Edtech Companies
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.
Ello
Ello offers an AI reading coach for children in Kindergarten through 3rd Grade to build literacy confidence. The app listens to children read aloud from digital or physical books and provides real-time phonetic feedback. It uses an adaptive learning engine based on the science of reading to match books to a child's skill level.
Littera Education
Littera Education helps school districts run and measure tutoring. Its platform combines a tutoring management system with virtual tutoring services so districts can schedule sessions, track participation, connect to assessment data, and see real academic progress.
Instructure
Instructure is a global education technology and the creator of Canvas, a learning management system (LMS) used by K-12, higher ed, and companies. The company focuses on creating cloud-based software that improves teaching, learning, and training through tools for course management, communication, and data analytics. Instructure also acquired -
Mastery (formerly MasteryConnect) - An assessment platform designed for K-12 that easily integrates with Canvas. Mastery is used by over 14,000 school districts.
Parchment - Likely the largest credentialing platform, Parchment started by facilitating transcript management and verification for universities. At the time they were acquired by Instructure, Parchment had over 15,000 customers.
Lego
LEGO is a global toy and learning company best known for its brick-based play systems that support creativity, problem solving, and hands-on learning. The company designs physical play sets, digital games, and learning programs used at home, in schools, and through LEGO Education.
Lexia Learning
Lexia Learning improves literacy through reading programs and teacher training for K-12 students. Its products include Core5 Reading for elementary students, PowerUp Literacy for middle and high school readers, English Language Development for English learners, and LETRS for teacher training in the Science of Reading. Lexia supports 1 in 3 U.S. school districts and serves more than 2mm students each year.
