kolkata, India on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Kolkata, India K-12 EdTech companies?
The most active investors in Kolkata, India K-12 EdTech companies on this list include Brand Capital, Neotec Hub, Blue Circle Services, Padup Ventures, Aavishkaar Capital.
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