Top California Edtech Startups (288)
Aceable is a mobile education platform, focused on creating affordable, engaging, and convenient educational content. Our Austin-based team is obsessed with helping people pursue their dreams with continued education. After launching our first mobile app to provide accredited driver's ed courses, Aceable expanded into real estate, mortgage, insurance, and healthcare education. We actively work to foster a creative, collaborative, and...
Academia.edu is the world’s leading platform for researchers and scholars to share their work, discover research and connect with fellow academics globally. Our bold vision: to democratize and accelerate the world's research, enhancing the speed of scientific discovery and technological progress for the benefit of everyone. We imagine a world where accessing academic papers is effortless, keeping track of cutting-edge...
In our hyperconnected world, we provide a way to engage with what you’re doing and who you’re doing it with. Founded in 2014, Yondr offers a program to help schools, musical artists, comedians, businesses, and individuals eliminate the distraction and intrusion of smartphones and other personal technology. In schools, Yondr fosters distraction-free learning environments to help students connect meaningfully with one another...
Hone is a live learning platform for management training that cultivates soft skills with hard data. We blend the best of expert-led small group training, peer learning, continuous reinforcement, and a powerful technology platform to develop better leaders, managers, and teammates for today’s workplace.
12twenty is empowering schools to make smarter, data-driven decisions. Our intuitive platforms allow career advisers to more effectively manage the employment process, give students a better understanding of the recruiting cycle, and help employers find the perfect candidate. The world's top schools are using 12twenty to streamline their career analytics and management process. Founded in 2010, 12twenty is a Santa Monica-based...
Learning Commons is the name of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s long-standing work and investment in education, which aims to scale proven teaching and learning practices to benefit every learner. Learning Commons builds on CZI's work over the past decade to advance learning science and help translate that research into classroom practice.
ClassDojo's mission is to give every child on Earth an education they love. We started by building a network that connects teachers, children, and families. ClassDojo’s flagship app is the #1 communication app connecting K-8 teachers, children, and families, globally. They use it to share what’s happening throughout the day through photos, videos, messages, and activities. It is actively used at...
Brisk is an edtech startup that helps teachers by integrating time-saving AI directly into the platforms where they spend the most time, like Google Docs, Slides, articles, YouTube videos, PDFs, and more. With just a few clicks, Brisk quickly completes tasks that usually take hours, like generating student feedback, differentiating resources, creating instructional materials, and assessing student writing. Trusted by...
ParentSquare is a Santa Barbara-based growing company that's changing the way schools and parents communicate every day. Sounds simple? We strive to keep it that way! Over 5,000 schools and 4 million parents across the U.S. utilize our platform to stay informed and involved from the way they prefer to be notified - email, text, voice, web, app, social -...
At Literably, we want to help increase literacy achievement rates by providing a comprehensive platform that meaningfully assesses all five of the pillars of literacy: Fluency, Phonics, Phonological Awareness, Comprehension and Vocabulary. We want to save teacher time, offer new insight and empower literacy. We are teachers, researchers, programmers, moms and dads. We believe in the transformative power of timely...
We’ll help you equip your student with the resources and tools to explore, build, or design anything they can dream up.
Edia is the leading AI platform for K-12 school districts that improves outcomes for math, attendance, and MTSS. Founded by top engineers from Silicon Valley, Edia supports 150+ school districts across the country to transform lives. Our partners range from large urban districts (e.g. NYC DOE, Fulton County, Palm Beach, Loudoun County) to the most remote schools in rural Alaska...
YuJa, Inc. is a leading provider of cloud-based digital compliance and accessibility solutions for regulated sectors worldwide. Serving clients in higher education, K-12, government, and healthcare, YuJa enables organizations to meet evolving regulatory demands while delivering engaging, secure, and accessible digital experiences.
The Bay Area's leader in 1-on-1 test preparation and academic tutoring! We are a team of professional tutors committed to giving students the tools and confidence necessary to succeed in any class and on any standardized test. We specialize in adapting our approach to fit different learning styles. Our 1-on-1 tutoring is the most efficient and effective way to help...
Designed for unlimited discovery and unmatched safety, Epic is the leading digital reading platform for kids. Reaching more than 50 million children in homes and classrooms, Epic fuels curiosity and reading confidence in kids to explore their interests and learn in a fun, safe, kid-friendly environment. Our award-winning service is built on a collection of 40,000+ popular, high-quality books, audiobooks...
We empower districts with accredited middle and high school original credit, credit recovery, and multilingual courses that meet the needs of today’s learners and educators. Our platform was built from the ground up based on extensive feedback from educators and team members who understand firsthand the challenges of teaching today's digital-native students. Teachers told us they needed better ways to...
At Goalbook, we empower teachers to transform instruction so that ALL students succeed. We partner with 600 districts across the country, working closely with school and district leaders to improve instructional practice. Founded by former teachers and administrators, Goalbook was part of YC Edtech's inaugural class in 2011 and the first company funded through New Schools' Seed Fund, now Reach...
We are building a Limitless Learning Companion, starting with an AI-powered app for kids - Yeti Confetti Kids. Powered by an AI model that can ingest any curriculum, create real-time lesson plans, and then optimise for learning outcome change. Enriched with social-emotional learning goals, not addictive gratification. Don’t let anyone be the judge of your potential. Discover it yourself, while you explore and...
Think Zone is a proud member of TAL Education Group, one of the world’s leading EdTech companies, publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). We specialize in high-quality mathematics tutoring designed to help students unlock their full potential. Our personalized approach builds strong foundational skills, enhances problem-solving abilities, and inspires a lifelong love for learning. At Think Zone, we...
