Top 34 Education Gamification startups

Dec 14, 2024 | By Nadia Neveu

These startups utilize game mechanics like points, badges, leaderboards and interactive challenges to make educational courses more engaging.
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Country: USA | Funding: $1.2M
Lingawa is an edtech company driven by the goal to provide access to a great education for all
2
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.
3
Country: USA | Funding: $191.1M
ClassDojo is a school communication platform that teachers, students, and families use to build close-knit communities.
4
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.
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Country: USA | Funding: $62M
Quizlet is a learning platform that uses activities and games to help students practice and master what they’re learning.
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Country: USA | Funding: $57M
Matific takes a unique approach to teaching K to 6 math using hands-on and interactive mini-games.
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Country: USA | Funding: $47M
Quizizz is an education-based platform that offers engaging gamified quizzes and interactive lessons to any learner.
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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.
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Country: USA | Funding: $25M
SplashLearn is an EdTech startup company providing game-based math and reading courses to students in pre-kindergarten to grade five.
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Country: France | Funding: $17M
MainBot is robotics company that develops Winky, a modular and educational robot companion for children.
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