Edtech companies create the tools and materials that help people learn. There are roles in sales, marketing, and customer success — often working directly with school districts, higher-ed administrators, or HR and training leaders.
If you’re technical, there’s always demand for engineers, designers, and product managers to build products. If your background is in education or curriculum, you’ll find opportunities to design learning experiences, assessments, and content that drive real impact in classrooms and workplaces.
VariQuest provides visual, hands-on learning tools for K-12 schools. Its products help teachers create classroom materials, displays, and manipulatives that support STEM, CTE, project-based learning, and special education. VariQuest is used by more than 10,000 schools across the U.S. and Canada.
IXL is a personalized learning platform used in over 190 countries across 30 languages. They have built and acquired a product suite that includes -
IXL: A learning platform widely used in K-12 education that offers a comprehensive curriculum across five subjects, including a robust assessment and reporting platform.
Vocabulary.com: Acquired by IXL in 2020, Vocabulary.com provides language learning solutions directly to users as well as enterprise plans to more than 50,000 schools.
RosettaStone: For over 30 years, Rosetta stone has helped people learn new languages. Aside from individuals, there are over 22,000 schools and 12,000 companies using RosettaStone.
ABCya: Acquired by IXL in 2018, ABCya is a collection of educational games for PK-6 students.
Wyzant: Acquired by IXL in 2021, Wyzant is a tutoring platform with more than 65,000 instructors that have delivered over 12 million lessons to over 3 million students.
TPT: Acquired by IXL in 2023, TPT is a global marketplace used by over 7 million educators to buy and sell PK-12 learning materials.
Pearson is one of the largest education companies in the world providing services for PK-12, higher ed, corporate learning and professional development. Pearson participates in almost every part of the educational system - creating content, distributing and verifying knowledge. In K-12 Pearson is providing alternative schools to students through Pearson Online Academy and Connections Academy.
Handshake is a career networking platform that connects college students and recent graduates with employment and internship opportunities. Handshake works with more than 1,500 universities and over 20 million students and alumni. Employers use Handshake for access to the 20 million verified candidates and communication tools.
Cengage Group is an education technology and publisher that creates content for K–12, higher ed and companies investing in workforce development. Cengage uses it's digital platforms to deliver adaptive learning experiences.
MindTap — A digital learning platform for higher ed, combining eBooks, assessments, analytics, and interactive content.
WebAssign, SAM, Cengage Infuse, OWLv2, CNOWv2 — Specialized online homework, assessment, and course platforms in a variety of fields.
Cengage Unlimited — A subscription service for Cengage eBooks and digital platforms.
Gale - A library, research, and reference publishing tool with digital databases, archives, and library resources.
Cengage Work — Career and workforce training programs, online courses, and credentialing to for adult learners and up-skilling.
English Language Learning (ELL) — using National Geographic Learning content and technology, supporting academic and conversational English development.
Cengage Group also owns and operates National Geographic Learning, ed2go, Milady, and Infosec.