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.
VariQuest provides visual, hands-on learning tools for K-12 schools. Its products help teachers create classroom materials, displays, and manipulatives that support STEM, CTE, project-based learning, and special education. VariQuest is used by more than 10,000 schools across the U.S. and Canada.
IXL is a personalized learning platform used in over 190 countries across 30 languages. They have built and acquired a product suite that includes -
IXL: A learning platform widely used in K-12 education that offers a comprehensive curriculum across five subjects, including a robust assessment and reporting platform.
Vocabulary.com: Acquired by IXL in 2020, Vocabulary.com provides language learning solutions directly to users as well as enterprise plans to more than 50,000 schools.
RosettaStone: For over 30 years, Rosetta stone has helped people learn new languages. Aside from individuals, there are over 22,000 schools and 12,000 companies using RosettaStone.
ABCya: Acquired by IXL in 2018, ABCya is a collection of educational games for PK-6 students.
Wyzant: Acquired by IXL in 2021, Wyzant is a tutoring platform with more than 65,000 instructors that have delivered over 12 million lessons to over 3 million students.
TPT: Acquired by IXL in 2023, TPT is a global marketplace used by over 7 million educators to buy and sell PK-12 learning materials.
Handshake is a career networking platform that connects college students and recent graduates with employment and internship opportunities. Handshake works with more than 1,500 universities and over 20 million students and alumni. Employers use Handshake for access to the 20 million verified candidates and communication tools.
Stride is an education company offering K-12, supplemental, and professional learning products and solutions. The company delivers online, blended, and hybrid learning programs for students of all ages — from full-time virtual schools to tutoring, supplemental content, and adult career training.
K12 Online Schools & Virtual Programs - Full-time virtual public or private school options for K–12 students, delivered via digital curriculum and online instructor support.
K12 Tutoring - One-on-one or small group tutoring across grades and subjects, delivered by qualified teachers.
K12 Learning Hub - Flexible, customizable digital curriculum and skills practice platform for students.
They also offer a variety of services to schools, including a catalog of digital courses, certified instructional support, professional development, and adaptive tools to power virtual and blended learning in schools/districts.
For professional development and adult learners, they operate the following companies - MedCerts, Tech Elevator and Tallo.
Crimson Education helps high school students prepare to apply to the world’s top universities. The company offers personalized plans, mentoring for projects or research, plus support with essays and applications. It also runs Crimson Global Academy, an online high school offering A-Levels and AP courses. Crimson students have earned more than 10,000 offers to leading universities, including over 1,300 Ivy League offers and hundreds to Oxford and Cambridge.