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Best K-12 EdTech Companies in Sydney, Australia

The 90 best K-12 EdTech companies in Sydney, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Matific.

90companies tracked
$103.3Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
20have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · K-12 EDTECH × SYDNEY

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
66kcombined LinkedIn audience
66%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best K-12 EdTech companies in Sydney

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFounderTech stackRecent signals
1Abrility
Provider of business management software for tutors
——Deadpooled3———
2Agentcis
Business process management platform for education and migration agencies
——Unfunded3Sulav Shrestha
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+17—
3AI4Kids
Provider of online courses, tutoring and educational resources on AI and robotics for students
——Unfunded—Miranda Tsai
Co-Founder
——
4Aloki
Tutor discovery platform for students
——Funding Raised3Zaver Sima
Founder & CEO
——
5Assignment Help
Provider of assignment writing and study resource services
——Unfunded—Rakesh Kumar
Founder
Node.jsAceUbuntu+14—
6Austral Cloud
Child care management services
——Deadpooled—Chantal Adney
CEO
——
7BuddyPhi
App-based social networking platform for students
——Deadpooled—Bhavik Jeena
Founder
——
8Choochooring
Platform for finding tutor
——Funding Raised—Tim Brunette
Founder
——

Top 12 K-12 EdTech companies in Sydney

#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.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 4.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 2 partnerships (incl. Compass Education Group) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Series A$3.1M
  • Jul 2020Seed$850K
Founders & team
Sam ClarkeCo-Founder
Investors
Jelix, EVP, Sprint Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAngularCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#2
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.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 10.1% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Growth Account Executive
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2021Series A$9M
Founders & team
Robert BarakatCo-FounderThomas O'DonahooCo-Founder
Investors
OIF Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAmplitudeCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#3
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.

Funding rounds
  • 2023Seed$20K
Founders & team
Abbie WangCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Techstars
Tech stack
Framer SitesGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiHstsHttp/3
#4
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.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 5.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2021Seed$1.1M
  • Aug 2018Seed$741.7K
  • 2016Seed$288.9K
Investors
Sydney Angels, American Express, AngelCube, Artesian, Transition Level, Startmate
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpUbuntuYoutubeBootstrap
#5
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.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 19k LinkedIn followers — 29.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2016Series B$45M
  • Jan 2015Series A$12M
Founders & team
Raz KupfermanCo-FounderLeon KamenevCo-FounderShmulik LondonCo-Founder & CTO
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAws Certificate ManagerBootstrap
#6
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.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2021Seed$1.9M
Founders & team
Ann ElnekaveCo-Founder
Investors
HAZA Capital
#7
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.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers — 16.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2019Series A$14.3M
Founders & team
Mark RohaldCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Allectus Capital, Pangaea Impact Investments, Thorney, Milford, Quartet Ventures, Gleneagle
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssApache Http Server
#8
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.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2019Angel$2.1M
Investors
Exit Velocity
#9
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2013
$2.8Mraised
▾

Blended learning platform for individuals and educational institutes. Provides interactive songs, digital storybooks, games, activities, lesson planning tools, and learning content. Allows learning British English. Also offers teacher training programs.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2018Series A$2.8M
Founders & team
Dominic RichardsCo-FounderMartin BeecheCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Havisham Group
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpUbuntuApache Http Server
#10
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016
$950Kraised
▾

Platform providing education content through both a chatbot and an app interface. AI technologies offer human-like support to millions of business owners simultaneously. BRiN App is able to pinpoint user business problems with the help of a chat interface and give solutions and recommendations within microseconds. The app is available on both Android and iOS platforms.

Funding rounds
  • 2016Seed$950K
Founders & team
Dale BeaumontFounder & CEO
#11
Deadpooled · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016
$559.9Kraised
▾

The Pulse IQ is a virtual reality platform for education and training allowing users to interact and collaborate with their peers in a virtual space. It enables the content to be synced to multiple headsets through a facilitator controlled tablet, which allows visibility of all individual and group activities. The platform also allows providing real-time feedback for improving on weak areas. The company claims that the platform is device agnostic and can be integrated with multiple learning management systems. In addition, the company also provides a content library featuring pre-built modules, which can be customized as per requirements. The target market includes students, teachers, and corporations. The platform can also be used for designing VR training for health, manufacturing, telecommunications, travel & hospitality sectors. Partners include Samsung, Microsoft, and Somerville.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2018Grant (prize money)$559.9K
Founders & team
Brett HeilCEO & MD
Investors
business.gov.au
#12
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2012 · 35 employees
$455.1Kraised
▾

ClassCover is cloud based platform where schools can book their own relief teachers in seconds. ClassCover’s mobile apps enable schools to view exactly who is available, setup their preferred queue of teachers and then automatically receive an SMS in seconds once their teacher accepts. Its online record keeping provides a real-time access to payroll reporting and scheduled daily absence information. Covers over 500 schools across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2016Seed$455.1K
Founders & team
Ben GrozierChief Executive Officer
Investors
FollowTheSeed, SYD Ventures
Tech stack
AngularAzure Edge NetworkBootstrapCannyCdnjsCloudflare

Funding & investor landscape

$103.3Mtotal disclosed funding
17companies funded
22disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
muru-D4 rounds
Artesian3 rounds
INCUBATE3 rounds
Antler2 rounds
BlueChilli2 rounds
Allectus Capital1 rounds
American Express1 rounds
AngelCube1 rounds
Australian Government1 rounds
CityConnect1 rounds

Notable founders

Sam Clarke
Co-Founder · Clipboard
Robert Barakat
Co-Founder · HSC Hub
Thomas O'Donahoo
Co-Founder · HSC Hub
Abbie Wang
Co-Founder & CEO · Pico Coding
Raz Kupferman
Co-Founder · Matific
Leon Kamenev
Co-Founder · Matific
Ann Elnekave
Co-Founder · 1Question
Mark Rohald
Co-Founder & CEO · Cluey
Dominic Richards
Co-Founder · Prosper
Martin Beeche
Co-Founder & CEO · Prosper
Dale Beaumont
Founder & CEO · BRiN
Brett Heil
CEO & MD · The Pulse IQ
Prism market signals · Australia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,938,833 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 IN SYDNEY · Consumer & Industrial

How research on Edtech in Sydney is moving

A read on the academic research around Edtech in Sydney — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 166 papers.

University of Technology Sydney, University of Sydney, and UNSW Sydney lead Sydney's edtech research, focusing predominantly on online/blended learning and analytics, with a cautiously optimistic tone (mean stance 0.26, concerns outnumbering breakthroughs).

166 papers · stance +0.26 · 14% breakthrough · 39% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • University of Technology Sydney48
  • The University of Sydney44
  • UNSW Sydney41
  • University of Sydney21
  • Western Sydney University20
leading researchers
Abelardo Pardo · Simon Buckingham Shum · Dragan Gašević · Shane Dawson · Jelena Jovanović · Matthew Kearney
prism intelligence · tone & topics
99% positive · 1% critical tone
EducationBusinessArtificial IntelligenceData ScienceMachine LearningHealthcare
▲ Breakthroughs21 · 13%
▲ 5%→16% share
▲3.2× share momentum0 median citations81% since 2021mostly methods-led
Adaptive learning and experiential learning are newly emerging as breakthrough sub-topics, each reaching 3–4 papers as field-share tripled from 5% to 16%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Adaptive learning4
  • Learning analytics3
  • Experiential learning3
  • Unified Model2
  • Code (set theory)2
Newly emergingExperiential learning 0→3 · Adaptive learning 0→3
Landmark From Study Tactics to Learning Strategies: An Analytical Method for Extracting Interpretable Representations · 128 cites
◆ Advancements70 · 42%
▲ 35%→43% share
▲1.2× share momentum1 median citations64% since 2021mostly empirical
Educational technology advancements are intensifying — papers nearly doubled from 5 to 9 as field-share rose from 35% to 43%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Educational technology5→9
  • Student engagement1→3
  • Active learning (machine learning)1→3
Newly emergingScience education 0→4 · Higher education 0→4 · Adaptive learning 0→4
Landmark Using learning analytics to scale the provision of personalised feedback · 391 cites
▼ Concerns57 · 34%
▼ 35%→33% share
▼0.9× share momentum6 median citations61% since 2021mostly empirical
Curriculum concerns are rising sharply — papers jumped from 1 to 6 within educational technology's concern cluster, now totalling 10.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Educational technology4→10
  • Curriculum1→6
  • Mathematics education1→3
  • Experiential learning1→3
  • Higher education1→3
Newly emergingBlended learning 0→4 · Active learning (machine learning) 0→4 · Perception 0→3
Landmark Beyond the ‘digital natives’ debate: Towards a more nuanced understanding of students' technology experiences · 662 cites

Common questions

How many K-12 EdTech companies are there in Sydney, Australia?
Radar tracks 90 indexable K-12 EdTech companies headquartered in Sydney, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by K-12 EdTech companies in Sydney, Australia?
The K-12 EdTech companies in Sydney, Australia on this list have raised a combined $103.3M in disclosed equity funding across 17 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded K-12 EdTech company in Sydney, Australia?
Matific is the highest-funded K-12 EdTech company in Sydney, Australia, with $57M in disclosed equity funding.
How many K-12 EdTech companies in Sydney, Australia are funded?
17 of the 90 K-12 EdTech companies in Sydney, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many K-12 EdTech unicorns are there in Sydney, Australia?
None of the K-12 EdTech companies in Sydney, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Sydney, Australia K-12 EdTech companies?
The most active investors in Sydney, Australia K-12 EdTech companies on this list include muru-D, Artesian, INCUBATE, Antler, BlueChilli.
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