Best K-12 EdTech Companies in New Zealand
The 49 best K-12 EdTech companies in New Zealand in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Polymath.
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 Zealand
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polymath Gamified Maths learning platform for students between 5-10 years | $2M | 17 mo ago | Seed | — | 2022 | SentryNode.jsPanda CSS+13 | — |
| 2 | Komodo Online platform providing school wellbeing solution | $1M | 8 mo ago | Seed | Chris Bacon CEO & Co-founder | 2018 | WebflowSveltecore-js+21 | — |
| 3 | Kami Provider of PDF and document annotation app | $1M | 23 mo ago | Seed | — | 2013 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+35 | 1 launch |
| 4 | Banqer Team Financial literacy learning platform for students | $838K | 46 mo ago | Seed | Marc McHardy Co-Founder & Designer | 2014 | RubyRuby on RailsAmazon ALB+18 | 1 job opening · 1 award |
| 5 | Amy AI based mathematics tutoring application for students | $600K | 105 mo ago | Seed | Raphael Nolden Founder and Chief Executive Officer | 2015 | — | — |
| 6 | EdPotential Web-based data analytics software | $322K | 117 mo ago | Seed | Charlie Tomlinson CEO | 2016 | — | — |
| 7 | Go Vocab Games for language learning | $40K | 161 mo ago | Deadpooled | Michael Dowse Founder | 2011 | — | — |
| 8 | Wukong Chinese Operates K-12 school | — | 37 mo ago | Series B | — | 2016 | SentryApple iCloud MailNode.js+18 | 1 award |
Top 8 K-12 EdTech companies in New Zealand
#1
Seed · Christchurch, Canterbury · founded 2018 · 19 employees$1.3Mraised▾
Online platform providing school wellbeing solution. The platform enables collecting & managing data of student's wellbeing and also offers a team for managing all the wellbeing needs and achieving the goals. The platform offers resources such as articles, case studies, testimonials, and more.
- Nov 2025Seed$677.8K
- Aug 2021Seed$1.3M
#2
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2022 · 2 employees$2Mraised▾
Gamified Maths learning platform for students between 5-10 years
- Feb 2025Seed$1M
- Feb 2025Angel$1M
#3
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2013 · 30 employees$1Mraised▾
Provider of PDF and document annotation app. The app enables to improve interactivity and collaboration within the classroom. Allows teachers to markup, discuss, and provide feedback to students in real-time. Enables students to annotate on ebooks, publisher-supplied PDFs, worksheets, and more. Offered on a monthly subscription plan.
- Aug 2024Seed—
- Jan 2019Seed$1M
#4
Seed · Christchurch, Canterbury · founded 2014 · 20 employees$837.6Kraised▾
Financial literacy learning platform for students. It is a learning tool to teach financial literacy to kids aged. It provides an online banking system for the classroom. Each student has their own bank account where they or can transfer money, set up automatic payments, track their spending, and more. Is made up of modules, so once a student has learned a module more can be added for them to learn about finances.
- Oct 2022Seed$837.6K
#5
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2015 · 21 employees$600Kraised▾
Amy is an AI-based mathematics tutoring application for students. Features include intuitive analytics, multicurricular, multilingual, and others. Provides information to teachers regarding students performance. Claims to provide real-time feedback for filling the knowledge gap.
- Nov 2017Seed$600K
#6
Seed · Lower Hutt, Wellington · founded 2016$322.2Kraised▾
EdPotential provides a web-based software for schools to analyze student assessment data. Allows users to obtain visually-informative charts, tables and graphs, collaborate, and integrate with school management system, qualifications assessment system, etc. Claims that the analyses provide understanding on how students are achieving in different subjects, classes, and demographic groups.
- Oct 2016Seed$322.2K
#7
Deadpooled · Wellington, Wellington · founded 2011$40Kraised▾
Go Vocab develops games to teach, learn and revise vocabulary for K-12. Teachers can upload their content or use the already available one. Performance of students can be viewed via the dashboard. Offers multi-player games to quiz students on their vocab. Winner of BNZ Startup Alley competition at Webstock.
- Feb 2013Seed$40K
#8
Series B · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2016 · 127 employees—raised▾
Operates K-12 school
- Jun 2023Series B—
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 New Zealand
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 152 New Zealand-affiliated papers.
- University of Auckland27
- Auckland University of Technology23
- University of Otago19
- Victoria University of Wellington16
- Ministry of Health15
- Operationalization3
- Learning analytics2
- Analytics2
- Data science2
- Science education2
- Educational technology3→11
- Mathematics education2→7
- Higher education2→6
- Perception1→4
- Blended learning3→6
- Educational technology8→11
- Higher education2→5
- Context (archaeology)2→5
- Learning sciences1→4
Where edtech is researched across New Zealand
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
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