Top 20 Higher Education startups

Aug 07, 2025 | By Nadia Neveu

These startups help college or university students study successfully by providing additional tutoring, materials and engaging techniques.
1
Country: Poland | Funding: €5.9M
Bethink is a SaaS e-learning platform that provides a wide range of prep-med and medical learning courses for students.
2
Country: Denmark | Funding: $5.3M
Alice tech is the developer of an artificial intelligence-powered study platform designed to personalize the learning experience.
3
Country: USA | Funding: $101.6M
Campus.edu offers online associate degrees and skills-focused programs with live classes from professors nationwide.
4
Country: USA | Funding: $5.6M
TEDU allows to unify your academic support offerings into one student and administrative-facing platform to increase accessibility, raise completion and retention while reducing program facilitation costs.
5
upGrad
Country: India | Funding: $782.7M
UpGrad is an online higher education platform providing various programs.
6
Course Hero
Country: USA | Funding: $477.4M
Course Hero is a digital learning platform helping students and educators master their classes.
7
Knewton
Country: USA | Funding: $182.3M
Knewton is an adaptive learning technology provider with a mission to bring personalized education to the world.
8
Studocu
Country: Netherlands | Funding: €46.7M
Studocu is a student-to-student knowledge exchange platform where students can share knowledge, college notes, and study guides.
9
Mentor Collective
Country: USA | Funding: $28.4M
Mentor Collective provides all students with a transformative mentoring experience
10
Zookal
Country: Australia | Funding: A$22.7M
Zookal is Asia Pacific's fastest growing educational platform providing a variety of services including digital learning products
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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