Edtech Landscape of Bengaluru
1,393 Edtech companies in Bengaluru, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, what the news is about, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Edtech in Bengaluru
Shows 1,393 Bengaluru edtech firms, highlighting which are hiring, best funded, and currently hiring, with 145 hiring now and 197 having disclosed funding.
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Unacademy12last posted Aug 2026
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Newton School10last posted Aug 2026
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Tide7last posted Aug 2026
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Vedantu6last posted Aug 2026
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Codeyoung6last posted Aug 2026
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MyCaptain6last posted Aug 2026
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Airtribe5last posted Aug 2026
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21K School5last posted Aug 2026
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BYJU\'S$6.1BConventional Debt · May 2023
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- 04Leap$252.5MConventional Debt · Mar 2025
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Cuemath$129.3MSeries D · Jun 2022
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Teachmint$118.4MSeries B · Oct 2021
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TutorVista$102.2MSeries D · Sep 2010
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Scaler$75MSeries B · Jan 2022
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Aster Health Academy$278.3MFY2024 filing
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Intellipaat$19.1MFY2021 filing
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PlayShifu$12.6MFY2022 filing
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Oda Class$10.3MFY2024 filing
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Toddle$9.6MFY2022 filing
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UNext Learning673tracked employees
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Mindlogicx375tracked employees
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Propelld249tracked employees
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Leap Finance5.6%22 tracked events
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Lodestar5.6%22 tracked events
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Emversity4.3%17 tracked events
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Stimuler3.3%13 tracked events
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Riyaz131articles in the window
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NextLeap21articles in the window
See all 1,393 Edtech companies in Bengaluru
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How the Edtech ecosystem in Bengaluru grew, 2016–2025
Lists the number of companies founded each year from 2016 to 2025, noting a peak of 142 in 2021 and 45 in 2025.
The Edtech market map of Bengaluru: what these companies actually do
Breaks down product sub‑categories and revenue models, with consumer digital (1,007 firms) and subscription (1,084 firms) being the largest groups.
- Consumer Digital1,007 companies · $8.6B raised · 122 hiring
- Enterprise Tech455 companies · $6.6B raised · 45 hiring
- Online Courses424 companies · $7.3B raised · 45 hiring
- Education IT301 companies · $219M raised · 23 hiring
- Continued Learning for Professionals295 companies · $250.2M raised · 45 hiring
- SaaS219 companies · $286.3M raised · 16 hiring
- Enterprise Software207 companies · $32.3M raised · 16 hiring
- Edtech SaaS175 companies · $183.5M raised · 13 hiring
- Online Tutoring146 companies · $6.7B raised · 21 hiring
- Future of Work142 companies · $139.8M raised · 18 hiring
- Vocational Training136 companies · $30.8M raised · 15 hiring
- Passion Economy130 companies · $6.7B raised · 20 hiring
Monetization
How Edtech companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Edtech in Bengaluru
Counts 267 corporate events over the past two years, most frequently lawsuits (95) and funding rounds (51).
- M&AEdtech giant UpGrad is set to acquire rival platform Unacademy in an all-stock deal.2026-05-05
- M&AEmversity, a Bengaluru-based higher-education embedded training and employability platform, has acquired Lanstitut Technologies, a healthcare mobility startup that trains Indian nurses in German language skills and places them in hospitals across Germany.2026-04-23
- FundingLodestar Metals Corp. (TSXV: LSTR) (OTC Pink: SVTNF) (“Lodestar” or the “Company”), a junior exploration company focused on unlocking world class gold potential in Nevada, is pleased to announce it has closed the final tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement financing (the “Offering“) by issuing 2,700,000 units of the Company (“Units“) at a price of $0.20 per Unit for gross proceeds of $540,000. Due to increased investor interest, the Company has increased the size of the Offering, and has issued a total of 7,850,000 Units at a price of $0.20 per Unit for gross proceeds of $1,570,000 under the entire Offering.2026-02-20
- FundingDux emerged from stealth with a $9 million seed round led by Redpoint, TLV Partners, and Maple Capital, with participation from cybersecurity executives from CrowdStrike, Okta, and Armis.2025-12-17
- M&AUpGrad has already filed an expression of interest (EoI) for certain assets of Byju’s under its insolvency process at the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).2025-11-26
- FundingCodeyoung, a learning platform for kids (K–12), has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round co-led by 12 Flags Group and Enzia Ventures.2025-11-14
- FundingEdtech startup Vedantu said on Friday it has raised $11 million through convertible notes in a round led by ABC World Asia, a Temasek-backed impact investing fund, along with other existing investors including Accel India and Omidyar Network.2025-09-27
- Capitalinvestments such as Leap Scholar’s $65M.2026-02-06
- LeadershipRoombr, an AI-powered Digital Classroom platform transforming learning outcomes in Tier-two and Tier-three India earlier this year appointed Fayyaz Hussain as Chief Growth Officer (CGO) to accelerate expansion and lead global growth and fundraising initiatives.2025-12-01
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Edtech company in Bengaluru was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-05-05 | ||
| Lanstitut Technologies | $4.2M | Completed | 2026-04-23 | |
| $1B | Completed | 2026-03-18 | ||
| undisclosed | Rumored | 2026-03-16 | ||
| undisclosed | Rumored | 2025-11-26 | ||
| undisclosed | Rumored | 2025-08-20 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Details specific events such as leadership moves and customer contract wins.
RoombrFayyaz Hussain · Appointment → Chief Growth OfficerDec 2025
Focus Edumaticsscale undisclosedJan 2025
- byju’s v GLAS TrustChallenge to acceleration of a term loan · FiledNov 2025
- byju’s v lendersterm loan acceleration challenge · OngoingNov 2025
Who is building Edtech in Bengaluru
Profiles 1,151 founders and CEOs across 790 companies, noting common alma maters like IIT Delhi (32) and prior employers such as Microsoft (19).
Ex-Founder Flatchat. NMIMS University BTech 2012
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Bachelor of Technology (BTech) 2011
CEO Online Business · Group CPO Scaler · Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)
Ex-Co Founder Pristine Cut, StockUpp, Odraarts, HSBC. Biju Pattnaik University Of Technology BTech 2011, IIT Madras MBA 2013
Founder & Managing Director-iNurture education solution
Co-Founder InterviewBit, ex-Facebook. International Institute of Information Technology BTech 2010
Ex-Delhivery, Procter & Gamble. IIT Kharagpur MTech 2008
Ex-Co-Founder Buildzar.com, Unacademy, OYO, MobiKwik. NIT Jamshedpur BTech 2008, Indian School of Business MBA 2012
Ex-KukuFM, Next Learning Platform · IIT Kanpur BE 2016
- flagged as repeat founders25
- no repeat-founder flag1,032
- women157
- men774
Look up the people behind Edtech companies in Bengaluru
Search founders, executives and operators by company, role and location.
Who funds Edtech in Bengaluru
Records 561 funding rounds since 2016 from 2,562 investors, with a typical round size of $533 k.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Peak XV Partners | 27 | 16 | Jan 2025 |
| Wellfound | 25 | 5 | Aug 2023 |
| Angel List | 22 | 7 | Apr 2025 |
| Tiger Global Management | 16 | 6 | Oct 2022 |
| Trifecta Capital | 16 | 5 | Apr 2025 |
| Blume Venture | 16 | 4 | Mar 2024 |
| LetsVenture | 15 | 5 | Jan 2024 |
| Abhinav Daga | 15 | — | Feb 2024 |
| Better Capital | 14 | 2 | Dec 2022 |
| Elevation Capital | 12 | 6 | Jan 2026 |
The typical round is $533k — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Edtech funding rounds in Bengaluru
Lists the ten largest disclosed rounds, the biggest being BYJU'S $796 M Series F.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Fmega-round | $796M | Apr 2021 | Oryx Group, Bin Yuan, IIFL Finance +19 more | |
| Series Fmega-round | $600.7M | Apr 2021 | UBS, ADQ, Blackstone +10 more | |
| Series Fmega-round | $500.9M | Sep 2020 | Tiger Global Management, Owl Ventures, Silver Lake +9 more | |
| Series Hmega-round | $440M | Aug 2021 | Temasek, General Atlantic, SoftBank Vision Fund +5 more | |
| Series Fmega-round | $400M | Dec 2021 | Sumeru Ventures, Ams Investment Management, Master Bond +4 more | |
| Series Fmega-round | $400M | Oct 2018 | Naspers, General Atlantic, CPP Investments | |
| Series Fmega-round | $300M | Jan 2020 | Tiger Global Management, General Atlantic | |
| Series Fmega-round | $291.8M | Sep 2021 | ARK Ncore, Asmaan Ventures, IIFL Finance +12 more | |
| Series Fmega-round | $250M | Oct 2022 | Qatar Investment Authority, Owl Ventures, Tiger Global Management +12 more | |
| Series F | $200M | Nov 2020 | T. Rowe Price, BlackRock |
67 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
What the news says about Edtech in Bengaluru
Counts 3,971 news articles in the last year, most often covering gadgets, AI advances, mobile OS, and 5G infrastructure.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Edtech news in India. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Latest gadgets and consumer electronics9,991▲+11%
- Artificial intelligence advancements9,305▲+65%
- Mobile operating systems7,806▲+15%
- 5g network infrastructure5,030▲+10%
- New product launches and innovations4,242▲+52%
- Strategic partnerships and collaborations3,278▲+74%
- Mobile phone market segmentation3,255▲+25%
- Technology adoption and digital transformation3,160▲+63%
- Mobile phone connectivity standards (5g, lte)3,147→+4%
- Global market entry strategies2,752▲+34%
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50 Edtech companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Edtech coverage in India as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in India Edtech coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Edtech jobs in Bengaluru: who is hiring and what they ask for
Shows 1,064 job postings from 164 employers in 12 months, with median advertised pay of $9 k per year and top skills like sales and Python.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Edtech employers in Bengaluru put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- sales138▲
- python121▲
- lead generation119▲
- sql94▲
- communication86▲
- business development84▲
- communication skills74▲
- google sheets70▲
- excel68▲
- java66▲
- Manager$9k/yr (n=57)
- Intern$9k/yr (n=35)
- Senior$15k/yr (n=50)
- Lead$15k/yr (n=34)
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32 internships were advertised in the last 12 months, across 14 of these companies.
What the research says
The Edtech research read is national: 2,453 India-affiliated papers, clustered into themes such as Barriers to ICT Integration, Digital Learning Inequities, AI Personalization Risks, Technology Integration Disparities. It is measured at country level, so it is the same signal for every city in India — the full read, with the theme clusters, growth and blind spots, lives on the national page.
Go deeper on Edtech research and innovation
Research themes, patent activity and the companies commercialising them, in one place.
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