Best Pre-K EdTech Companies in China
The 61 best Pre-K EdTech companies in China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Zuoyebang.
China's Pre-K EdTech sector is where $3.6 billion in disclosed funding tells you exactly where the smart money has been moving. Sixty-one companies tracked, one unicorn, and a market that IMARC Group pegs at $139.5B globally in 2024, scaling toward $518.9B by 2034 at a 14.3% CAGR. Those aren't soft numbers. Zuoyebang alone has pulled $2.9B, which is a staggering concentration when you consider the next closest, Kai Shu's storytelling platform, sits at $154M. So the funding curve here is steep. TAL Education Group, Zhen Fund, and Decent Capital are the names backing the field, and the hot themes running through the sector right now are educational apps, tech-enhanced pedagogy, and virtual classroom technologies.
What's worth watching, I'd argue, is that coverage momentum is flat even as the underlying demand drivers accelerate, including government pushes for digital education and rising appetite for personalized learning. As shown in 2021 research, technology integration in early education reshapes outcomes in ways that regulators and investors are both paying attention to. Can a sector this capital-heavy stay concentrated at the top? The directory you're browsing ranks these Pre-K EdTech companies in China by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, so you can see the full picture clearly.
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Ranked: Best Pre-K EdTech companies in China
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zuoyebang 🦄 Platform offering homework help products for students | $2.9B | 66 mo ago | Series E | 2015 | Hou Jianbin Founder & CEO | Node.jsUnoCSSVue.js+9 | — |
| 2 | Kai Shu’s storytelling Online platform offering childrens digital storybooks | $154M | 76 mo ago | Series C | 2014 | Wang Kai Founder & CEO | Node.jsReactNext.js+4 | — |
| 3 | Shenzhou Eagle Software Technology Cloud-based school management software provider for kindergartens | $150M | 91 mo ago | Series D | 2011 | Yexianxian Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 4 | Bo Bird Picture Book Picturebook rental platform for kids | $147M | 84 mo ago | Series A | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Jiliguala English learning application for children | $100M | 65 mo ago | Series C | 2014 | Xie Shangyi Co-Founder | — | — |
| 6 | Huivo Classroom teaching products for kindergarten students | $48M | 122 mo ago | Deadpooled | 2011 | Zhang Kang Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 7 | Baby playing English Online resources for English language learning for kids | $32M | 99 mo ago | Series B | 2016 | Li Hongmei Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 8 | Kada HHDD Provider of a content platform for children of age group 0-9 | $14M | 91 mo ago | Series A | 2014 | Linfei Xie Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 9 | BabyBus Provider of educational applications for preschool children | $12M | 93 mo ago | Series B | 2013 | Tang Guangyu Founder & CEO | Animate.cssVue.jsTengine+3 | — |
| 10 | Xuehuile Subscription-based content targeting children aged from one to six | $10M | 173 mo ago | Deadpooled | 2010 | Yang Li Founder | — | — |
| 11 | Beijing Educational Technology SaaS-based management system for kindergartens | $9M | 84 mo ago | Series A | 2017 | Wang Hongbing Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 12 | Green Orange Teaching tool provider for teachers | $8M | 83 mo ago | Series B | 2015 | Yun Yang Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 13 | Sparkle Platform offering management system for early education centers | $6M | 92 mo ago | Deadpooled | 2015 | Zeng Jinhe Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 14 | Kanwawa Mobile app communication platform for kindergarten | $5M | 131 mo ago | Deadpooled | 2013 | Ding Li Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 15 | IDaddy Mobile apps providing education related content for kindergarten students | $5M | 98 mo ago | Series B | 2012 | Li Wenhua Founder | — | — |
| 16 | Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology Provider of AR-based educational games | $3M | 71 mo ago | Public | 2010 | Xiao Chen CEO | — | — |
| 17 | Baobaoting Mobile digital content library for infants and kids | $2M | 120 mo ago | Deadpooled | 2015 | Wang Yang CEO | — | — |
| 18 | Dongdian Micro Communication platform for kindergartens | $2M | 109 mo ago | Deadpooled | 2015 | Deng Tonghua CEO | — | — |
| 19 | SmarTots Chinese mobile internet education platform | $2M | 160 mo ago | Deadpooled | 2010 | Victor Wong Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer | — | — |
| 20 | Sharkpark Subscription based learning kit provider for children and pre-school education | $2M | 123 mo ago | Series A | 2014 | Michelle Yin CEO & Chairman | — | — |
| 21 | Sindrax Digital edutainment products for kids | $2M | 102 mo ago | Seed | 2011 | Harry Haochuan Lu CEO & MD | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | 1 partnership |
| 22 | Youshikoudai Online content for Kinder garten teachers | $2M | 94 mo ago | Series B | 2015 | Li Junjun CEO | — | — |
| 23 | TribePlay Mobile games developer for kids | $750K | 163 mo ago | Acquired | 2008 | Thijs Bosma Co-Founder & CEO | GSAPVue.jsAmazon Web Services+10 | — |
| 24 | Chocloud Management platform for early educational institutes | $455K | 105 mo ago | Seed | 2016 | Cai Dongxiang Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 25 | Bomiqinzi Community-based parenting application | $450K | 114 mo ago | Deadpooled | 2016 | Xu Jin Founder & CEO | — | — |
Top 12 Pre-K EdTech companies in China
#1
Series E · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2015$2.9Braised▾
Platform offering homework help products for students. It enables users to search for different exercises and practice them. It also helps them learn and solve different questions using a communication tool by connecting with different tutors.
- Dec 2020Series E$1.6B
- Jun 2020Series E$750M
- Jul 2018Series D$350M
- Aug 2017Series C$150M
#2
Series C · Chaoyang, Beijing · founded 2014 · 62 employees$153.8Mraised▾
Online platform offering childrens digital storybooks. It offers audio stories that include sleepy stories, awakening stories, daily stories, traditional stories, holiday stories, and picture stories. Caters to kids of age group 0-10 years old.
- Feb 2020Series C$66M
- Jul 2019Series C$50M
- Mar 2018Series B$24.6M
- May 2017Series B$13.1M
#3
Series C · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2014 · 1 employees$100Mraised▾
Jiliguala is a mobile english learning application for children in the age group of 0-6 years. It provides the users with training, daily tracking, personalized content recommendation, doubt clarification etc.
- Jan 2021Series C$100M
- Nov 2018Series B—
- 2017Series A—
- Apr 2016Series A—
#4
Series A · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2017 · 30 employees$146.8Mraised▾
Bo Bird Picture Book is a Picturebook rental platform for kids. The platform has a membership system. Users can rent books through their app. Some of the picture books offered are how to catch a star, the little mouse, the way back home, Pete the cat saves Christmas, sleep a tight good night, and others.
- Jun 2019Series A$1.4M
- Sep 2018Seed$145.4M
#5
Series D · Xiamen, Fujian · founded 2011$150Mraised▾
Cloud-based school management software provider for kindergartens. Its flagship product offers solutions for parent-teachers communication, live video broadcasting, enrollment & campus publicity, campus management, and attendance management. Also offers parenting resources for parents and directors.
- Dec 2018Series D$100M
#6
Public · Xiamen, Fujian · founded 2010$3.3Mraised▾
Provider of AR-based educational games. The company connects physical items with mobile devices through wireless technologies and create interactive experiences for users.
- Jul 2020Post IPO$3.3M
#7
Deadpooled · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2011$47.5Mraised▾
Huivo has developed three products - an interactive teaching system, smart classes and a teaching app that aims to provide education solutions for kindergartens. The solutions include multiple screens interactive education system, smart courses, and baby applications.
- Apr 2016Series B$23M
- Jun 2015Series B$19.5M
- Apr 2014Series A$5M
#8
Series B · Fuzhou, Fujian · founded 2013$12.2Mraised▾
BabyBus is a provider of educational applications for preschool children. BabyBus produces pre-school educational games and other content, distributing them through mobile app stores and app platforms on smart TVs. It offers a variety of products, videos, and other educational content for ages 0-8. It also offers educational apps with various themes spanning health, language, society, science, art, and other fields. The company offers mobile applications for Android and iOS platforms.
- Sep 2018Series B$5.8M
- Nov 2015Series B$6.3M
- Sep 2013Series A—
#9
Series B · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2015$8Mraised▾
Green Orange is a teaching tool provider for teachers. It enables teachers to record, evaluate children's learning and growth progress. It generates teaching plans, lessons, and teaching materials. It provides an evaluation platform for teachers.
- Jul 2019Series B—
- Mar 2018Series A$8M
#10
Series A · Haidian, Beijing · founded 2017$8.7Mraised▾
SaaS-based management system for kindergartens. The platform allows users to manage their overall operations. Provides teacher training and family education. The platform also develops customized content in cooperation with content organizations.
- Jun 2019Series A$8.7M
- Feb 2019Seed—
#11
Series B · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2016$31.6Mraised▾
Qimeng Education offers online resources for English language learning for kids. Provides games, stories, songs, rhymes, picture books, exercise books, and more. Allows kids to learn pronunciation, words, phrases, etc.
- Mar 2018Series B$31.6M
- May 2017Series A—
- Nov 2016Seed—
#12
Series A · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2014$14.4Mraised▾
Provider of a content platform for children of age group 0-9. The platform contains a sound picture book, listen-to books, songs, videos, early childhood interactive games, and other rich content. The company also engages in providing a good environment for content and providing content producers with a sustainable platform. It also provides content customization services for watches, story machines, robots, Internet TV, even VR terminals, and more.
- Nov 2018Series A$14.4M
- Sep 2017Series A—
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 China
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 2,700 China-affiliated papers.
- Beijing Normal University81
- Central China Normal University76
- East China Normal University55
- Zhejiang University51
- Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University32
- Adaptive learning1→86
- Adaptive control1→22
- Blended learning1→21
- Control theory (sociology)1→18
- Pattern recognition (psychology)1→13
- Educational technology14→262
- Blended learning4→210
- Mathematics education16→212
- Curriculum3→80
- Context (archaeology)5→81
- Educational technology7→63
- Blended learning3→38
- Mathematics education3→37
- Context (archaeology)1→25
- Cognition1→24
Where edtech is researched across China
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 China
China edtech patent filing is accelerating — 65 filings from 83 assignees (2017–2025), led by Huawei TECH, UNIV Zhejiang, NIO Technology Anhui; annual filings 1→14.
- Huawei TECH29
- UNIV Zhejiang5
- NIO Technology Anhui3
- UNIV Beijing Technology3
- TSE HO Keung3
- Qualcomm2
- Sanya NAT Institute Of Southern 2
- Malakhov Kirill Aleksandrovich2
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.