Top 39 Education Gamification startups

Oct 03, 2025 | By Nadia Neveu

These startups utilize game mechanics like points, badges, leaderboards and interactive challenges to make educational courses more engaging.
1
Country: USA | Funding: $1.2M
ExoDexa gamifies online learning and provides online activities that prepare learners for college and life.
2
Country: Singapore | Funding: $3.2M
Academic Labs develops an AI web 3 education platform.
3
Country: Norway | Funding: $517.3M
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, share, and play fun learning games and trivia quizzes.
4
Country: USA | Funding: $191.1M
ClassDojo is a school communication platform that teachers, students, and families use to build close-knit communities.
5
Country: Australia | Funding: $101.5M
Secure Code Warrior makes secure coding a positive and engaging experience for developers as they increase their software security skills.
6
Country: USA | Funding: $62M
Quizlet is a learning platform that uses activities and games to help students practice and master what they’re learning.
7
Country: USA | Funding: $57M
Matific takes a unique approach to teaching K to 6 math using hands-on and interactive mini-games.
8
Country: USA | Funding: $47M
Quizizz is an education-based platform that offers engaging gamified quizzes and interactive lessons to any learner.
9
Country: Germany | Funding: €30.9M
Edurino is an e-learning platform that introduces digital learning responsibly and playfully for children aged 4-8+.
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Country: USA | Funding: $32.5M
Osmo is a gaming company built around its proprietary Reflective Artificial Intelligence. It aims to create a new play movement to unleash the boundaries of the screen with the launch of its inaugural product, Osmo. Osmo expands the playing field and engages creative thinking and social interaction, allowing any object - pen and paper, you name it - to interact with the digital device.
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