EdTech startup ecosystem
Education technology startups across Europe are rethinking learning, credentialing, and workforce upskilling. The UK and Nordics lead with strong institutional partnerships and increasing corporate training budgets. We track 94 organisations in this sector across 6+ countries.
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42
42 is a tuition-free, project-based computer-science school founded by Xavier Niel in 2013, with its flagship campus in Paris and a global network of over 50 campuses across more than 30 countries. The school has no teachers, no classes, and no formal degrees — students progress through a peer-driven, gamified curriculum tackling C, systems programming, web, AI, and DevOps projects. With more than 25,000 active students worldwide and a selection bootcamp (the Piscine) that admits applicants without prior coding experience, 42 has become a major pipeline of engineering talent into the European startup ecosystem and a structural piece of France's tech-skills infrastructure.
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500 Global in Eurasia
A Tbilisi-based accelerator programme run by 500 Global in a four-year partnership with GITA and Bank of Georgia, launched in 2022. The 12-week programme accepts cohorts of early-stage tech startups from across the Eurasia region twice a year, providing $100,000 in investment per company and culminating in a Demo Day. As of mid-2024, six batches had accelerated more than 70 startups from over 15 countries.
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Adaptech
Software company founded in 2021 with offices in Prizren and Frankfurt am Main, and a tenant of the Innovation and Training Park in Prizren. It builds a single platform for driving schools and certified training providers, folding ERP, CRM, accounting, live-streamed instruction and digital learning into one system, and reports more than 220 partner schools and over 40,000 active users.
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Albanian ICT Academy
Technology education and innovation centre on Rruga Qemal Stafa in Tirana, which describes itself as the first innovation centre in Albania and has operated since 2014. It teaches programming in Python, web and mobile development alongside robotics with Arduino and Raspberry Pi, for both children and adults, and reports more than 5,000 students across over 50 courses.
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Alda
Alda is an Icelandic HR-tech startup founded in 2022 that provides a culture intelligence platform for measuring and improving workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The platform combines inclusion surveys, gamified micro-learning, AI-powered action plans, and real-time DEI dashboards. Alda has raised €2.9 million from Frumtak Ventures and Tennin, and counts Aker Solutions, Icelandair, and Avalanche Studios among its clients. It was named a Gartner Cool Vendor in 2025.
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Artur Kurasiński
One of Poland’s first startup bloggers and influencers, Artur has also become an angel investor. He leverages his audience and industry knowledge to promote and invest in Polish startups, often focusing on edtech and gaming. Associated startups: Trafi (mobility) and ThinkCube (edutainment) are a couple of ventures he’s been publicly associated with as an investor.
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Attensi
Attensi is an Oslo-headquartered gamified training platform used by organizations in more than 150 countries to train employees on skills such as sales performance, onboarding, leadership development, and compliance. Its product suite includes Attensi AI and Attensi RealTalk for conversational practice, alongside tools like Attensi Impact, Fast, Engage, Manager, Insights, and Creator, serving customers including Starbucks, London Business School, Hiscox, and Circle K. Co-founded and led by CEO Trond Aas, the company also has offices in London, Boston, Cologne, and Gothenburg.
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Bett
Organizer of Bett UK, the world's leading education technology trade show and conference held annually at London's ExCel centre since 1985. Drawing over 30,000 educators, edtech founders, and investors, Bett showcases classroom innovation, AI in learning, and digital curriculum tools, serving as a launchpad for global edtech startups.
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Bett UK 2026
Leading global education technology event held at ExCeL London, bringing together 30,000+ educators, EdTech innovators, and policymakers. Features product demos, workshops, and networking focused on classroom technology, digital learning platforms, and AI in education. Particularly relevant for EdTech startups seeking school district partnerships and institutional buyers.
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Bett UK 2027
Bett UK 2027 runs 20-22 January at ExCeL London. The show is the UK edition of the global Bett education-technology series, bringing together schools, universities and edtech companies to showcase and discuss technology for teaching and learning.
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Bit Alijansa (BIT Alliance)
The leading association of IT companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, working to strengthen the country's digital ecosystem through collaboration, innovation, education and international positioning of the domestic IT industry. Its stated primary goal is cooperation with educational institutions on revising curricula, and it runs the ITkarijera.ba careers platform for the sector.
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Bloomin
All-in-one operating system for solo educators and small education businesses — tutors, coaches, mentors and admissions consultants. Combines a student CRM, scheduling, payment tracking and a public profile with an AI "digital brain" that turns session notes into prep, follow-ups and a mini-assistant answering student questions. EU-based and GDPR-compliant; free core plan with a paid Premium tier.
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BOOKR Kids
BOOKR Kids is a Hungarian edtech company that builds interactive e-books designed to boost children's literacy, social-emotional and cognitive skills. It sells a schools solution with a teacher dashboard and engaging digital content to reduce lesson-prep time, plus a separate offering that helps publishing houses digitize their content for classroom use. The company has received EU project support for its work.
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Brainjo
Regensburg-based startup applying neuroplasticity research to music learning, helping adult beginners develop instrumental skills through scientifically-structured daily practice sessions of 20–25 minutes. Its AI adapts lesson pacing to each learner's progress and retention patterns. Raised a €2M seed from HTGF.
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Brainly
Brainly is a Polish-founded edtech that operates a peer-to-peer learning community: students post questions and get answers verified by other learners, educators, and AI. Founded in Kraków in 2009 by Michał Borkowski, Łukasz Haluch, and Tomasz Kraus, the company expanded globally, becoming one of Poland's best-known consumer internet successes. It has raised funding from investors including Naspers, General Catalyst, Point Nine Capital, and Runa Capital, and has incorporated AI tutoring features (Ginny) in recent years.
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CampusAI
CampusAI is a Warsaw-based generative-AI learning platform that helps individuals and organisations build practical AI skills. Founded in 2023, it delivers educational programmes, AI tools and expert-led training through 3D virtual environments, web applications and in-person sessions, including a skills-training environment called AI Gym. The company reports more than 35,000 trained users.
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Caucasus Ventures
Founded in November 2022 as Azerbaijan's first domestically domiciled venture capital fund, Caucasus Ventures was established by the Innovation and Digital Development Agency, PASHA Holding, and individual investors, with a statutory capital of 11.3 million AZN (~$6.6 million). Led by General Partner Mammad Karim, the fund targets post-seed to Series A startups in fintech, edtech, SaaS, cybersecurity, gaming, and e-commerce across Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. Portfolio companies include Vivoo, Platma, Cognitiwe, Cargon, TASS Vision, and KLIPY. The fund is distinctive as the pioneer institutional VC vehicle in the Azerbaijani ecosystem, backed by state innovation infrastructure and private capital.
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Certifier
Digital credentialing SaaS used by training providers, schools, and enterprises to issue verifiable certificates and digital badges at scale. Certifier handles design templates, automated issuance via API / integrations, and blockchain-anchored verification. Backed by Movens Capital.
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Circlemind
All-in-one e-learning platform co-built for neuroatypical people (ADHD, dyslexia, autism). It offers structured short learning paths, live workshops, peer communities and a customisable neuro-friendly interface designed to reduce cognitive overload. Incubated by Le Perqo, the Île-de-France inclusion-and-disability incubator.
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Class of Wonders
Class of Wonders is an impact-focused edtech startup building gamified classroom tools and inclusive learning experiences, including language-learning adaptations for migrant children. Through Lisboa Innovation for All, the team presented MAGOS for All, and it has also participated in ecosystem initiatives such as Techstars Startup Weekend in Viseu.
