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YC Education Companies

90 Y Combinator education startups with verified founder contacts, batch info, and company data.

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Company	Batch	Description	Status	Location	Team	Founders	Reveal
Ora AI	S23	Med school can be simpler	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	3	Ryan Phelps, Kevin Bastoul, Jacob Caccamo	Reveal
Studdy	S23	An AI math tutor for every student	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	4	Michael Lam, Alex Lanzoni	Reveal
Emerge Career	S22	All-in-one re-entry & workforce development training platform	Active	—	3	Uzoma \, Gabriel Saruhashi	Reveal
AlgoUniversity	S21	Building Job driven Virtual Tech University for India 🇮🇳	Active	Hyderabad, Telangana, India	10	Manas Kumar Verma, Swapnil Daga	Reveal
AppX	S21	AppX helps social media creators launch their own mobile apps.	Active	New Delhi, Delhi, India	30	Sameer Sadana	Reveal
Careerist	S21	Learning platform for job seekers with job applications automation	Active	Sunnyvale, CA, USA	100	Ivan Tsybaev, Max Glubochansky, Max Gusakov	Reveal
Filadd	S21	We help students in Latin America graduate from College.	Active	Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina	100	Joaquin olmedo, Guillermo Bruchmann Tanodi, Nicolás Ferrer, Agustin Trombotto	Reveal
KaiPod Learning	S21	A national network of microschools bringing school choice to every…	Active	Boston, MA, USA	27	Amar Kumar	Reveal
Kurios	S21	Cohort-based online courses for professionals in Latin America	Active	Lima, Peru	10	Carlos Lau, Luis Ubillas Door	Reveal
Litnerd	S21	Reading + Writing Club App for Kids	Active	New York, NY, USA	6	Anisa Mirza	Reveal
Mentorcam	S21	Mentorship from leaders of the world's best companies	Inactive	Los Angeles, CA, USA	9	Rune Hauge, Benjamin Balazs	Reveal
Novatr	S21	Online cohort based courses for architects, engineers and designers…	Active	Gurugram, Haryana, India	180	Harkunwar Singh, Vipanchi Handa, Chaithanya Murali	Reveal
Pandai	S21	Learning app for school students in Southeast Asia	Active	Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	32	Khairul Anwar Mohamad Zaki, Akmal Akhpah, Suhaimi Ramly	Reveal
Spark Studio	S21	The most magical personal Voice-Led AI English Learning Buddy for Kids	Active	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India	27	Anushree Goenka, Namita Goel, Kaustubh Khade, Jyothika Sahajanandan	Reveal
Stepful	S21	Online Training for Healthcare Jobs	Active	New York, NY, USA	100	Carl Madi, Tressia Hobeika	Reveal
Strive Math	S21	Online Coding School for Kids 8-16	Active	Singapore	13	Pulkit Agarwal	Reveal
StudyStream	S21	24/7 video platform & online community for students to study together	Active	London, UK	8	Sarujan Ranjan, Erfan Soliman	Reveal
Foreword	S20	A marketplace for live, online workshops for professionals	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA	2	Brian Park, Malea Gadoury	Reveal
Scrimba	S20	We turn people into hireable devs for 1% of the price of code…	Active	Oslo, Norway	6	Per Harald Borgen, Sindre Aarsaether, Frode Jensen	Reveal
Strive School	S20	Training the next generation of software engineers in Europe 🇪🇺	Acquired	Berlin, Germany	5	Tobia De Angelis, Diego Banovaz	Reveal
Demand Curve	S19	Learn how to build a scalable growth engine	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	10	Neal O'Grady, Justin Setzer	Reveal
Juno College of Technology	S19	Juno is the university of the future.	Active	Toronto, ON, Canada	30	Heather Payne	Reveal
Microverse	S19	Training and connecting untapped talent with global opportunities	Active	—	35	Ariel Camus	Reveal
Outtalent	S19	We help top engineers in emerging markets get jobs abroad at…	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	2	Tilek Mamutov	Reveal
Prenda	S19	K-8 microschools in your neighborhood	Active	Mesa, AZ, USA	150	Kelly Smith	Reveal
AnnieCannons	S18	Connecting Survivors to Careers in Tech	Active	Oakland, CA, USA	14	Laura Hackney	Reveal
AskMyClass, now Soundkins	S18	Audio learning assistant for teachers and students.	Active	Menlo Park, CA, USA	2	Aparna Ramanathan	Reveal
Kunduz	S18	Kunduz provides instant answers to students' questions and makes…	Active	Istanbul, Turkey	85	Basar Basaran, Baris Bilgic, Melih Sener	Reveal
Bloom Institute of Technology	S17	The online coding school that invests in you.	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	50	Austen Allred, Ben Nelson	Reveal
Mystery.org	S17	We help kids stay curious by creating better explanations.	Acquired	San Francisco, CA, USA	53	Doug Peltz	Reveal
Pathrise	S17	YC for your career	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA	55	Kevin Wu, Evan Limanto	Reveal
RocketLit	S16	RocketLit is an adaptive learning and assessment platform.	Active	Santa Monica, CA, USA	11	Brendan Finch, Grenard Madrigal	Reveal
GiveCampus	S15	The fundraising platform for schools.	Active	Washington, DC, USA	120	Kestrel Linder, Michael Kong	Reveal
One Month	S13	One Month's affordable online bootcamps teach people how to code in…	Inactive	New York, NY, USA	1	Mattan Griffel, Chris Castiglione	Reveal
ClassDojo	S12	Communication app for K-8 teachers, kids, and families	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	100	Sam Chaudhary, Liam Don	Reveal
Fullstack Academy	S12	Pioneer in immersive code education. Acquired by Zovio (NASDAQ: ZVO)…	Acquired	New York, NY, USA	220	Nimit Maru, David Yang	Reveal
Knowmia	S12	Pandora meets Yelp for K-12 educational videos. We match each…	Acquired	San Francisco, CA, USA	11	Ariel Braunstein, Scott Kabat	Reveal
Recurse Center	S10	The retreat where curious programmers recharge and grow	Active	New York, NY, USA	7	Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock, Sonali Sridhar	Reveal
RevisionDojo	F24	AI tutors for students.	Active	—	10	Bowen Liu, Janet Liu, Michael Tong	Reveal
RevisionDojo	F24	AI tutors for students.	Active	—	10	Bowen Liu, Janet Liu, Michael Tong	Reveal

Batch Distribution

WW255 WW242 WW232 WW228 WW2112 WW204

Status Breakdown

Active70 Inactive11 Acquired9

Top Locations

San Francisco20 New York8 Bengaluru7 Hyderabad3 Gurugram2 Copenhagen1

About YC Education Companies

Y Combinator has funded 90 education companies since its founding in 2005. These startups span from early-stage pre-launch to publicly traded companies, making YC one of the most prolific backers of education innovation globally.

70 of these companies are currently active. 9 have been acquired. VCBacked tracks verified founder contact information, team sizes, and company status for every YC education startup.

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