Edtech Landscape of London
1,700 Edtech companies in London, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, what the news is about and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Edtech in London
Shows the top‑ranked Edtech firms in London by hiring activity, funding amount, and overall coverage, noting 1,700 companies tracked, 49 currently hiring and 176 with disclosed funding rounds.
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QS Quacquarelli Symonds9last posted Jul 2026
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Balfour & Co8last posted Apr 2026
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Nosy Crow6last posted Jun 2026
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Kewordal5last posted Feb 2026
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Save My Exams4last posted Feb 2026
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Valenture Institute4last posted May 2026
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LEO Global Overseas4last posted Jul 2026
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Uniprep3last posted Jun 2026
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Prodigy Finance$2.9BConventional Debt · Nov 2024
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Remember App$134.2MPost IPO · Jan 2026
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Perlego$92.7MSeries B · Oct 2024
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Yoto$74.4MConventional Debt · Oct 2024
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Leverage Edu$74.3MSeries C · May 2024
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FutureLearn$64.7MGrant (prize money) · Jan 2020
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Kano$62.3MSeries B · Jul 2020
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MyTutor$45.4MSeries C · Jul 2023
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Memrise$9.5Msnapshot Dec 2023
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Atom$424kFY2024 filing
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iNSTRUCKO$15kFY2025 filing
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Testprep Kart$671snapshot Mar 2022
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Third Space Learning229tracked employees
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Zummit Labs145tracked employees
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Century109tracked employees
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Chatterbox14.6%18 tracked events
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Dream VC13.8%17 tracked events
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Fluency8.9%11 tracked events
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Edumentors5.7%7 tracked events
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HowNow4.9%6 tracked events
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Itza1.6%2 tracked events
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Moshi≥36articles in the window
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Springpod≥14articles in the window
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See all 1,700 Edtech companies in London
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How the Edtech ecosystem in London grew, 2016–2025
Lists the annual count of new Edtech companies founded from 2016 to 2025, with the highest count of 190 in 2020 and 12 in 2025.
The Edtech market map of London: what these companies actually do
Breaks down the product types built by London Edtech firms and their revenue models, highlighting the largest sub‑categories and the most common ways companies earn money.
- Consumer Digital1,398 companies · $4.1B raised · 38 hiring
- Online Courses611 companies · $347.4M raised · 19 hiring
- Enterprise Tech436 companies · $415M raised · 14 hiring
- Continued Learning for Professionals387 companies · $210.2M raised · 8 hiring
- Vocational Training285 companies · $222.3M raised · 5 hiring
- Education IT228 companies · $144.3M raised · 5 hiring
- Language Learning Tech169 companies · $179.9M raised · 2 hiring
- SaaS146 companies · $203M raised · 2 hiring
- Enterprise Software135 companies · $52.9M raised · 5 hiring
- Passion Economy123 companies · $46.8M raised · 5 hiring
- Activity Based Learning119 companies · $315.4M raised · 4 hiring
- Online Tutoring116 companies · $49.2M raised · 6 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 London
Counts corporate events over the past two years, detailing 96 events and their distribution across earnings releases, funding rounds, new products, mergers, and IPOs.
- FundingStudentCrowd has secured £7m in Series A funding as it looks to expand its data platform into international markets.2026-04-30
- FundingA Swindon-based online education platform has secured an investment of £4.4m in a round led by Maven Capital Partners.2026-04-29
- IPOLeverage Edu is looking to raise ₹2,000-3,000 Cr via its public issue which will comprise a fresh issue of shares as well as an offer for sale (OFS).2026-04-07
- FundingMelbourne startup Fluency has raised US$6 million (A$8.55 million) in a seed round led by US VC Accel, Atlassian’s first external investor.2026-02-09
- M&AJordan-based Alefredo EdTech has acquired UK-based tutoring platform Tutor House, reinforcing both its footprint in the British market and Jordan’s growing role as a regional hub for education technology.2026-02-04
- FundingIn the UK, MyEdSpace raised €12.8 million to expand its blended live-learning platform internationally2026-01-19
- M&AIn August, Fitch Learning announced its acquisition of Moody’s education businesses — the CSI and Moody’s Analytics Learning Solutions (MALS), a global provider of credit training.2025-12-09
- IPOChtrbox’s strong performance follows the successful completion of its IPO, which raised Rs 4,286.28 lakhs through the issue of 37,27,200 equity shares of face value Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 105 per share.2025-10-27
- FundingEdumentors, a London-based online tutoring startup, raised $2 million in seed funding to develop an AI-powered tutoring tool that complements its network of human tutors.2025-09-04
- M&A"With the acquisition of Peak, we are accelerating our mission to strengthen our vertical AI solutions strategy," said Daniel Dines, Founder and CEO of UiPath.2025-03-13
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Edtech company in London 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 | Pending | 2026-04-13 | ||
| Alefredo EdTech | $600k | Announced | 2026-02-07 | |
| Moody’s education businesses – the CSI and Moody’s Analytics Learning Solutions (MALS) | undisclosed | Completed | 2025-12-09 | |
| undisclosed | Completed | 2025-12-06 | ||
| $436M | Announced | 2025-08-10 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2025-04-22 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Provides detailed information on specific corporate events such as IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches, and contract wins, with a focus on leadership moves.
BusuuKarine Allouche · Appointment → General Manager of Language Learning, Worldwide, and Skills Integration, EuropeFeb 2026
Fitch LearningAndreas Karaiskos · Appointment → Chief Executive OfficerNov 2025
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +0.0%, half slower.
Who is building Edtech in London
Profiles the founders and CEOs of 459 Edtech companies, summarizing their educational backgrounds and prior employers, including the most frequent universities and firms.
Pimoroni, ex-Intercede, Marmalade, 7digital, BT. King's College London B.Sc 1997
Fly Finance, Fly Homes. Delhi University BCom 2011, Indian School of Business MBA 2015
Ex-Higher Ed Partners
Yale University BA 2012, University of Cambridge MPhil 2013
Ex-Schlumberger, Co-Founder StudentView, United Nations. University of Cape Town BS 2012, UCL 2016
Founder Soar Studio, For Men Australia, Little Big Steps, ex-Plato Project. Swinburne University of Technology BCom MCom 2012
Ex-Amazon, Google, Zopa. University of Cambridge BA 2011, Birkbeck, University of London 2018, Imperial College London MSc 2019
Ex-JONES DAY. University of Oxford BA 2013, BPP Law School LPC 2015
Ventures Together, ex-Memrise, ex-Catacademy, University of Oxford, 2003
- flagged as repeat founders4
- no repeat-founder flag531
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Who funds Edtech in London
Summarizes investment activity, noting 389 funding rounds since 2016 from 452 investors and an average round size of $728 k.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Europa | 16 | — | Jan 2020 |
| LocalGlobe | 8 | 4 | Jul 2023 |
| Blume Venture | 6 | 2 | Jul 2023 |
| DSG Consumer Partners | 6 | 1 | Jul 2023 |
| Emerge | 6 | — | Sep 2025 |
| Founders Factory | 5 | 4 | Sep 2019 |
| Fuel Ventures | 5 | 3 | Feb 2025 |
| Reach Capital | 5 | 1 | Mar 2022 |
| Forward Partners | 4 | 3 | Dec 2018 |
| Octopus Ventures | 4 | 3 | Jan 2020 |
The typical round is $728k — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Edtech funding rounds in London
Highlights the biggest disclosed funding rounds, including the top round of $134 M for Remember App and a list of ten large recent rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series D | $134M | Dec 2021 | Saramin HR, ARC & Partners | |
| Series C | $66.2M | Jan 2017 | Index Ventures, Balderton Capital, AlphaCode | |
| Series B | $64.5M | Apr 2019 | SEEK | |
| Series B | $50M | Mar 2022 | Mediahuis, The Raine Group, Evli Growth Partners +2 more | |
| Series C | $41.2M | Jul 2019 | — | |
| Series B | $30M | Nov 2015 | — | |
| Series B | $28M | Apr 2017 | Thames Rivers Trust, Breyer Capital, Index Ventures +17 more | |
| Series B | $27M | Oct 2020 | Global Founders Capital, Rocket Internet, Seedrs +2 more | |
| Series A | $25M | Nov 2021 | SoftBank Vision Fund | |
| Series C | $25M | Jun 2023 | ETS, Blume Venture, DSG Consumer Partners +27 more |
49 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Series A$22MApr 2026
Series A$9.4MApr 2026
What the news says about Edtech in London
Counts 9,030 news articles published in the last year about London Edtech, indicating the most covered topics such as AI advances, digital transformation, product launches, and policy issues.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Edtech news in United Kingdom. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Artificial intelligence advancements≥6,292▲+31%
- Technology adoption and digital transformation≥2,978▲+26%
- New product launches and innovations≥2,897▲+31%
- Tech policy and government regulations≥2,861→-3%
- Cybersecurity threats and solutions≥2,843→+5%
- Ethical considerations in ai development≥2,820▲+17%
- Strategic partnerships and collaborations≥2,660▲+25%
- Latest gadgets and consumer electronics≥2,525▼-26%
- Data privacy regulations≥2,301→+5%
- 5g network infrastructure≥1,938▲+35%
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29 Edtech companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Edtech coverage in United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Edtech coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
What the research says
The Edtech research read is national: 53,436 United Kingdom-affiliated papers, clustered into themes such as Challenges in Experiential Learning, Barriers to Technology Integration, VR and Analytics in Experiential Learning, AI‑Driven Personalization Risks. It is measured at country level, so it is the same signal for every city in United Kingdom — the full read, with the theme clusters, growth and blind spots, lives on the national page.
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