Education

8 companies

Skills are the bottleneck. These companies reimagine how people learn through personalized instruction, alternative credentials, and workforce development. Faster, more effective education is the unlock for economic mobility.

8 companies
Campus logo
Campus

Delivers accredited online degrees.

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Series C
Founders
Tade Oyerinde
HQ City
San Francisco, CA
Founded
2016
Socials
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Total Raised
$147M
Employees
51-200
Embodied logo
Embodied

Builds educational robots for kids.

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Series B
Founders
Paolo Pirjanian, Maja Matarić
HQ City
Pasadena, CA
Founded
2016
Socials
𝕏
Total Raised
$72M
Employees
51-200
Guild logo
Guild

Educates working adults online.

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Series D+
Founders
Ashley Friedlein, Matthew O'Riordan
HQ City
Denver, CO
Founded
2015
Socials
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Total Raised
$643.2M
Employees
1,001-5,000
Last Round Date
Aug 2022
Odyssey logo
Odyssey

Expands K–12 school choice.

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Founders
Joseph Connor
HQ City
El Segundo, CA
Founded
2021
Socials
💼
Last Round Date
Aug 2024
OpenX logo
OpenX

Trains tomorrow’s workforce.

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Seed
Founders
Cody James
HQ City
Pasadena, CA
Founded
2018
Socials
💼
Employees
21-50
UpSmith logo
UpSmith

Boosts workforce productivity.

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Series A
Founders
Wyatt Smith
HQ City
Dallas, TX
Founded
2022
Socials
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Total Raised
$8.3M
Employees
1-20
Last Round Date
Oct 2025
Wonderschool logo
Wonderschool

Develops early childhood programs.

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Series A
Founders
Chris Bennett, Arrel Gray
HQ City
San Francisco, CA
Founded
2016
Socials
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Total Raised
$57.4M
Employees
51-200
Last Round Date
Apr 2024
Workrise logo
Workrise

Staffs the energy workforce.

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Series D+
Founders
Xuan Yong, Sandeep Jain, Michael Witte
HQ City
Austin, TX
Founded
2014
Socials
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Total Raised
$817.5M
Employees
201-1,000
Last Round Date
Feb 2025

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