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YC Education Companies
130 Y Combinator education startups with verified founder contacts, batch info, and company data.
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12
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YC Company Directory
50 companies
Company | Batch | Description | Status | Location | Team | Site | Founders | Reveal |
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Poliglota | W21 | The online language school for Latam, with groups led by an instructor | Active | Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile | 170 | Nicolas Fuenzalida, Carlos Aravena, Jose Sanchez | Reveal | |
Prendea | W21 | Live afterschool classes for Spanish-speaking kids ages 4 to 15. | Inactive | Barranco, Peru | 5 | Gonzalo Aguilar, Benjamin Garmendia | Reveal | |
Turing College | W21 | AI-driven online tech school for busy professionals | Active | Vilnius, Lithuania | 50 | Tomas Moska, Benas Sidlauskas | Reveal | |
Turing College | W21 | AI-driven online tech school for busy professionals | Active | Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania | 50 | Tomas Moska, Benas Sidlauskas, Benas S. | Reveal | |
Unschool | W21 | Learn, Intern and become Industry-Ready | Active | Hyderabad, Telangana, India | 35 | Rahul Varma, Narayanan (Rayn) Subramaniam | Reveal | |
EduRev | W20 | Learning App for 400M Indian Students like a Netflix for Education | Active | Chandigarh, CH, India; CH, India | 24 | Hardik Dhamija, Kunaal Satija | Reveal | |
Ello | W20 | Building the world's first 1:1 AI teacher. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 45 | Elizabeth Adams, Tom Sayer, Catalin Voss | Reveal | |
Pahamify | W20 | College entrance test preparation App for students in Indonesia | Active | North Bogor, Bogor City, West Java, Indonesia | 40 | Edria Albert, Syarif Rousyan Fikri | Reveal | |
StayQrious | W20 | StayQrious helps kids in India learn through online group classes,… | Active | Bengaluru, KA, India; Remote | 29 | Shankar Ram A, Avinash Anand, Aanand Srinivas | Reveal | |
AccioJob | W19 | Upskilling bootcamp for India | Active | Gurugram, Haryana, India | 250 | Vishu Bansal, Harsh Sharma, Priyanshu Agarwal, Yashwardhan Burad | Reveal | |
Edyst | W19 | Edyst is a peer-to-peer online learning platform where students learn… | Active | Hyderabad, Telangana, India | 11 | Srinivas Sriramdas | Reveal | |
Our World in Data | W19 | Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest… | Active | Oxford, England, United Kingdom; Remote | 19 | Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser | Reveal | |
Schoolable | W19 | Tuition collection service for K-12 private schools in Africa | Active | Lagos, Nigeria | 10 | Henry Nnalue, Angela Essien | Reveal | |
Skill-lync | W19 | Online engineering college for India. Learn technical skills & get… | Active | Chennai, TN, India | 3000 | Surya Paneerselvam, Sarang | Reveal | |
Acely | W18 | Every student's AI coach for college readiness | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 30 | Vivian Midha Shen | Reveal | |
Glimpse K12 | W18 | Glimpse eliminates ineffective spending in schools. | Acquired | Huntsville, AL, USA | 6 | Nicole Pezent | Reveal | |
NEXGENT | W18 | — | Active | San Jose, CA, USA | 25 | Terry Kim, Jacob Hess | 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, DL, India | 30 | Sameer Sadana | Reveal | |
Careerist | S21 | Learning platform for job seekers with job applications automation | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote | 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 | |
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, Nicolas Ferrer | Reveal | |
KaiPod Learning | S21 | A national network of microschools bringing school choice to every… | Active | Boston, MA, USA | 27 | Amar Kumar | 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, Callao Region, Peru; Lima, Lima Province, Peru | 10 | Carlos Lau, Luis Ubillas Door | 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 City, NY, USA; New York, NY, USA; Remote | 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 | |
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 | |
Stepful | S21 | Online Training for Healthcare Jobs | Active | New York City, NY, USA | 100 | Carl Madi, Tressia Hobeika | Reveal | |
Strive Math | S21 | Online Coding School for Kids 8-16 | Active | Singapore, Singapore; Remote | 13 | Pulkit Agarwal | 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, England, United Kingdom; Remote | 8 | Sarujan Ranjan, Erfan Soliman | Reveal | |
buildspace | S20 | we're the place where people build cool shit. | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA | 5 | David Barrick | 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, 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 | |
Microverse | S19 | Training and connecting untapped talent with global opportunities | Active | CT, Spain; Remote | 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; Remote | 15 | Kelly Smith, Cahlan Sharp | Reveal | |
AnnieCannons | S18 | Connecting Survivors to Careers in Tech | Active | Oakland, CA, USA | 14 | Laura Hackney | Reveal | |
AnnieCannons | S18 | Connecting Survivors to Careers in Tech | Active | New York City, NY, USA; Remote | 14 | Laura Hackney | Reveal | |
AskMyClass, now Soundkins | S18 | Audio learning assistant for teachers and students. | Active | Menlo Park, CA, USA | 2 | Aparna Ramanathan | Reveal |
Status Breakdown
About YC Education Companies
Y Combinator has funded 130 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.
100 of these companies are currently active. 12 have been acquired. VCBacked tracks verified founder contact information, team sizes, and company status for every YC education startup.
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