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.
Curriculum Associates is a K–12 education company known for i-Ready, an assessment and instruction program for reading and math. i-Ready provides teachers with data about student needs, and provides online lessons that adjust to each learner. The company also offers Ready instruction books, Magnetic Reading, BRIGANCE for early childhood and special education, and tools to support multilingual learners. Curriculum Associates serves about 17 million students and more than 1 million educators nationwide.
D2L is a global edtech company started by John Baker at the University of Waterloo while he was earning an engineering degree. D2L's products are used by 1,400 customers serving over 20 million learners. D2L's premier product is their learning management system, Brightspace, by D2L.
ETS is a nonprofit education company that created and delivers some of the world’s most widely used tests. Its major exams include the GRE, TOEFL, TOEIC, and the Praxis for teacher certification. ETS also supports states and agencies with K–12 assessments and large research projects such as the NAEP. The organization delivers more than 50 million tests each year in over 180 countries and is known for its strong research base, extensive publications, and long-standing work in measurement science.
Inspira Education helps students get into highly competitive programs, including medical school, law school, business school, and top undergraduate colleges. It runs several focused brands for each pathway and uses AI to match students with expert mentors, many with admissions committee experience.
Colibri Group is a professional-education company that delivers licensing, continuing-education, and career-advancement programs for regulated industries and licensed professionals. Colibri has over 5 million professionals and partners and educates more than 1 million professionals across real estate, healthcare, financial services, teacher education, valuation & property services, and accounting.