EdTech Startups

smallTalk develops technology products that support early childhood brain development through language exposure. The company targets parents and caregivers of infants and young children in the early development market.

2 investors

Smart Sparrow provides courseware development software for educational publishers to create interactive, adaptive learning and assessment products. The platform enables rapid content creation, reuse, and personalization with built-in analytics and instructor customization capabilities.

2 investors

Smith System develops driver safety training and fleet safety programs based on The Smith5Keys®, a methodology focused on space, visibility, and time. The company serves fleet operators and driving schools worldwide, including more than half of Fortune 500 companies.

2 investors

Curriculum Associates, through its AI Labs division, develops responsible AI tools for education, including proprietary voice AI technology designed to support teaching and learning while prioritizing educator and student needs. The company serves millions of educators and students across U.S. classrooms with ethical, human-centered AI grounded in learning sciences.

2 investors

Socrative is a classroom assessment and engagement platform that enables educators to conduct real-time quizzes, polls, and interactive activities with automatic grading and detailed performance analytics. The platform serves K-12 and higher education institutions seeking to improve student participation and learning outcomes through instant feedback and data-driven instruction.

2 investors

Somos was a health and wellness service that supported users on their path toward a healthier lifestyle. The company operated for four years and has since shut down.

2 investors

Songscription converts audio files into sheet music and MIDI notation. The platform serves musicians and music educators seeking to transcribe songs.

2 investors

SOZOW is a Japanese education company offering online and in-person learning experiences for children, including programming, Minecraft, design, and video creation courses, an online free school, and real-world tech events. It also applies the AI-driven operational know-how from its education business to help companies with AI-based management transformation.

2 investors

Sparrow is a science subscription service that makes research accessible to a general audience by having expert scientists condense academic papers into 3-minute digests without technical jargon. The service covers topics including environment and climate change, mental health, cancer, and reproductive health.

2 investors

Sparrho is a research discovery platform that helps academics and researchers find and organise relevant scientific literature, indexing over 60 million articles from 45,000+ journals and preprint servers. It serves researchers at universities worldwide.

2 investors

Sparrow provides financial software that enables equitable lending by helping borrowers find affordable student loans and allowing businesses to offer loan access to their users through its platform.

2 investors

Speakly is a language-learning platform that uses statistical analysis and a proprietary methodology to help users achieve fluency in months rather than years. The platform serves individual language learners globally.

2 investors

Speech Blubs is a speech therapy app designed for children, developed with feedback from therapists, teachers, and parents. The product helps kids practice speech through interactive activities.

2 investors

Speeko provides tools to help individuals improve their communication and public speaking skills. The platform serves people seeking to develop confidence in speaking and presentation abilities.

2 investors

SplashLearn provides interactive games, worksheets, lesson plans, and teaching tools for elementary students (PreK-Grade 5) in math and reading, serving both parents and teachers.

2 investors

SPLYZA develops video-analysis technology that visualizes body movement, offering products for sports, education, healthcare/rehabilitation, and manufacturing. Its software products help athletes, students, and workers analyze and improve physical performance. The company is based in Hamamatsu, Japan.

2 investors

Sprints is an AI-powered online learning platform offering courses, virtual labs, and simulators across beginner to advanced tracks, with an AI learning companion, career coaching, and adaptive learning paths. It targets learners seeking to build career skills and secure job offers.

2 investors

SquareOne is a financial literacy app that gives children a youth money account and tools to learn how money works through everyday saving and spending. It targets families with young kids in New Zealand.

2 investors

StageKeep is a productivity tool for choreographers and producers that manages the creation, organization, and review of dance formations, rehearsals, and performances. It enables teams to synchronize music with formations, visualize choreography, and coordinate logistics and communication for stage productions.

2 investors

StarRez is a residential management platform used by universities, colleges, and purpose-built student accommodation providers to manage the resident lifecycle, including applications, room assignments, roommate matching, billing, maintenance, event housing, and communications. It serves housing teams, residence life staff, and property managers, and is used by institutions and organizations worldwide.

2 investors

Stempad is a web-based note-taking application designed for STEM students and educators, featuring integrated tools for chemical structure drawing, mathematical equations, graphing, and diagram creation. It serves high school and university students in chemistry, math, engineering, and related fields who need a single platform to manage diverse note-taking needs without learning specialized syntax like LaTeX.

2 investors

Stemuli builds an AI-native learning platform where students are guided by personalized AI companions through quests set in a multiplayer virtual city. Its products include Founder Tycoon (a business/economy simulation), Or[B] Math (an adaptive AI math tutor), and The League (a national learner community), aimed at preparing students in the US for the workforce.

2 investors

Sthrive provides an AI-driven platform for training and performance optimization of frontline retail staff, including learning systems, real-time performance analytics, and customer service tools. The platform serves retail businesses of all sizes looking to improve employee performance, sales, and customer experience.

2 investors

Stimy is a mobile app that lets students scan printed or handwritten math problems and receive step-by-step worked solutions with multiple solving methods. It also grades users' own handwritten solutions, offers bite-size lessons and practice problems with instant feedback, and includes an AI chat for follow-up questions in 40+ languages.

2 investors