Noschool
2 known investors
Japanese edtech company running Manalink, an online platform matching students with professional and graduate-student tutors.
Also known as Manalink · NoSchool Inc. · マナリンク · 株式会社NoSchool
Investors · 2
Also in the syndicate · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026NoSchool Inc. (株式会社NoSchool) is a Japanese education technology company that operates Manalink (マナリンク), an online private tutoring marketplace connecting students who want online lessons with tutors. Tutors on the platform are limited to working professionals and graduate students, and prospective students can view self-introduction videos before making an enquiry, which is intended to help families select a suitable teacher before contacting them.
Alongside the core marketplace, the company runs Manalink Teachers, a media property for online tutors covering instruction techniques and student acquisition, and has extended into structured schooling contexts — introducing a multi-teacher "team homeroom" model at a free school and partnering with a correspondence high school on university admissions preparation. The company states a mission of building a society in which people who should be able to thrive are able to do so, and positions Manalink as creating learning opportunities regardless of where a student lives.
Business model
NoSchool operates a marketplace that matches students and families with online private tutors, monetising the intermediation of tutoring relationships on its Manalink platform. It also runs adjacent media and school-facing offerings, including a media site for online tutors and Manalink High School activities aimed at correspondence high school students.
Revenue derives from the online tutoring matching platform that connects families with tutors, complemented by related education services and media operations.
Traction
Cumulative pre-Series A funding reached approximately JPY 120 million by June 2023. Headcount was reported at around 10 as of August 2026. The company has expanded from tutor matching into media for tutors, a high school programme and free school services.
Latest developments
In July 2026 Manalink released a lesson-visualisation feature. Earlier announcements include the 2024 introduction of a team-based homeroom teacher model at a free school, positioning of online tutoring as education infrastructure for families stationed abroad, and a tie-up between Manalink High School and Kashima Yamakita High School on university admissions for correspondence high school students.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
NoSchool is a small, early-stage Japanese edtech company with a headcount of about 10 as of August 2026, aiming to become the most-chosen matching platform for online private tutoring in Japan.
Manalink restricts its tutor pool to working professionals and graduate students rather than undergraduates, and provides tutor self-introduction videos so families can assess a teacher's manner before enquiring, which the company presents as enabling better student–tutor fit.
Technology
An online matching platform for tutoring that supports tutor profiles with self-introduction videos, online lesson delivery, and a feature for making lessons visible to stakeholders.
Go-to-market
The company acquires students and tutors directly to its online platform, supported by owned media for tutors (Manalink Teachers), frequent press releases, and institutional partnerships with schools such as a correspondence high school.
Students and their families seeking online tutoring, including those preparing for entrance exams, correspondence high school students, and Japanese households living overseas; on the supply side, working professionals and graduate students who teach online.
Geography
The company is based in Tokyo, Japan, with addresses reported in Chiyoda City (Sotokanda) and Bunkyo City (Yushima). Its tutoring services are delivered online and have been extended to Japanese families living overseas.
History
The company was incorporated in May 2018 and built Manalink as an online tutoring matching platform. It launched the Manalink Teachers media site in November 2020, and in June 2023 raised roughly JPY 70 million in a third-party allotment from Colopl Next, Mobile Internet Capital and Vector, taking cumulative pre-Series A funding to about JPY 120 million, with proceeds earmarked for hiring. Subsequent announcements covered a 2024 partnership between Manalink High School and Kashima Yamakita High School for university admissions support, services for Japanese families posted overseas, a team-based homeroom teacher model for a free school, and a lesson-visualisation feature released in 2026.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 6
launches, deals, and filingsOnline tutoring service Manalink released a feature to make lessons visible/transparent ("授業の見える化機能").
Press release announcing introduction of a "team homeroom" model, in which multiple teachers share instruction, at a free school.
Press release on serving exam preparation needs of Japanese families living abroad through online tutoring.
Press release announcing a partnership between マナリンク高等学院 and Kashima Yamakita High School focused on university admissions for correspondence high school students.
NoSchool raised approximately JPY 70 million through a third-party allotment share issue subscribed by Colopl Next, Mobile Internet Capital and Vector, bringing cumulative pre-Series A funding to approximately JPY 120 million. The company said proceeds would go toward hiring.
Launch of "マナリンクTeachers", a media site for online private tutors covering teaching and student-acquisition practices.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- NoSchool - e27 Startup Profilee27.co · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Noschool do?
- Japanese edtech company running Manalink, an online platform matching students with professional and graduate-student tutors.
- Who are Noschool's investors?
- Noschool's investors include Colopl Next.