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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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30 companies
Company | Batch | Description | Status | Location | Team | Site | Founders | Reveal |
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Dost Education | W17 | Getting kids ready for school in India. | Active | Delhi, India | 30 | Sneha Sheth, Sindhuja Jeyabal | Reveal | |
KidPass | W17 | Online & In-Person Kids Activities | Acquired | New York City, NY, USA; New York, NY, USA; Remote | 21 | Solomon Liou, Chhay Chhun, Aaron Kaufman | Reveal | |
LendEDU | W16 | LendEDU is a marketplace for consumer financial products. | Acquired | Hoboken, NJ, USA | 10 | Matthew Lenhard | Reveal | |
Outschool | W16 | A live online learning platform that empowers kids ages 3–18. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote | 107 | Nicholas Grandy, Amir Nathoo | Reveal | |
Cambly | W14 | On-demand access to English tutors over video chat. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 200 | Sameer Shariff | Reveal | |
Cambly | W14 | On-demand access to English tutors over video chat. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 200 | Kevin Law, Sameer Shariff | Reveal | |
CleverDeck | W12 | Collaborate with an artist to commission original artwork you'll live… | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA; Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey | 1 | Justin Cannon | Reveal | |
Make School | W12 | Make School is redesigning college for the 21st century. Students… | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA | 45 | Ashutosh Desai, Jeremy Rossmann | Reveal | |
Make School | W12 | Make School is redesigning college for the 21st century. Students… | Inactive | 555 Post St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA | 45 | Ashutosh Desai, Jeremy Rossmann | Reveal | |
Insight Data Science | W11 | Turning PhDs & engineers into data scientists & data engineers | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA; Palo Alto, CA, USA | 11 | Jake Klamka | Reveal | |
Kunduz | S18 | Kunduz provides instant answers to students' questions and makes… | Active | Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey; Remote | 85 | Basar Basaran, Baris Bilgic, Melih Sener | Reveal | |
Bloom Institute of Technology | S17 | The online coding school that invests in you. | Active | Austin, TX, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote | 50 | Austen Allred, Ben Nelson | 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 | |
Pathrise | S17 | YC for your career | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA | 55 | Kevin Wu, Evan Limanto, Derrick Mar | 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; Remote | 130 | Kestrel Linder, Michael Kong | Reveal | |
Mimir | S15 | A platform for STEM courses featuring automated grading, plagiarism… | Acquired | Indianapolis, IN, USA | 8 | Prahasith Veluvolu, Colton Voege, Jacobi Petrucciani | 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 | |
Panorama Education | S13 | Improving education for every student. | Active | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 350 | Aaron Feuer | Reveal | |
ClassDojo | S12 | Communication app for K-8 teachers, kids, and families | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 100 | Sam Chaudhary, Liam Don | Reveal | |
ClassDojo | S12 | Communication app for K-8 teachers, kids, and families | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote | 100 | Sam Chaudhary, Liam Don | Reveal | |
Clever | S12 | The platform that powers technology in the classroom. | Acquired | San Francisco, CA, USA | 210 | Dan Carroll, Rafael Garcia | 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; Remote | 11 | Ariel Braunstein, Scott Kabat | Reveal | |
Quad | S11 | Quad is where college students get things done. | Inactive | New York City, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA | 12 | Sagar Shah | Reveal | |
Recurse Center | S10 | The retreat where curious programmers recharge and grow | Active | New York, NY, USA | 7 | Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock, Sonali Sridhar | Reveal | |
Recurse Center | S10 | The retreat where curious programmers recharge and grow | Active | New York City, NY, USA | 7 | Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock, Sonali Sridhar | Reveal | |
Lingt | S09 | Lingt provided a web-based platform for learning languages leveraging… | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Justin Cannon | Reveal |
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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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