Top 60 EdTech startups in San Francisco

Sep 12, 2025 | By Nadia Neveu

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Funding: $1.2M
ExoDexa gamifies online learning and provides online activities that prepare learners for college and life.
2
Funding: $1.4B
Grammarly is a digital writing assistant that helps people write more clearly and effectively.
3
Funding: $39M
Empowerly is an Edtech company that offers tailored college and career guidance services for students and their families.
4
Funding: $5.5M
Enki optimizes workflows and maximizes employee potential through AI-powered skills training in productivity tools.
5
Funding: $511.4M
Udemy is an online learning platform that helps students, companies, and governments gain the skills they need to reach their goals.
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Funding: $570M
BetterUp develops an AI-driven platform that helps people and businesses grow personally and professionally through coaching.
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Funding: $461.4M
MasterClass is a digital platform that allows users to take online classes and learn from world-leading experts in areas like sports, writing, music, cooking and filmmaking. With Stephen Curry, Gordon Ramsey and Annie Leibovitz among the teaching ranks, students can soak up unique insights from some of the most accomplished individuals in their professions.
8
Funding: $434M
Handshake is a college career network that helps students and recent graduates find their next opportunity.
9
Funding: $316.3M
Earnest is a technology-lender that brings low-interest loans to high-potential people.
10
Funding: $307.5M
WalkMe provides a digital adoption platform to let organizations measure, drive, and act to maximize their digital transformation.
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