Best K-12 EdTech Companies in Toronto, Canada
The 95 best K-12 EdTech companies in Toronto, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Lillio.
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 Toronto
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akindi Automated grading of MCQ tests | — | — | 6 | 2011 | Mahmoud Hashim Founder & CEO | SentryPythonDjango+17 | — |
| 2 | Almanack Provider of an AI platform that enables schools to operationalise their curriculum and achieve standards… | — | — | — | 2023 | Mehar Alam Co-Founder & Head of Product | SentryNode.jsGoogle Sign-in+16 | — |
| 3 | AME Learning SaaS platforms and educational resources for students in accounting | — | — | 13 | 2004 | — | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+26 | — |
| 4 | ampEducator Web Based Administration Software for Schools | — | — | — | 2015 | Jamie McLeod Co-Founder | TurbopackEmotionSentry+19 | 2 launchs |
| 5 | AntColony Provider of web development and cloud services | — | — | 3 | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 6 | AssessSmart Web-based assessment platform | — | — | — | 2014 | Chander Thareja Founder | — | — |
| 7 | At School Today App-based platform for parent-teacher communication | — | — | — | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 8 | B4Grad App-based platform helping students to organize their homework | — | — | 13 | 2020 | — | — | — |
Top 12 K-12 EdTech companies in Toronto
#1
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2016 · 69 employees$7.2Mraised▾
Online podcast streaming platform. It allows users to stream educational podcasts for learning about finance and accounting. The app is available for android and iOS users.
- Sep 2024PE—
- Aug 2022Series A$3.8M
- May 2021Seed$909.6K
- Jun 2019Seed$845K
#2
Series B · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2013$61.1Mraised▾
Provider of daycare management solution. It offers solution for parent messaging, daily reports, check-in, and more. It also offers solutions for Child attendance, Staff management, Waitlist management, Digital attendance reports, Staff scheduling, Calendars and more.
- Nov 2021Series B$55.6M
- Apr 2019Series A$5.4M
#3
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2015$1.4Mraised▾
Platform offering resources for students and teachers. It provides tools for teachers for teaching various subjects. It also provides workshops for students.
- Nov 2023Seed$1.4M
#4
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2014 · 90 employees$21.3Mraised▾
Math learning platform empowering teachers and engaging students for academic success. This educational technology company offers a comprehensive operating system designed to improve math achievement. It provides solutions for teachers, administrators, and students, focusing on enhancing student engagement both inside and outside the classroom. The platform offers resources and tools to support teachers in building their confidence and capacity. It also provides system leaders with scalable support and real-time insights. With a commitment to privacy and data security, this platform aims to transform math education through innovative technology and pedagogical approaches. It is a B2B SaaS platform that offers login, resources, and support through its help center.
- Oct 2020Series A$20M
- Dec 2016Seed$1.2M
- Jun 2016Seed$30K
- Nov 2015Seed—
#5
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2012 · 32 employees$9Mraised▾
Admission management solution for higher education. Allows clients to create customized video & written assessment, receive candidate responses and evaluate the responses. Also enables students to prepare for admission video essays, interviews, and assessments.
- Aug 2016Series A$5M
- Mar 2015Seed$949.2K
- 2014Seed$1M
- Sep 2013Seed$2M
#6
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 1995 · 2 employees$11Mraised▾
Destiny One offers customer lifecycle management software designed specifically for higher education providers. It provides solutions to help colleges and universities attract, manage and maintain their non-traditional students. Company's flagship product Destiny One allows administrators to manage curriculum, enrollment, marketing, reporting, finance, and system administration. The clientele of the company includes Duke University, McGill, Virginia Tech, and University of Calgary among many others.
- May 2018PE$11M
- May 2018Conventional Debt—
#7
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2012 · 15 employees$755Kraised▾
Crowdmark is a collaborative online grading and analytics platform offers a tool that makes grading large volumes of hand-written tests more efficient. Has developed a patent-pending, ultra-scalable web application, with a paper-to-cloud bridge and a marking workflow that streamlines academic assessment on a massive scale. Provides feedback to improve learning outcomes. It archives student work and all grading feedback into individual digital portfolios that students and parents may access any time online and via mobile devices.
- Jun 2013Seed$600K
- Jan 2013Seed$100K
- Oct 2012Seed$25K
- Aug 2012Seed$15K
#8
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 15 employees$250Kraised▾
Online platform offering learning solutions for students. It offers solutions to learn Math, Language, Science and Social Studies and more. It works on subscription-based revenue model.
- Oct 2021Seed$250K
#9
Acqui-Hired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2013 · 1 employees$1Mraised▾
Class Messenger is a private messaging service to help students by keeping teachers and parents in sync. Teachers can use the mobile app or website to create quick short form messages in categories like homework, reminders, surveys, meeting requests and more. Helps parents stay informed about the challenges their kids face in the classroom. Available in iOS and android.
- Sep 2013Seed$1M
#10
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2011 · 2 employees$400Kraised▾
Creator and manager of children's character brands across multiple media. This includes television, radio, licensing and merchandise, publishing, gaming, interactive online content, music, theatre, and film. The company develops successful children's characters and then manages their brands across a wide range of media platforms. Their expertise extends to various aspects of brand management, ensuring the characters' presence and engagement across diverse entertainment sectors.
- Nov 2012Seed$375K
- Mar 2011Seed$25K
#11
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2013 · 6 employees$100Kraised▾
Edusight is a platform which helps teachers to track and grade assessments and integrate comments, photos and video into student portfolios. They generate quantitative and qualitative data on students behavior and academic performance and publish reports. Provides teachers / administrators with advanced analytic's on student performance to improve lesson planning and decision-making. Share progress and insights with both students and parents. Used by 500+ teachers as of Aug 2015. Won a grant from Ontario Centres of Excellence on Oct 2014.
- Oct 2014Grant (prize money)$30K
- Apr 2013Seed$100K
#12
Deadpooled · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2015 · 7 employees$100Kraised▾
Discovr provides VR educational content to educational institutes. Currently focusing on history and sciences. Part of River- Rothenberg Venture's VR accelerator.
- Dec 2016Seed—
- Jan 2015Seed$100K
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 Edtech in Toronto is moving
A read on the academic research around Edtech in Toronto — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 41 papers.
Toronto's University of Toronto and Toronto Metropolitan University lead optimistic edtech research (mean stance 0.42), focusing predominantly on online/blended learning and adaptive systems, with advancements far outpacing concerns (25 vs. 8).
- University of Toronto33
- Toronto Metropolitan University8
- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute1
- Unity Health Toronto1
- Analytics2
- Data science2
- Event (particle physics)1
- Learning analytics1
- Social media1
- Learning analytics1→5
- Educational technology1→4
- Educational technology3
- Curriculum2
- Virtual reality1
- Mathematics education1
- Multimedia1
Common questions
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