These growing educational companies help students learn while having fun as they provide access to the best learning methods and cutting-edge technologies. These top 10 handpicked successful academic companies impact a student’s life in several ways. Let us learn how.
Blackboard, Washington, 1997
With a total valuation standing at $700 million, Blackboard is amongst the most prominent educational companies attempting to disrupt online education. It helps teachers to impart quality education by amplifying student-teacher engagement. It is one of the few companies working in the education technology realm. It is a significant technology company in the education industry that has successfully digitized the teaching world.
Byju’s, Bengaluru, 2011
Byju’s (Previously Think and Learn Pvt Ltd) has a valuation standing at $5.4 billion, the most valued educational company in 2019. It has a primary focus on Science and Maths while covering the complete K-12 segment of school education. Byju’s offers video lessons through its app and website with gamification of the subject matter. It is making e-learning accessible for everyone. Byju’s platform, one of the most successful startups, makes learning fun by constantly innovating.
Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT), New York City, 2006
Teachers Pay Teachers connects several teachers for exchanging their study materials to breed deep networking in the teachers’ community. They can buy and sell lesson plans, worksheets, and similar study materials from their peer group. Hardly any other educational company follows this open marketplace business model. TPT helps teachers collect essential homogeneous study material from preschool to the K-12 segment to facilitate their profession.
Dreambox Learning, Seattle, 2006
Dreambox Learning helps students learn mathematics without disturbing their comfort zone. It checks the knowledge level of students to recalibrate their study material and uses the concept of adaptive learning, one of the rare technologies in the educational realm. It addresses the students’ issues better by using technology to teach maths. It follows an exciting and intuitive online education platform to make learning maths easier and progressive.
Coursera, Mountain View, California, 2012
After nine rounds of funding, Coursera raised $313 million. It is amongst the most prominent educational companies, offering courses from diverse subjects by connecting students with more than 150 universities worldwide. Students get an opportunity to learn from the best education institutes with access to community forums and on-demand video lectures. Moreover, Coursera also ranks among prominent startups imparting education through e-learning.
Instructure, Salt Lake City (Utah), 2008
Instructure combines MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) and LMS to impart education, its strongest USP. It is a fantastic booming educational company that caters to the teaching community. It offers a cloud-based platform by providing a listing to more than 3000 universities with diverse skill bases. The company helps its member teachers in creating new courses and allotting assignments.
Knewton, New York City, 2008
Knewton raised total funding of $182.3 million in nine rounds. Just like any other educational company, it aims to make e-learning easier. It primarily focuses on adaptive learning by allowing students to understand their weaknesses and strengths apart from developing their intellect in the subject. The teachers become part of intelligent learning and can access analytical reports of their students’ performance. Similarly, students can also get personalized suggestions on learning methods.
Chegg, Santa Clara (Cliff), 2005
Chegg focuses on helping the students with their homework for self-learning and independence by working on three major educational domains. Unlike any other education company, students can opt for online tutoring on its platform. It offers digital notes and subject material to students. The best part is that students can also rent, buy or sell books, helping them reduce their burden and get some financial help.
DonorsChoose, New York City, 2000
DonorsChoose raised $7 million from three funding rounds. It connects students with donors, as the name implies. As a non-profit organization, students can get funding for their projects from donors to work freely on their innovative ideas without limiting them to self-funding. It is a unique and innovative education company that gives topmost priority to practical learning, thereby breeding a culture of understanding practical applications of different subjects.
Simplilearn, Bengaluru, 2010
Simplilearn raised $31 million in funding in only four rounds. It is an education company that offers certification for professional courses by streamlining professional education. It helps company employees to learn more about their field to perform better and look for better jobs. There are very few such large-scale startups with a portal for professional education.