Best K-12 EdTech Companies in New South Wales, Australia
The 125 best K-12 EdTech companies in New South Wales, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Matific.
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 New South Wales
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matific Gamefied math learning platform for students | $57M | 118 mo ago | Series B | 250 | Raz Kupferman Co-Founder | PythonZohoDjango+36 | 1 award |
| 2 | Cluey Tutoring platform for students | $22M | 88 mo ago | Public | 85 | Mark Rohald Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+41 | — |
| 3 | Critical Links ICT infrastructure solution for schools | $11M | 213 mo ago | Series A | 22 | Abdul Kasim ex-Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — |
| 4 | HSC Hub SaaS-based platform offering online courses for schools to teach students | $9M | 54 mo ago | Series A | 136 | Robert Barakat Co-Founder | WebflowSentryGSAP+25 | 1 job opening |
| 5 | Clipboard Online platform providing school management software for extracurricular activities | $4M | 44 mo ago | Acquired | 31 | Sam Clarke Co-Founder | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft Clarity+22 | 1 partnership |
| 6 | Prosper Blended learning platform for individuals and educational institutes | $3M | 98 mo ago | Series A | — | Dominic Richards Co-Founder | — | — |
| 7 | QPay University societies ticketing and membership platform | $2M | 59 mo ago | Seed | 21 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Rockmelon Provider of App-based learning platform for special children | $2M | 88 mo ago | Deadpooled | 17 | — | — | — |
| 9 | 1Question AI and app-based platform offering screen time management solutions | $2M | 59 mo ago | Seed | 6 | Ann Elnekave Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+33 | — |
| 10 | Canopy Study AI-driven platform offering content management solutions for schools | $1M | 50 mo ago | Deadpooled | 3 | Dean Mikan Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 11 | BRiN Platform providing education content through both a chatbot and an app interface | $950K | 120 mo ago | Seed | — | Dale Beaumont Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 12 | The Pulse IQ VR collaborative platform for education and training | $560K | 100 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Brett Heil CEO & MD | — | — |
| 13 | ClassCover Market place for booking Relief teacher | $455K | 117 mo ago | Seed | 35 | Ben Grozier Chief Executive Officer | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+32 | 2 launchs |
| 14 | Grow Your Mind Provider of mental health programs for schools to teach students | $232K | 52 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Kristina Freeman Co-Founder and Director of Social Enterprise at Grow Your Mind | WordPress Block EditorWordPress Site EditorWordPress+39 | — |
| 15 | Cleverbean Online reading tool for teachers and schools | $200K | 36 mo ago | Seed | 6 | — | ContentfulNode.jsTailwind CSS+19 | — |
| 16 | Example Company Augmented Reality apps for kids | $100K | 60 mo ago | Seed | — | Michael Kasumovic Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | — |
Top 12 K-12 EdTech companies in New South Wales
#1
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018 · 31 employees$4Mraised▾
Online platform providing school management software for extracurricular activities. It offers features such as scheduling, attendance, insights, team management, results, and many more. It integrates with the school's management system which can be operated by the admin.
- Oct 2022Series A$3.1M
- Jul 2020Seed$850K
#2
Seed · Bondi, New South Wales · founded 2016 · 6 employees$200Kraised▾
Online reading tool for teachers and schools. Provides practical reading activities for students with different reading levels. Enables students to practice strategy by using tips, prompts, and activities. Allows teachers to track students reading progress. Offered on a monthly subscription model.
- May 2023Seed$200K
#3
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2012 · 136 employees$9Mraised▾
SaaS-based platform offering online courses for schools to teach students. It offers courses in math, science, English, social science, physical education, and more. Also, the discussion forum can be used by students to clarify any doubts.
- Dec 2021Series A$9M
#4
Deadpooled · Surry Hills, New South Wales · founded 2019 · 3 employees$1.1Mraised▾
AI-driven platform offering content management solutions for schools. It allows users to create formative assessments, grade answer sheets, upload lessons, receive student performance reports, and more.
- Apr 2022Seed$1.1M
#5
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2023$20Kraised▾
Online platform providing coding courses for students. It provides resources for developing coding skills to kids through hands-on game building. It offers a self-paced learning environment.
- 2023Seed$20K
#6
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 21 employees$2.2Mraised▾
The QPay app is an online membership portal that helps university clubs and societies to move membership online. The university societies can customize forms that can be filled by incoming students interested in joining the society. Payment can be done through the QPay app with credit cards. Provides ticketing service to the societies. Users can set different prices for members and non-members. Allows student head to notify the society members about society events, hoodies, yearbooks, etc.
- Jul 2021Seed$1.1M
- Aug 2018Seed$741.7K
- 2016Seed$288.9K
#7
Series B · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2012 · 250 employees$57Mraised▾
Matific is a gamified math learning platform for students from class k to 6. Covers various topics including fractions, geometry, addition, subtraction, and others. It also offers worksheets, playlists, lesson plans, and teacher guides to educators. Teachers can track students progress through the dashboard. Available for web, Android and iOS platforms.
- Jul 2016Series B$45M
- Jan 2015Series A$12M
#8
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2020 · 6 employees$1.9Mraised▾
AI and app-based platform offering screen time management solutions. It allows the child to attempt curriculum-aligned questions. The platform provides weekly reports showing areas of strength and weakness of the child. The app is available for Android and iOS devices.
- Jun 2021Seed$1.9M
#9
Public · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 85 employees$22.1Mraised▾
Tutoring platform for students. Provides live sessions, learning content, real-time feedback, and progress report of students. Tutoring is offered for maths and English. The learning programs comply with the Australian curriculums. Students are matched to tutors based on age, educational stage, ability, learning goals, and more. Tutoring is conducted via real-time video and audio utilizing a virtual whiteboard.
- Feb 2019Series A$14.3M
#10
Funding Raised · Bondi, New South Wales · founded 2018$231.7Kraised▾
Provider of mental health programs for schools to teach students. The program allows students to learn positive psychology, social and emotional learning, public health, and neuroscience. Additionally, it provides professional development solutions for teachers.
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$231.7K
#11
Series A · Fairfield, New South Wales · founded 2006 · 22 employees$11.2Mraised▾
Critical Links provides an education appliance and an ICT platform to move the learning and school management in the cloud. The appliance works where there is either limited internet connectivity or no connectivity at all and hence is useful not only to modernize schools but also to provide edtech solutions to schools and colleges in rural areas. Provides a platform for third party LMS, SMS and other education software to be deployed. Moodle is already integrated with the appliance so moodle based courses can be used.
- Sep 2008Series A$5.7M
- Aug 2007Series A$5.5M
#12
Deadpooled · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 17 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Provider of App-based learning platform for special children. Provides interactive digital learning modules, digital flashcards, visual tools, progress tracking, and more. Caters to autistic children, parents, and educators of autistic children.
- Feb 2019Angel$2.1M
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 Australia
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 1,099 Australia-affiliated papers.
- Monash University128
- University College London73
- University of South Australia65
- Department of Commerce65
- The University of Queensland49
- Curriculum1→10
- Learning analytics3→11
- Analytics3→8
- Educational technology3→6
- Adaptive learning1→4
- Educational technology26→107
- Learning analytics13→59
- Higher education2→41
- Analytics12→48
- Mathematics education23→56
- Educational technology28→79
- Curriculum5→26
- Analytics7→28
- Higher education12→30
- Experiential learning2→20
Where edtech is researched across Australia
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.
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.