Top 29 Online Education Course startups

Updated: Aug 22, 2025
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Online course platforms offer a vast marketplace of courses on nearly any topic imaginable, all accessible from a web browser or mobile app.
1
FutureLearn
Country: UK | Funding: £50M
Enjoy learning for life with free, online courses from top UK and international universities.
2
Yuanfudao
Country: China | Funding: $4B
Yuanfudao provides live courses and tutoring through an online platform.
3
Emeritus
Country: Singapore | Funding: $1B
Emeritus is an EdTech startup that provides accessible and affordable educational programs.
4
Unacademy
Country: India | Funding: $838.5M
Unacademy is an online learning platform that provides educational content such as video lectures and examinations. Acquired by UpGrad
5
Udemy
Country: India | Funding: $511.4M
Udemy is an online learning platform that helps students, companies, and governments gain the skills they need to reach their goals. Acquired by Coursera
6
Course Hero
Country: USA | Funding: $477.4M
Course Hero is a digital learning platform helping students and educators master their classes.
7
Coursera
Country: USA | Funding: $458.9M
Coursera is an online education company that partners with universities and organizations to offer classes on their platform.
8
edX
Country: India | Funding: $426.9M
The online learning platform that provides free online courses from universities around the world.
9
Udacity
Country: USA | Funding: $240M
Udacity develops an online learning platform offering programs in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics sector.
10
Simplilearn
Country: USA | Funding: $76M
Simplilearn helps professionals around the world acquire the skills they need to succeed in today’s digital economy.
11
XuetangX
Country: China | Funding: $29.2M
XuetangX operates as a platform providing massive open online courses.
12
Great Learning
Country: India
Great Learning is an ed-tech company for professional and higher education that offers comprehensive, industry-relevant programs. Acquired by BYJU'S
13
Edflex
Country: France | Funding: €17M
Edflex is a SaaS solution that connects companies with training content.
14
OpenLearning
Country: Australia | Funding: $16.1M
OpenLearning is an online learning platform that enables individuals and institutions to teach and study courses in a collaborative manner.
15
Khan Academy
Country: USA | Funding: $16.2M
Khan Academy is a nonprofit organization that provides a free world class education for anyone, anywhere.
16
Schoo
Country: Japan | Funding: $8.5M
Schoo is a Tokyo-based massive open online course startup providing live-streamed lectures on the internet.
17
Alison
Country: Ireland | Funding: €7M
Alison is an empowerment platform and a global leader in free education and career development. It offers B2C and B2B eLearning solutions.
18
iversity
Country: Germany | Funding: €5.5M
iversity is a learning platform that partners with institutions to provide online courses to students.
19
StreetAcademy
Country: Japan | Funding: ¥570M
StreetAcademy is an Education based platform.
20
Lectera
Country: USA | Funding: $2.1M
Lectera is an international educational platform that helps increase income and advance career
21
Prometheus
Country: Ukraine
Prometheus is the largest online education platform in Ukraine
22
Reed
Country: UK
Reed is a recruiting platform that offers job opportunities, careers advice, short film competition, courses and all things reed.
23
Cursa
Country: Brazil
A plataforma Cursa oferece cursos gratuitos com certificados, sendo nosso objetivo reunir o melhor do conteúdo educacional gratuito hoje disponível na internet em um só lugar, pois o conhecimento é direito de todos!
24
Edraak
Country: Jordan
Edraak, is a massive open online course (MOOC) platform that is an initiative of the Queen Rania Foundation
25
Learndirect
Country: UK
learndirect is a skills training and employment services provider in the UK.
26
Stepik
Country: Russia
Stepik is a learning tool that provides various courses for one's own betterment in a variety of topics.
27
Study.com
Country: USA
Online video learning platform for K-12 and college courses
28
Class Central
Country: USA
Class Central is a free online course aka MOOC aggregator from top universities like Stanford, MIT, Harvard, etc.
29
Eduport
Country: India
Eduport Pvt Ltd offers online tuition for various subjects and exams through its app.
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Nadia Neveu
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