Best K-12 EdTech Companies in Los Angeles, United States
The 101 best K-12 EdTech companies in Los Angeles, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: GoGuardian.
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 Los Angeles
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GoGuardian 🦄 AI and cloud-based platform offering school management software | $200M | 58 mo ago | 237 237 → 541 (+128%) | Advait Shinde Co-Founder | WebflowSentryAtlassian Statuspage+32 | Top 100k | — | — |
| 2 | Edlio Content management platform for schools | $40M | 92 mo ago | 112 112 → 87 (-22%) | — | WebflowYouTubeAmazon Web Services+27 | Top 5M | — | 1 launch |
| 3 | Numerade Provider of study assistance platform for students | $26M | 59 mo ago | 46 | Alex Lee Chief Technical Officer & Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalitySentryZendesk+45 | Top 50k | — | — |
| 4 | Peachjar Connecting families and schools with resources to help children thrive | $6M | 100 mo ago | 48 48 → 31 (-35%) | — | SalesforceReactJSS+22 | Top 100k | 3 patents Online flyer creation, approval workflow, and targeted digital distribution platform | — |
| 5 | Archer Education Online platform providing enrollment marketing,recruitment and retention services | $5M | 185 mo ago | 177 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+33 | Top 10M | — | 1 award |
| 6 | Curious Cardinals Online platform providing mentoring solutions for school students | $4M | 40 mo ago | 9 | David Kim Co-Founder | Webflow EcommerceWebflowcore-js+23 | Top 5M | — | 1 award |
| 7 | codeSpark Gamified platform for kids to learn coding | $4M | 103 mo ago | 22 | Grant Hosford Co-Founder & CEO | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceMUI+30 | Top 5M | 2 patents Visual, word-free level editing tools for game development | — |
| 8 | Skoolbo Online platform offering gamified learning solutions for kids | $4M | 138 mo ago | — | Shane Hill Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | HeyTutor Online platform that allow learners to find and book K-12 tutors | $2M | 81 mo ago | 70 | Ryan Neman Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorwpBakeryWordPress+42 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 10 | Artkive Preserving kids' art into personalized books and framed mosaics | $920K | 148 mo ago | 37 | Jeff Lipp Co-Founder and COO | Cart FunctionalitySentryZendesk+24 | Top 1M | — | — |
| 11 | TutorMe Provider of online tutoring and writing feedback services | $720K | 136 mo ago | 462 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Generation Genius Science learning resources for children and schools | $600K | 89 mo ago | 25 | — | WordPressSentryApple iCloud Mail+44 | Top 100k | — | — |
| 13 | Microduino Provider of DIY kits for kids learning | $500K | 103 mo ago | 9 | Bin Feng Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 17 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 14 | Nardagani Learning solutions provider for children with special needs | $330K | 85 mo ago | 3 | Narda Pitkethly Founder | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceTypeScript+23 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 15 | Toot Chat-based tutoring platform for K-12 | $300K | 96 mo ago | — | Sophia Parsa Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Mindoptix Learning management system for schools | $250K | 94 mo ago | 4 | Christian Schraga Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Kudo Gamified language learning for preschoolers | $245K | 153 mo ago | — | Cynthia Rajchman Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 10 patents Real-time multilingual speech and image translation for virtual meetings and presentations | — |
| 18 | Lola Teaching tool for students with special needs | $243K | 111 mo ago | 4 | Karen Caruso CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Caseworx Online platform for case based learning | $150K | — | 43 | Justin Wolske Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | RocketLit SaaS-driven adaptive learning platform for K-12 students | $120K | 117 mo ago | 8 | Brendan Finch Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 K-12 EdTech companies in Los Angeles
#1
Series A · Los Angeles, California · founded 2020 · 9 employees$4.2Mraised▾
Online platform providing mentoring solutions for school students. The platform offers one-on-one mentoring solutions, workshops, and projects. The platform offers workshops on songwriting, writing short stories, healthcare innovations, and more. The platform also enables creating projects on web development, policy memo writing, poetry chapbook creation, and more.
- Jan 2023Series A$465K
- Mar 2022Seed$4.2M
- Jan 2022Seed$2.6M
#2
Series B · Los Angeles, California · founded 2014 · 237 employees$200Mraised▾
AI and cloud-based platform offering school management software. The platform enables members to monitor, manage, and filter any school device on your network. Schools can also monitor student activity, control inappropriate content, and manage theft. It also helps members in identifying students who are most at risk of suicide using machine learning.
- Aug 2021Series B$200M
- May 2018Series A—
#3
Series A · Los Angeles, California · founded 2017 · 46 employees$26Mraised▾
Provider of study assistance platform for students. It provides assistance in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It also provides videos, answers to questions, books, and many more. Its mobile app is available for iOS devices.
- Jul 2021Series A$26M
#4
Series C · Los Angeles, California · founded 2011 · 112 employees$40Mraised▾
Content management platform for schools integrated with their website. The websites are custom designed for charter schools, school districts, and public and private schools. Features include teacher and class subscriptions, news alerts, email sender, google integrations, web forms, stores, voice, text messaging, and iOS and Android apps, and more.
- Oct 2018Series C—
- Oct 2016Series C$40M
#5
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2015 · 70 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Online platform that allow learners to find and book K-12 tutors
- Sep 2019Seed$500K
- Jan 2019Seed$1M
#6
Series A · Los Angeles, California · founded 2011 · 48 employees$6.2Mraised▾
Connecting families and schools with resources to help children thrive. This platform partners with school districts to connect families with trusted resources outside of the classroom, supporting children's academic, social, emotional, and physical development. It facilitates access to extracurricular activities, mental and physical health support, and college/career readiness programs. The platform serves as a trusted bridge between schools and families, providing safe and impactful programs. It offers a way for schools and community organizations to reach parents with important information and opportunities. It is a B2B and B2C platform with a social impact, connecting families to resources and opportunities. It is a software platform that offers login and blog features.
- Feb 2018Series A$6.2M
#7
Acquired · Los Angeles, California · founded 2014 · 22 employees$4.1Mraised▾
CodeSpark is a web and mobile-based gamified platform for kids to learn coding. Caters to kids in grades 4-9. Offers to teach computer science concepts like problem definition, pattern recognition, sequencing, and conditionals. Their flagship app Foos, also covers STEM concepts. Offered on a premium and subscription basis. Available for iOS and Android tablets and mobile devices. Also caters to public schools, libraries, and non-profits. Has won various awards such as Digital Ehon Award, Pedi Award - Best App, USA Today - Best Pick, Indie Prize Awards - Best Kids& Family Game, etc.
- Nov 2017Grant (prize money)—
- Sep 2016Seed$4.1M
- Oct 2015Seed$1.4M
#8
Series C · Los Angeles, California · founded 2007 · 177 employees$5Mraised▾
Online platform providing enrollment marketing,recruitment and retention services. It offers performance marketing,online program recruitment and digital marketing services.
- Jan 2011Series C$5M
- Feb 2009Series A—
- Jul 2007Series A—
#9
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2010$4Mraised▾
Online platform offering gamified learning solutions for kids. Starts by pre-testing the child and then continues to reassess after each game. Provides analytics and reports to teachers and parents along with emails and alerts notifying them of important developments in students' achievement.
- Dec 2014Seed—
#10
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2012 · 37 employees$920Kraised▾
Preserving kids' art into personalized books and framed mosaics. The company transforms children's artwork into cherished keepsakes. They offer art books with professional photography and editing, available in various sizes with custom options. Framed mosaics showcase artwork in gallery frames. The process involves sending artwork in a provided box, professional image processing, and design review. Digital images are accessible online and via an iOS app. They provide a solution for families to declutter and celebrate their children's creativity, turning it into lasting memories. They are B2C, and offer multiple products and services.
- Feb 2014Seed$275K
- Nov 2012Seed$500K
- Jan 2012Seed$145K
#11
Acquired · Los Angeles, California · founded 2017 · 25 employees$600Kraised▾
Science learning resources for children and schools. Provides videos, lessons, lesson plan, teacher guide, vocabulary, DIY activity, guide, quizzes, and more. Caters to kids in grade 3rd to 5th grade. Offered on a yearly subscription model. Accessible on the desktop, tablet, and phone.
- Jan 2019Seed$600K
#12
Deadpooled · Los Angeles, California · founded 2015$300Kraised▾
Toot is an online chat-based tutoring platform for K-12. It enables students to seek homework assistance from expert tutors by texting them the images of the questions or problems. The learning subjects include maths and sciences. The subscription is offered at $0.50 per minute of pay as you go plan and $49 per month for unlimited minutes of tutoring.
- Jun 2018Seed$1.1M
- Jun 2015Seed$200K
- Seed$100K
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