Top 44 EdTech startups in Australia

Mar 01, 2026
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Compass Education
Funding: $60M
Compass Education is a schools management platform that enables schools to deliver high-quality learning experiences.
2
Paperly
Funding: A$3M
Paperly is a platform and mobile app for school and learning process management with regulatory compliance. It operates as a SaaS service, providing schools with customizable modules that streamline extracurricular and administrative processes, such as field trip management, digital forms, parent data updates, calendar management and parent-teacher conference scheduling. The platform integrates with existing student information management systems and learning management systems, replacing disparate third-party tools and providing real-time risk and compliance monitoring. Paperly currently has contracts with over 250 private and public schools.
3
Go1
Funding: $413.7M
GO1 allows companies to upscale their workforce with on-demand training and a dynamic content-driven platform.
4
Year13
Funding: A$13M
Year13 is a digital enterprise that helps young Australians reach their potential and succeed in life after school.
5
SafetyCulture
Funding: $355.1M
SafetyCulture is a technology company that provides workplace safety management solutions.
6
Secure Code Warrior
Funding: $101.5M
Secure Code Warrior makes secure coding a positive and engaging experience for developers as they increase their software security skills.
7
Enboarder
Funding: $49.4M
Enboarder is a developer of an onboarding platform that allows employers to create engaging experiences for new employees.
8
Edrolo
Funding: A$43.9M
At Edrolo, our mission is simple: to improve education. We create innovative digital and physical resources for Years 7-12.
9
Archistar
Funding: A$35.6M
Archistar creates cutting-edge technology that revolutionises the way property professionals plan, design, and build.
10
JigSpace
Funding: $24.3M
JigSpace enables anyone to create and share 3D and augmented reality presentations.
11
OpenLearning
Funding: $16.1M
OpenLearning is an online learning platform that enables individuals and institutions to teach and study courses in a collaborative manner.
12
Zookal
Funding: A$22.7M
Zookal is Asia Pacific's fastest growing educational platform providing a variety of services including digital learning products
13
Typsy
Funding: $10M
Where the hospitality industry comes to learn online - Learn tips from experts.
14
EdApp
Funding: $7.2M
EdApp is a microlearning Saas platform that enhances corporate and retail training.
15
Practera
Funding: $3.8M
Practera is a technology platform that helps deliver high quality experiential learning programs at larger scale and lower cost
16
Tutero
Funding: A$5.1M
Tutero is the future of personalised online education.
17
Frntlne
Funding: A$4.6M
frntlne is an e-learning company that provides a mobile application with microlearning courses for employees.
18
Clipboard
Funding: $2.8M
Clipboard is a provider of software for managing extracurricular school activities.
19
LoveHeart
Funding: $2.3M
LoveHeart assists educators in understanding children's growth and creating appropriate plans. LoveHeart is an AI assistant that helps you understand a child's development and plan what to do next, while simultaneously making you a better teacher by building your knowledge, skills and confidence.
20
Build Club
Funding: A$1.8M
Build Club is a home for big dreams and top builders where the world's top AI builders gather.
21
Teachers Buddy
Funding: A$1.9M
Teacher's Buddy offers a suite of AI-powered tools for teachers. The startup eases administrative burdens and enables continuous professional development for teachers. The AI ​​assistant allows to create engaging course topics, lesson plans, labs, presentations (directly in Google Slides), teaching aids, workshops, images and much more. It helps with brainstorming sessions, finding resources online, assessing student work, emailing parents and even offering conflict resolution recommendations. Teacher's Buddy uses ChatGPT as its AI engine, but any data input by users is not used to train ChatGPT's model. The platform has already been implemented by over 12,000 teachers in 130 countries and has signed 15 partnership agreements with schools in Australia and New Zealand.
22
Mentorloop
Funding: $1M
Mentorloop connects mentors with mentees via a simple, interactive and affordable online platform.
23
Coursebox
Funding: A$750K
Coursebox is an AI course creator and learning management system. Create your next online course in under one hour.
24
Dystech
Funding: A$290K
Dystech is changing the way we assess reading difficulties. Combining 2-hours of traditional assessment in 10-minute using AI
25
RTOPilot
Funding: 180k
RTOPilot is a specialised student management system for RTOs that streamlines operations from enrolment to certification. The platform offers mobile-optimised booking forms, automated AVETMISS compliance reporting, and LMS integrations. RTOPilot helps training providers boost conversion rates, reduce admin workload, and maintain compliance with a simple enrolment-based pricing model.
26
Bookbot
Funding: A$200K
Bookbot is an app that helps child to improve reading skills.
27
Switch4Schools
Switch4Schools is a turn-key digital solution. A powerful social and emotional learning (SEL) platform that builds emotional health, student wellbeing, and self-regulatory behaviours.
28
Octopus BI
Octopus BI is a software development that delivering data through beautiful data visualizations of your ecosystem.
29
Playbk Sports
Enabling Sport to Connect & Commercialize FansThrough dynamic technology and immersive eLearning and fitness products
30
Pustakh
Pustakh is AI-powered applied learning platform that transforms powerful ideas from 1000+ non-fiction books into actionable steps you can use immediately. It combines concise summaries, audio insights, and personalized action plans to help you move beyond reading and actually create real change in your life and work.
31
AIonSpectrum
AIonSpectrum is building a platform and safe space for children with ASD or other developmental disabilities to understand the context
32
Affirmer
Affirmer creates digital content for learning and communication.
33
Cadmus
Cadmus is an online written assessment platform for university, improving the assessment experience for teachers and students.
34
WeTeachMe
WeTeachMe is the go-to place for people to discover and book the best and most popular classes in Australia.
35
Need a Tutor
Enrise is an Australian registered charity delivering supported educational services through Need a Tutor. Working exclusively with Indigenous, at-risk, vulnerable or disadvantaged.
36
Makers Empire
Makers Empire helps K-8 teachers harness the power of 3D printing to teach Design Thinking, STEM and 21st century learning skills.
37
ACCA
ACCA provides opportunity and access to people and its members throughout their careers in accounting, business and finance.
38
Harness Projects
A project-based learning company delivering education in modern skills on live company projects
39
Mathspace
Mathspace provides step-by-step guidance to students to develop deeper understanding of important mathematical concepts.
40
Orbx
Orbx develops and publishes high-quality flight simulation scenery add-ons for FSX, Prepar3D, Aerofly FS2 and X-Plane 11.
41
Animate Your Science
We empower scientists to change the world by communicating in an effective and accessible way.
42
Lady Startup
An education-based community for women looking to start and grow their own businesses and side-hustles. We offer a range of online courses to support businesses of all types, sizes and stages.
43
EduBlogs
Edublogs is a platform that provides news, views, ideas, information, and technology needs for students and educational professionals.
44
CG Spectrum
CG Spectrum is an online game design, VFX and animation school.
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Editor: Nadia Neveu
Nadia Neveu is a senior editor for EdTechStartups. She is a writer covering early childhood education, K-12, higher education and edtech business, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC and Vice. Nadia holds a degree in mass communication from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Nadia is also a student in the Master of Science in Data Analytics program at the University of Houston-Downtown. Nadia seeks to uplift all teachers in the work that they do and support them as leaders and agents of change. You can contact Nadia at neveu(at)edtechstartups(dot)com