101 Best San Francisco Education Startups – The Future of Education

January 18, 2022

This article showcases our top picks for the best San Francisco based Education companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Education industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact
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Top San Francisco Education Startups

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Wonderschool

Wonderschool

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Wonderschool offers a platform where people can start infant and toddler education programs and preschools out of their homes.

Platzi

Platzi

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Platzi is an effective online education platform that offers classes on marketing, programming, business, and design.

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Lambda School

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Lambda School trains people to be software engineers for free in exchange for a share of future income.

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Quizlet

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Quizlet is a learning platform that uses activities and games to help students practice and master what they’re learning.

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SplashLearn

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SplashLearn is an EdTech startup company providing game-based math and reading courses to students in pre-kindergarten to grade five.

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Brightwheel

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Brightwheel is the first all-in-one software platform for preschools and childcare providers.

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Simplilearn

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Simplilearn helps professionals around the world acquire the skills they need to succeed in today’s digital economy.

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Thrive

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Thrive Networks is an outsourced IT provider with an outstanding record of success we have achieved for clients such as the Boston Celtics,.

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Torch

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Torch is a leadership development platform that provides coaching, software, and feedback to raise performers to the next level.

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NovaKid

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NovaKid is an edtech platform for learning English as a second language for children ages 4 to 12.

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Clever

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Clever is a digital learning platform designed for K12 schools and used by 22 million students and teachers.

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ClassDojo

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ClassDojo is a school communication platform that teachers, students, and families use to build close-knit communities.

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StudyFree

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StudyFree is the Subscription-based platform that connects students with international opportunities worldwide

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MasterClass

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MasterClass is a provider of an online education platform designed to offer video based vocational courses.

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Brilliant.org

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Brilliant delivers digital interactive STEM learning experiences to students, professionals, and lifelong learners around the world.

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comma.ai

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comma is solving self driving cars while delivering shippable intermediaries: openpilot and the comma two.

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Mursion

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Mursion, a virtual reality environment or platform where professionals practice and master the complex interpersonal skills.

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Reforge

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Reforge offers selective growth-focused programs for experienced professionals in marketing, product, data, and engineering.

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Udemy

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Udemy is an online learning platform that helps students, companies, and governments gain the skills they need to reach their goals.

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Pathrise

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Pathrise is an online mentorship program for tech professionals that provides training, and advice to help in landing the next job.

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Forage

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Forage creates free open-access training courses for candidates to build their career skills and confidence.

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Juni Learning

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A learning platform helping every student achieve their best future.

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Blair

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Blair provides a platform that allows schools to finance students through Income-Share Agreements.

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Microverse

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An online school for remote software developers that costs nothing until you get a job

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Fathom

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Fathom develops a coding automation platform designed to expedite medical coding practice.

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NoRedInk

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NoRedInk is a web-based learning platform supporting students to improve their grammar and writing skills.

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Abl Schools

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Abl Schools is building a new kind of school operations software that helps school leaders better manage their time and resources.

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Insight Timer

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Insight Timer is a meditation app that focuses on health and education.

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HackerEarth

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HackerEarth is adeveloper assessment software that helps companies to accurately measure a developer’s skills through online coding tests.

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Minerva Project

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Minerva Project is designed to prepare students for leadership and innovation, combining liberal arts and sciences curriculum.

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Kiddom

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Kiddom is an education platform offering a digital curriculum to engage students virtually or in the classroom.

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Hazel Health

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Hazel Health is a healthcare company that improves the health and well-being of students by increasing access to healthcare.

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Holberton School

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Holberton School is a project-based alternative to college for the next generation of software engineers.

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Lalilo

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Lalilo is a literacy web-based app for K-2 teachers willing to differentiate reading instructions.

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Elevate Labs

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Elevate is a cognitive training tool designed to build communication and analytical skills.

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Play Piper

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A DIY Minecraft Computer to teach electronics and programming

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Winnie

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Winnie is a marketplace for child care built on powerful data systems and backed by a trusted community of parents and providers.

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Flockjay

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Flockjay is an online academy that empowers job seekers with the tools and training they need to break into tech.

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Altitude Learning

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AltSchool is a network of schools with an interdisciplinary team aimed at offering experimental learning.

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Product School

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Global leader in product management training

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PlusOne

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PlusOne is an EdTech startup leveraging AI+MR technologies to help enterprises train their employees to better interact with their clients.

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Little Passports

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Little Passports inspires children to learn about other countries and cultures.

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PeopleGrove

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Connect every student and professional with the mentors, advisers and network needed to realize their full potential.

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BrightBytes

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BrightBytes is a SaaS-based data analytics platform that measures and links the use of technology to learning outcomes.

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Freckle Education

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Freckle empowers teachers to ensure that it reaches every one of their students at the level that’s best for them.

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CYPHER LEARNING

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CYPHER LEARNING is a company that specializes in providing learning platforms for schools, businesses, and entrepreneurs around the world.

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Kunduz

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Making test prep 10x faster and 10x cheaper by providing instant answers to students’ questions on their phone

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Cloud Academy

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The best enterprise e-learning platform for cloud technologies including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and the DevOps ecosystem

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Outschool

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Outschool is a marketplace of live online classes for kids that connects learners, parents, and teachers together.

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CodeCombat

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CodeCombat creates game-based computer science programs that engage and captivate students as they learn to type real code.

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EdPuzzle

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EdPuzzle is a video-editing tool with analytics for classroom.

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Formation

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Formation is a remote fellowship for ambitious software engineers looking to land the next step in their career.

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Wikimedia Foundation

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Wikimedia Foundation encourages the development and distribution of free educational content with projects such as Wikipedia.

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NextLesson

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NextLesson’s mission is to make learning relevant and engaging.

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ReUp Education

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ReUp Education leverages data, technology, and coaching to re-enroll students who have left college and support them through to graduation.

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CodePath

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CodePath is a nonprofit increasing diversity in tech by transforming CS college education.

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RaiseMe

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RaiseMe is reinventing financial aid.

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Strive

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Strive helps emerging leaders reach their full potential through personalized and practical management training.

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Empowerly

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Empowerly is a platform for personalized college and career guidance

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AllRight.com

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AllRight.com is an online english school for kids and children on educational and exciting programs.

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Primer

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Primer is an online community where 7-14-year-olds spend their time coding video games.

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TradeUp

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TradeUp provides alternative student financial aid while training for a new career.

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Chatterbug

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Chatterbug building a new way to help you master language skills through adaptive courses.

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Fingerprint

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Fingerprint is a mobile technology company focused on premium subscription content services for kids and family.

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ThriveCash

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We invest in human potential.

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University of California, San Francisco

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Director of the Lab for Advanced Cytometry (LAC) and the Sony Biotechnology Center at UCSF in the Department of Laboratory Medicine

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Springboard

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Springboard is an e-learning platform that prepares people for modern careers through cutting edge curriculum and mentor guidance.

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StudyBlue

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StudyBlue is a mobile learning platform designed to help teachers teach and interact with their students.

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Loved

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Loved is the platform that empowers kids to save, invest and learn guided by family & friends

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Mystery.org

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We help kids stay curious by creating better explanations.

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CodeHS

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CodeHS is a comprehensive platform for helping high schools teach computer science.

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Shift

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A talent development company for military veterans

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Blue Studios

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Blue Studios is a live-stream and on-demand platform, like Peloton, broadcasting entertaining STEM classes for kids.

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Beyond12

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Beyond 12 is increasing the number of low-income, first-generation, and historically under-represented students who graduate from college.

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Educents

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Educents is a trusted resource for every child’s education.

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HiCounselor

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HiCounselor is a career accelerator that combines technology & professional mentorship to help job seekers land a job in tech faster

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Edlyft

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Support platform helping college students & adult learners through CS courses by pairing them with mentors and online group tutoring.

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Designlab

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Designlab empowers creators to do the work they love, through mentor-led, online design education with a focus on quality and outcomes.

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Volley AI – In Residence at JPMorgan

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An enterprise ML platform that automatically generates or recommends the fastest way to learn anything. Now In-Residence at JPMorgan.

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Tailor-ED

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Tailor-ED allows teachers to provide an engaging and effective learning experiences for students.

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Holloway

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Holloway publishes comprehensive practical Guides, each researched, written, and refined by experts.

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Ello

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The world’s first AI reading coach that works with real books.

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Common Sense Media

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Common Sense Media provides information and education to help kids and families thrive in a world of media and technology.

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InsideTrack

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Our mission is to help students retain, graduate and meet their goals.

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Fast Forward

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The first accelerator exclusively for tech nonprofits.

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Ambit

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Ambit Analytics is internet company helps leaders build collaborative teams through insights on how they talk and listen

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Going Merry

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Going Merry makes it easy for students to find and apply for financial aid. We are used by students & counselors at 1 in 3 US high schools.

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Raftr

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A trusted communications platform enabling college students to get current on events and connect with people with similar interests.

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Hack Reactor

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The CS Degree for the 21st Century.

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StudySoup

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StudySoup is an exchange where students can upload or download class notes.

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Investor’s Circle

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Investors’ Circle is an active early-stage impact investing network that focuses on funding startup innovation.

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TalkingPoints

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TalkingPoints is an organisation,which connects teachers, parents, and students across to build relationships.

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Fidelis

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Fidelis is a venture-funded technology company building an enterprise platform for personalized learning.

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Entangled Group

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Entangled Group is a privately held company that incubates, invests in, and consults for education ecosystem startups.

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GURUCAN

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Gurucan is a platform to create and sell online courses in a mobile app.

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Quesba

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Quesba is a doubt clarification platform for College and university students.

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Ludus

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Ludus is a presentation tool platform.

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Elsa

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Elsa is an AI-enabled language learning platform focusing on English pronunciation training and accent reduction.

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CODE2040

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CODE2040, a student referral program, creates access awareness and opportunities for software engineering students to find internships.

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Foundry College

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Foundry College equips working adults with the skills and knowledge they need to excel in jobs that aren’t being displaced by automation.

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Seesaw

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Seesaw is a platform for student engagement.

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