Top 10 EdTech Startups in Australia

Australia is home to over 800 edtech startups that are supporting students, tutors, schools, institutions and companies to positively influence educational outcomes, increase access to learning and the efficiency of educational processes and systems.

With Australia holding a strong global reputation for quality and innovation in education, let’s have a look at the Top 10 EdTech Startups in Australia:

1. OpenLearning

Founders: Adam Brimo, David Collien, Richard Buckland

Founding Year: 2012

Headquarters: Sydney, Australia

Funding received: US$ 10.2M

Investors: muru-D, RCL Accelerator, SYD Ventures, Clive Mayhew, ICS Global, Prestariang, Paramount Corporation Berhad

OpenLearning is a cloud-driven lifetime learning platform that enables tutors to prepare learners for professional life. With a consumer-focused operating model (B2B2C and B2C), strong network effects, innovative implementation of social constructivist educational theory and an integrated data-driven AI-powered education to employability pathway, OpenLearning leads the new wave of education provision. The startup now has 260,000 monthly active learners, 7,300 active teachers and 30 education providers in Australia, Malaysia and around the world.

2. Typsy

Founders: Jonathon Plowright

Founding Year: 2015

Headquarters: Armadale, Australia

Funding received: US$ 10M

Typsy has built an engaging and enjoyable edtech startup for people who serve the hospitality industry. It has a growing library of around 1000 bite-size skills training videos, all filmed with industry experts that are perfect for today’s hospitality training needs. Hospitality businesses, staff and schools, governments, organizations and industry partners can host their training on Typsy too. Its platform has fun quizzes, certificates and downloadable resources along with lessons and courses. It caters to Front of House, Back of House and Management in categories such as culinary, compliance, beverage, service, marketing, management and business.

3. SEQTA

Founders: Grant Grosser, Sharon Grosser

Founding Year: 2006

Headquarters: Burwood, Australia

Funding received: AU$ 8.5M

Investors: Larsen Ventures

SEQTA Software builds and delivers teaching and learning management software solutions for schools and teachers. Its first solution is The SEQTA Suite, a teaching and learning network that enables teachers, students, and parents to work together in an online community. Its second solution is SEQTA Teach, a product that helps teachers complete their administrative works in a software application, including attendance, curriculum planning and delivery, marks book and assessment, correspondence, student welfare, individual education plan management, online resources management, and more solutions.

4. Academy Xi

Founders: Ben Wong, Charbel Zeaiter

Founding Year: 2015

Headquarters: Surry Hills, Australia

Funding received: US$ 5.5M

Investors: Alium Capital, Giant Leap Fund, Perle Ventures, Vivant,

Pangaea Impact Investments, Annie Parker

Academy Xi provides people with tech-driven programs to help them upskill and transform their careers. Its product suite is focused on emerging fields in Design and Tech. With the help of a structured, integrated approach it personalizes its core programs to fit the unique needs of every company it engages with. Academy Xi claims itself to be a problem solver and strives to implant purpose into whatever they do. It is operating with a vision to truly change the world through education and the community it is building.

5. Edrolo

Founders: Ben Sze, Duncan Anderson, Jeremy Cox

Founding Year: 2013

Headquarters: Fitzroy, Australia

Funding received: AU$ 3.9M

Investors: Blackbird Ventures, AirTree Ventures, Startmate

Edrolo provides digital and physical education resources for students aged 7-12. The startup’s belief is that all students should have access to the best teachers, the ones who bring subjects to life and inspire learning and passion. Additionally, it also states that all schools should have access to powerful data to drive school improvement, which they can access via the Edrolo platform.

6. Paddl Co.

Founders: Dominique Fisher, John Collins

Founding Year: 2015

Headquarters: Melbourne, Australia

Funding received: US$ 3.5M

Paddl is an activities-based learning recognition platform. The startup is working with the belief that experience unravels opportunity and that all experience is valuable. Users can capture and share their learning with 50+ activity types across 6 categories including activities verified by providers helping them earn experience points (XP) and badges. Paddl’s XP Analytics delivers unique insights for talent assessment and professional development. It has partnered with the best-in-class providers to deliver bespoke learning experiences for its users.

7. Maths Pathway

Founders: Justin Matthys, Richard Wilson

Founding Year: 2012

Headquarters: South Melbourne

Funding received: US$ 2.1M

Investors: Aera VC, Social Ventures Australia

Maths Pathway is an online educational website that teaches mathematics. It differs from traditional mathematics, as it is set up in a modular format, with students working on individual pieces of learning using a computer and worksheet. To use Maths Pathway, schools must pay a fee for each student. Students select their work based on what proficiency level they are at, in contrast with every student completing the same tasks. Students are then required to be tested on what they have learned every two weeks. 

8. Inkerz

Founders: Masoud Douzan, Vahid Kolahdouzan

Founding Year: 2014

Headquarters: Sydney, Australia

Funding received: US$ 1.1M

Investors: muru-D, RCL Accelerator

Inkerz provides a web platform that enables collaboration using real pen and paper. Its platform can capture natural handwriting written from a digital ink pen on regular paper and transmit the same through the internet. It also allows users to create virtual classrooms and communicate with peers through chat, voice and video. Users can even create a single document instantaneously so that they can organize tutorials, distance education and business collaboration. Inkerz charges for the digital pen and provides free access to its web platform.

9. EdSmart

Founders: David Eedle, Fiona Boyd

Founding Year: 2014

Headquarters: Melbourne, Australia

Funding received: AU$ 350K

EdSmart is an industry-leading School Organisation System (SOS) that helps school communities grow and progress by freeing up administration time and resources. It was initially named ParentPaperwork and had forayed into the edtech industry with a specific mission to make schools paperless. Nevertheless, it has now developed into so much more, a complete School Organisation System. The EdSmart SOS is presently being used by over 400 schools in eight countries worldwide.

10. Code4Startup

Founders: Leo Trieu

Founding Year: 2015

Headquarters: Melbourne, Australia

Funding received: US$ 125K

Investors: 500 Startups

Code4Startup offers courses that it teaches in the form of projects wherein students go through all the steps and stages to develop a real app. Students need not learn everything about different technologies separately like HTML, CSS, Javascript or Ruby on Rails to create a web app. In Code4Startup’s technique, which they called POA (Product-Oriented-Approach), students just need to learn what they need.

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