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Best K-12 EdTech Companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil

The 37 best K-12 EdTech companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: isaac.

37companies tracked
$144.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
8have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · K-12 EDTECH × STATE OF SAO PAULO

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.

148companies analysed
96%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
5unicorns
2016median founding year
298kcombined LinkedIn audience
79%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best K-12 EdTech companies in State of Sao Paulo

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1isaac
Digital platform for school financial management
$125M58 mo agoAcquiredDavid Peixoto
Co-Founder
2010WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+32—
2Letrus
AI-based platform offering solutions for the development of literacy skills
$7M33 mo agoSeries ALuis Junqueira
Co-Founder
2015Node.jsNext.jsReact+10—
3Layers Education
Online platform for school and student management
$6M11 mo agoSeedDanilo Yoneshige
Co-Founder
2019ReadymagBackbone.jsReact+20—
4ChatClass
AI-based platform offering diversified learning solutions for students
$3M80 mo agoSeries AJan Krutzinna
Founder
2014WebflowLeadsterWhatsApp Business Chat+17—
5Start Careers
Online platform connecting university students to companies for employment opportunities
$1M32 mo agoSeedGabriel Albuquerque
Co-Founder
2022SentryMUIReact+18—
6Analytica Ensino
Provider of technology-based learning platform for schools
$808K30 mo agoSeedDiego Gomes
Founder
2019——
7FORME
Provider of financial education programs for schools
$335K38 mo agoSeedBruno Lewis
Co-Founder & CEO
2020WordPressMySQLPHP+28—
8UOL EdTech
Online learning solution for businesses and educational institutions
—66 mo agoSeed—2013HubSpot CMS HubVue.jsGSAP+20—

Top 8 K-12 EdTech companies in State of Sao Paulo

#1
Seed · Sao Caetano do Sul, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2019 · 51 employees
$5.9Mraised
▾

Online platform for school and student management. It provides solutions for attendance management, finance, medical record, academic records, academic notes, and others. Its mobile app is available for iOS and Android devices.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 2.7% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Seed$3.9M
  • Jan 2022Seed$2M
Founders & team
Danilo YoneshigeCo-Founder
Investors
Endurance Companies, SQUARE Knowledge Ventures, Faber-Castell, Constellation Software
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsElement Ui
#2
Acquired · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2010 · 816 employees
$125Mraised
▾

Digital platform for school financial management

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 99k LinkedIn followers — 33.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2021Series B$125M
Founders & team
David PeixotoCo-Founder
Investors
General Atlantic, SoftBank Group, Kaszek, SoftBank Latin America Fund, Endeavor, Spectra Investments
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#3
Series A · Pinheiros, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2015 · 168 employees
$7.3Mraised
▾

AI-based platform offering solutions for the development of literacy skills. It offers e-books, spreadsheets, and courses for students.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 23k LinkedIn followers — 7.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2023Series A$7.3M
Founders & team
Luis JunqueiraCo-FounderThiago RachedCo-Founder & Ceo
Investors
Crescera Capital, Owl Ventures, Altitude, The Lemann Foundation, Velezreyesmas, Potencia Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Workspace
#4
Seed · Sao Jose Dos Campos, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2022
$1.4Mraised
▾

Online platform connecting university students to companies for employment opportunities. It offers a platform where students can learn how to create opportunities and work in their desired companies.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 12k LinkedIn followers — 4.0% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: senior devs
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Seed$1.4M
Founders & team
Gabriel AlbuquerqueCo-FounderJose NCo-Founder
Investors
Maya Capital, Reach Capital, Graphene Ventures
#5
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2019
$808.1Kraised
▾

Provider of technology-based learning platform for schools. It offer a platform for personalized learning and academic support.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2024Seed$808.1K
Founders & team
Diego GomesFounderMarlon CeniCEO
Investors
Iron Capital
#6
Series A · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2014 · 13 employees
$3.4Mraised
▾

AI-based platform offering diversified learning solutions for students. It enables users to access various courses on WhatApp and Instagram using chatbots.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2020Series A$3M
  • May 2017Seed$300K
  • Dec 2014Seed$105K
Founders & team
Jan KrutzinnaFounder
Investors
Canary, Graph Ventures, Village Capital, Actions Capital
Tech stack
Core-JsFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Workspace
#7
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2020 · 9 employees
$335.4Kraised
▾

Provider of financial education programs for schools. It offers a system combining physical teaching materials and innovative technology, aligned with educational standards and based on behavioral economic psychology. The content is practical, relatable to students, and engaging. Programs are designed for all levels of basic education, with bilingual materials developed for each age group and implemented in just one hour of class per week. Resources are provided to make learning dynamic and interactive. The program aims to develop entrepreneurial skills, enhance socio-emotional intelligence, and foster healthy financial habits in students.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Seed$250.8K
  • Sep 2022Seed$84.6K
Founders & team
Bruno LewisCo-Founder & CEOPhilip AugustoCo-Founder
Investors
VENTIUR, FEA Angels, COREangels
Tech stack
ActivecampaignContact Form 7Core-JsElementorFacebook PixelFont Awesome
#8
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2013 · 803 employees
—raised
▾

Online learning solution for businesses and educational institutions. For educational institutions, it has online program management for the digital transformation of educational institutions, OPM partner institutions for offering students a digital learning experience, and athena IE LMS platform for managing educational institution's online training programs & integrating desktop & mobile experiences. For businesses, it offers ciatech & webula for offering technological solutions for corporate education, integrating platforms, teams & expertise, athena LMS for managing company's training actions, wisdom courses to develop skills with content, and special solutions for customized training programs along with onboarding, leadership & culture, sales & products.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 113k LinkedIn followers — 37.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2021Seed—
Investors
SoftBank Latin America Fund, Volpe Capital
Tech stack
AzureCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsCrazy EggFacebook Pixel

Funding & investor landscape

$144.2Mtotal disclosed funding
7companies funded
11disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Crescera Capital2 rounds
Iporanga Ventures2 rounds
Poli Angels2 rounds
SoftBank Latin America Fund2 rounds
AWS EdStart1 rounds
Actions Capital1 rounds
Altitude1 rounds
Amazon Web Services1 rounds
Bossa Invest1 rounds
Bossa Nova1 rounds

Notable founders

Danilo Yoneshige
Co-Founder · Layers Education
David Peixoto
Co-Founder · isaac
Luis Junqueira
Co-Founder · Letrus
Thiago Rached
Co-Founder & Ceo · Letrus
Gabriel Albuquerque
Co-Founder · Start Careers
Jose N
Co-Founder · Start Careers
Diego Gomes
Founder · Analytica Ensino
Marlon Ceni
CEO · Analytica Ensino
Jan Krutzinna
Founder · ChatClass
Bruno Lewis
Co-Founder & CEO · FORME
Philip Augusto
Co-Founder · FORME
Prism market signals · Brazil · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,487,967 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 rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Brazil

How research on Education Technology is moving in Brazil

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 486 Brazil-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
202020252026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 68% → 67% across 2020–2026.
top research entities
  • Ação Educativa23
  • Universidade de São Paulo21
  • Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina17
  • Ministry of Health15
  • Ministry of Education13
leading researchers
Luiz Rodrigues · Anrafel Fernandes Pereira · Guilherme Corredato Guerino · Hassan El Idrissi Bouzidi · Kabaili Hind · Matheus Soppa Geremias · Dias Rasteiro, D. M. L. · Pinto, C. M. A.
▲ Breakthroughs26 · 5%
▲ 0%→5% share
0 median citations96% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→5% of field), led by Mathematics education.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Mathematics education3
  • Virtual reality3
  • Experiential learning3
  • Learning analytics2
  • Analytics2
Landmark Using learning analytics in the Amazonas: understanding students’ behaviour in introductory programming · 102 cites
◆ Advancements259 · 53%
▲ 0%→54% share
0 median citations98% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (0%→54% of field), led by Educational technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Educational technology2→64
  • Mathematics education1→26
  • Context (archaeology)1→24
  • Blended learning1→14
  • Class (philosophy)1→9
Newly emergingActive learning (machine learning) 0→20 · E learning 0→20 · Quality (philosophy) 0→17
Landmark Effectiveness of Integrating MOOCs in Traditional Classrooms for Undergraduate Students · 196 cites
▼ Concerns122 · 25%
▲ 0%→24% share
0 median citations93% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→24% of field), led by Educational technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Educational technology4→42
  • E learning1→35
  • Mathematics education4→24
  • Pedagogy1→17
  • Humanities1→16
Newly emergingProfessional development 0→10 · Context (archaeology) 0→9 · Qualitative research 0→9
Landmark Improvements from a Flipped Classroom May Simply Be the Fruits of Active Learning · 716 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Brazil

Where edtech is researched across Brazil

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.

São Paulo69 · +0.39
Hot · Experiential learningAdvancing · Active learning (machine learning)Opportunity · Higher educationConcern · Mathematics education
Brasília56 · +0.26
Hot · Key (lock)Advancing · Mathematics educationOpportunity · Learning analyticsConcern · Information and Communications Technology
Rio de Janeiro27 · +0.27
Hot · PedagogyAdvancing · CognitionOpportunity · E learningConcern · Educational technology
Florianópolis25 · +0.28
Hot · AnalyticsAdvancing · Learning analyticsOpportunity · E learning
Curitiba16 · +0.32
Hot · Professional developmentAdvancing · Learning analyticsOpportunity · Analytics
Porto Alegre15 · +0.25
Hot · E learningAdvancing · Educational technologyOpportunity · Visualization
Recife14 · +0.35
Hot · Educational technologyOpportunity · Active learning (machine learning)
Salvador10 · -0.19
Hot · Educational technologyOpportunity · ScholarshipConcern · Narrative
Campinas9 · +0.19
Opportunity · Usability
Belo Horizonte9 · +0.32
Hot · Educational technologyOpportunity · Active learning (machine learning)

Common questions

How many K-12 EdTech companies are there in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil?
Radar tracks 37 indexable K-12 EdTech companies headquartered in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by K-12 EdTech companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil?
The K-12 EdTech companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil on this list have raised a combined $144.2M in disclosed equity funding across 7 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded K-12 EdTech company in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil?
isaac is the highest-funded K-12 EdTech company in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, with $125M in disclosed equity funding.
How many K-12 EdTech companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil are funded?
7 of the 37 K-12 EdTech companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many K-12 EdTech unicorns are there in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil?
None of the K-12 EdTech companies in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil K-12 EdTech companies?
The most active investors in State of Sao Paulo, Brazil K-12 EdTech companies on this list include Crescera Capital, Iporanga Ventures, Poli Angels, SoftBank Latin America Fund, AWS EdStart.
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