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Best Pre-K EdTech Companies in Germany

The 33 best Pre-K EdTech companies in Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Sdui.

33companies tracked
$74Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
8have raised
Sources & further reading
  • MarketResearch.com
  • IMARC Group

Ranked: Best Pre-K EdTech companies in Germany

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Sdui
Communication platform for parents, teachers, and students
$58M15 mo agoSeries ADaniel Zacharias
Founder & CEO
2018WordPressPleskApple iCloud Mail+32—
2Edurino
Online platform providing digital skill development solutions for children
$15M16 mo agoSeries B—2021Cart FunctionalityShopifyTwitch Player+22—
3TukToro
Math learning platform for children
$542K16 mo agoSeedAndreas Haring
Co-Founder
2022Cart FunctionalityShopifyVisa+25—
4pianini
Mobile app providing gamified piano lessons for kids
$123K70 mo agoSeedMaia Wiest
Co-Founder & CEO
2019——
5Ahoiii
Mobile app studio focused on apps for kids
$55K84 mo agoFunding RaisedSven Morawek
Co-Founder
2012WordPressMySQLFirebase+24—
6Totoli
App-based platform offering engaging video content for preschool kids
—45 mo agoSeed—2021——
7talking hands
Internet first brand offering books for kids
—54 mo agoSeedMaria Moller
Co-Founder
2020Cart FunctionalityShopifyVisa+32—
8Goodbeans
Creator of educational mobile games for kids
—232 mo agoDeadpooledMoritz Hohl
Co-Founder & Managing Director
2007——

Top 8 Pre-K EdTech companies in Germany

#1
Series A · Koblenz, Rhineland Palatinate · founded 2018 · 77 employees
$58.3Mraised
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Communication platform for parents, teachers, and students. It offers solutions for file sharing, creating timetables and calendars, scheduling, spam prevention, and more. The application is available on Android, iOS, and Windows platforms.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 33.8% of this cohort's audience · 73 engagements/post (1.7× cohort median)
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Series A—
  • Jul 2024Series A$22.9M
  • Feb 2023Series A$27.1M
  • Feb 2023Venture Debt—
Founders & team
Daniel ZachariasFounder & CEO
Investors
HTGF, Brighteye Ventures, Franz Haniel & Cie, HV Capital, Summiteer, Pando Ventures
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAstraCdnjs
#2
Series B · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2021 · 70 employees
$15Mraised
▾

Online platform providing digital skill development solutions for children. It offers learning content for children. The platform provides educators and parents with learning kits for kids.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 54.3% of this cohort's audience · 128 engagements/post (3.1× cohort median)
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Series B$23.2M
  • Mar 2023Series A$11.2M
  • Feb 2022Seed$3.8M
Investors
DN Capital, Tengelmann Ventures, FJ Labs, b2venture, Emerge, Ravensburger Group
Tech stack
BootstrapDocusignGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnHttp/3Jquery
#3
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2022
$542Kraised
▾

Math learning platform for children. It combines a physical toy with a mobile app for learning maths. It connects itself to the app via Bluetooth.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 9.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Seed$2.9M
  • Apr 2024Seed$542K
Founders & team
Andreas HaringCo-FounderJustyna ZubryckaCo-FounderPatrick GoehlCo-Founder
Investors
Saarbruecker 21, Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures, Simon Capital, IBB Ventures, Angel Invest Ventures
Tech stack
American ExpressApple PayCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflareCore-Js
#4
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2019
$122.7Kraised
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Pianini is a mobile application that provides gamified piano lessons for kids. Features include parent dashboard, direct feedback, and more. It works on a subscription-based revenue model. The app will be available on Android and iOS platforms. The company offers music learners solutions for the age of 4-7.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2020Seed$122.7K
Founders & team
Maia WiestCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Accelerace, BrainFinder
#5
Funding Raised · Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2012
$54.9Kraised
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Ahoiii is a mobile app studio focused on developing apps for kids. As of July 2017, the studio has released 13 apps. The apps use "Fiete", the main character to introduce them to different topics. The apps themes include animals, islands, holidays, farm, maths, sports, and cars. The apps are available for iOS and Android phones. The company also sell books and other merchandise through different channels.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2019Grant (prize money)$54.9K
Founders & team
Sven MorawekCo-FounderWolfgang SchmitzCo-Founder
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerComplianzCore-JsElementorFirebaseGodaddy
#6
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021 · 25 employees
—raised
▾

App-based platform offering engaging video content for preschool kids. It helps kids to navigate and explore new interests by offering curated content concentrating on the creative, cultural, cognitive, emotional, and physical development of the child.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2023Seed—
Investors
BlueYard, Musino, Totoli
#7
Seed · Frankfurt, State of Hessen · founded 2020 · 6 employees
—raised
▾

Internet first brand offering books for kids. The company provides flipbooks for children. The books educate kids about sign language. The book displays hand gestures and movement images. The product catalog also offers posters and wooden frame book stands.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Maria MollerCo-Founder
Investors
Nexus, DS Datenservice 13
Tech stack
American ExpressApple PayAwinCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflare
#8
Deadpooled · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2007
—raised
▾

goodbeans, previously known as young internet, is the creator of virtual worlds Panfu and Okolo. The virtual worlds are web based and was launched in 2008 and 2011 respectively. In 2012 after renaming themselves goodbeans, the company started focussing on mobile apps with its first creation "Grolly’s Animal Adventures" in 12 languages. The company has created 10+ apps since then for kids ranging from interactive ebooks, brain training and more.

Funding rounds
  • 2007Seed—
Founders & team
Moritz HohlCo-Founder & Managing Director
Investors
HV Capital

Funding & investor landscape

$74Mtotal disclosed funding
5companies funded
10disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
BlueYard2 rounds
HV Capital2 rounds
Summiteer2 rounds
WERK12 rounds
AENU1 rounds
Accelerace1 rounds
AlpVent1 rounds
Angel Invest Ventures1 rounds
Bain Capital1 rounds
Booom1 rounds

Notable founders

Daniel Zacharias
Founder & CEO · Sdui
Andreas Haring
Co-Founder · TukToro
Justyna Zubrycka
Co-Founder · TukToro
Maia Wiest
Co-Founder & CEO · pianini
Sven Morawek
Co-Founder · Ahoiii
Wolfgang Schmitz
Co-Founder · Ahoiii
Maria Moller
Co-Founder · talking hands
Moritz Hohl
Co-Founder & Managing Director · Goodbeans
Prism market signals · Germany · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,098,252 docs

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

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Germany

How research on Education Technology is moving in Germany

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 689 Germany-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201820242026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 36% → 58% across 2018–2026.
top research entities
  • Technical University of Munich28
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München25
  • University of Potsdam22
  • University of Duisburg-Essen21
  • University of Mannheim21
leading researchers
Dirk Ifenthaler · Niklas Meißner · Sandro Speth · Steffen Becker · Jessica Penny · Gareth Lewis · Albert S. Chen · Slobodan Djordjević
▲ Breakthroughs62 · 9%
▲ 0%→10% share
0 median citations95% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→10% of field), led by Adaptation (eye).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Adaptation (eye)11
  • Bridge (graph theory)10
  • Dissemination9
  • Multidisciplinary approach9
  • Massive open online course9
Newly emergingAdaptation (eye) 0→11 · Bridge (graph theory) 0→10 · Dissemination 0→9
Landmark Teachers‘ attitudes and beliefs regarding ICT in teaching and learning in European countries · 188 cites
◆ Advancements352 · 51%
▲ 0%→51% share
0 median citations88% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (0%→51% of field), led by Educational technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Educational technology5→80
  • Mathematics education6→49
  • Context (archaeology)3→30
  • Learning analytics4→26
  • Experiential learning2→22
Newly emergingHigher education 0→29 · Science education 0→29 · Virtual reality 0→22
Landmark Simulation-Based Learning in Higher Education: A Meta-Analysis · 922 cites
▼ Concerns189 · 27%
▲ 0%→26% share
0 median citations86% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→26% of field), led by Educational technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Educational technology1→44
  • Technology integration1→13
  • Learning analytics1→11
  • Analytics1→10
  • Qualitative research1→8
Newly emergingHigher education 0→19 · Mathematics education 0→16 · Cognition 0→13
Landmark Mapping research in student engagement and educational technology in higher education: a systematic evidence map · 875 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Germany

Where edtech is researched across Germany

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.

Munich52 · +0.30
Hot · Educational technologyAdvancing · CognitionOpportunity · Learning analytics
Berlin40 · +0.17
Hot · Digital literacyAdvancing · Data scienceOpportunity · LiteracyConcern · Cognition
Dresden17 · +0.37
Hot · Higher educationAdvancing · Emerging technologiesOpportunity · Educational technology
Stuttgart17 · +0.52
Hot · Student engagementAdvancing · Competence (human resources)Opportunity · Software
Karlsruhe16 · +0.43
Hot · Higher educationAdvancing · Educational technologyOpportunity · Multimedia
Heidelberg15 · +0.17
Hot · Mathematics educationAdvancing · Teaching methodOpportunity · Educational technologyConcern · Medical education
Jülich/Bonn15 · +0.37
Hot · Educational technologyOpportunity · Sample (material)
Aachen12 · +0.40
Advancing · Blended learningOpportunity · Medical education
PATENT SIGNAL · Germany

Who's filing edtech patents in Germany

Germany edtech patent filing is accelerating — 205 filings from 61 assignees (2017–2025), led by Siemens, SAP SE, Robert Bosch; annual filings 5→45.

205 filings61 assigneespeak 45/yr2017–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2017–2025)
top patent filers
  • Siemens37
  • SAP SE30
  • Robert Bosch21
  • Leica Microsystems14
  • SAP14
  • Zeiss CARL Meditec12
  • NEC Laboratories Europe10
  • Bayerische Motoren Werke9

Common questions

How many Pre-K EdTech companies are there in Germany?
Radar tracks 33 indexable Pre-K EdTech companies headquartered in Germany that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Pre-K EdTech companies in Germany?
The Pre-K EdTech companies in Germany on this list have raised a combined $74M in disclosed equity funding across 5 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Pre-K EdTech company in Germany?
Sdui is the highest-funded Pre-K EdTech company in Germany, with $58.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Pre-K EdTech companies in Germany are funded?
5 of the 33 Pre-K EdTech companies in Germany on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Pre-K EdTech unicorns are there in Germany?
None of the Pre-K EdTech companies in Germany on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Germany Pre-K EdTech companies?
The most active investors in Germany Pre-K EdTech companies on this list include BlueYard, HV Capital, Summiteer, WERK1, AENU.
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