Best Pre-K EdTech Companies in Canada
The 41 best Pre-K EdTech companies in Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Hi Mama.
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Ranked: Best Pre-K EdTech companies in Canada
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hi Mama Provider of SaaS based software solution for parents and childcare centers | $61M | 57 mo ago | Unfunded | — | 2013 | — | — |
| 2 | Lillio Provider of daycare management solution | $61M | 57 mo ago | Series B | Alana Frome Co-Founder | 2013 | ContentfulUnbounceReact+29 | — |
| 3 | Budge Studios Educational apps for children | $3M | 66 mo ago | Acquired | Noemie Dupuy Co-Founder and Member Board of Directors | 2010 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceAlgolia+13 | — |
| 4 | Babbly Technologies App-based platform offering baby speech monitoring development solution | $2M | 50 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceAmazon ALB+25 | — |
| 5 | Tribal Nova Pre-school and kindergarten kids educational game | $2M | 208 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | Eric Brassard CEO | 2004 | — | — |
| 6 | Squiggle Park Gamified apps for learning for Pre-K | $800K | 98 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2015 | — | — |
| 7 | Baby World Language English language development products for Pre-K | $400K | 153 mo ago | Deadpooled | Paul Wittgenstein President & CEO | 2011 | — | — |
| 8 | Peekapak Platform offering digital learning solution for kids | $46K | 105 mo ago | Seed | — | 2013 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | 2 job openings |
Top 11 Pre-K EdTech companies in Canada
#1
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
#2
Unfunded · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2013 · 170 employees$61.1Mraised▾
Provider of SaaS-based software solution for parents and childcare centers. It allows childcare, early learning programs and parents to record and share children's activities. The software helps childcare providers engage parents with digital daily sheets, pictures, videos and educational information. It also empowers staff to showcase the center's programming. Parents can use the app to view photos and reports of their children and share them with family and friends. The data is stored on AWS cloud infrastructure. The app is available both on iOS and Android.
#3
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2018 · 8 employees$2.5Mraised▾
Babbly is an app-based platform offering baby speech monitoring development solutions. It's an AI-powered app monitors the progress of the child and recommends activities that can accelerate development. The application analyzes the baby’s communication skills and gets personalized recommendations to maximize playtime. The parents can view the progress of the child through the app.
- Jun 2022Seed$2.5M
- Feb 2021Seed—
#4
Acquired · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2010 · 129 employees$3Mraised▾
Budge Studios creates educational apps for children. Their apps consist of original characters, including Barbie, Thomas, Friends, Strawberry Shortcake, Caillou, The Smurfs, Miss Hollywood, Hello Kitty, and Crayola. Apps are available in various languages on App store, Play store, and Amazon.
- Mar 2021Series A—
- Jan 2015Series A$3M
#5
Acquired · Kitchener, Ontario · founded 2015 · 26 employees$800Kraised▾
Squiggle parks provide bite-sized gamified apps for learning for Pre-K. The games are divided into modules to learn Letter names, Continuant sounds, The first vowel, Expanding consonant sounds, etc. The platform also provides lesson plans, printables, reports, etc for teachers. The parents can access Squiggle Park resources to help their child learn at home and also share information with teachers to support improved performance. The solution is offered in packages for individuals, schools and district administrators. The app is downloadable from the iOS app store.
- Jun 2018Angel$800K
#6
Acqui-Hired · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2004$2.5Mraised▾
Tribal Nova provides an educational game for kids in preschool and kindergarten level of age 3-6 age. Helps kids to learn math, animals, emotions, nutrition and language development skills. The platform is available in 3 different languages. Available in both iStore and android. Tribal Nova is a part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company.
- Apr 2009Seed$2.5M
#7
Deadpooled · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2011$400Kraised▾
Baby World Language provides english language development products and services to the pre-kindergarten language learning sector. Product includes prenatal sound delivery through e-learning with live, online video coaching options.
- Nov 2013Seed$400K
#8
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2013 · 16 employees$46Kraised▾
Peekapak is a platform offering digital learning solutions for kids. It's a website that offers complete teaching units for social and emotional learning (SEL) topics through interactive games. The platform provides stories, interactive game activities, and lessons to teach kids concepts like self-regulation and empathy.
- Nov 2017Grant (prize money)—
- Jul 2014Seed$46K
#9
Seed · Kitchener, Ontario · founded 2019—raised▾
Online platform providing educational toys for kids. The platform offers age-based learning toys, supplemental resources, and more.
- Sep 2022Seed—
#10
Seed · Windsor, Ontario · founded 2021 · 7 employees—raised▾
Online learning platform for differently-abled kids. It offers a learning product for differently-abled kids and claims to inculcate kindness, gratitude, confidence, and mindfulness.
- Sep 2022Seed—
#11
Seed · Waterloo, Ontario · founded 2008—raised▾
Provider of Language Use Inventory (LUI) designed to assess children's communication and language and provide speech therapy. The company's product assesses a child's communication in a wide range of settings and for a broad variety of functions, enabling users to identify speech disorders and promote child development.
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Pre-K 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 Canada
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 634 Canada-affiliated papers.
- Athabasca University45
- University of Calgary34
- Simon Fraser University33
- University of Toronto33
- University of British Columbia26
- Adaptive learning1→9
- Learning analytics2→6
- Analytics1→5
- Data science1→4
- Educational technology2→4
- Educational technology15→46
- Blended learning8→37
- Mathematics education16→35
- Learning analytics11→25
- Context (archaeology)8→22
- Educational technology10→41
- Higher education1→18
- Technology integration1→15
- Curriculum1→14
- Mathematics education3→15
Where edtech is researched across Canada
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.
Who's filing edtech patents in Canada
Canada edtech patent filing is accelerating — 101 filings from 60 assignees (2016–2025), led by 4AG Robotics, Toronto Dominion BANK, The Ontario Educational Communic; annual filings 5→46.
- 4AG Robotics14
- Toronto Dominion BANK12
- The Ontario Educational Communic11
- Avigilon Patent Holding 110
- Shopify7
- Schlumberger Technology6
- CAE6
- Schlumberger CA6
Common questions
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