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Updated 23 Oct 2026

Edtech startups closed 565 funding rounds from October 2025 to September 2026, 2.8% of all startup rounds, and raised $2.2 billion in the rounds with a disclosed amount. Source: FundingWatcher, October 2026.

Value
565
Unit
funding rounds dated October 2025 to September 2026
Data as of
23 October 2026
Source
FundingWatcher, October 2026
Edtech startup funding rounds per month by region, October 2025 to September 2026United StatesEuropeChinaRest of the worldUnited States, Oct 25: 10Europe, Oct 25: 8Rest of the world, Oct 25: 2543Oct 25United States, Nov 25: 16Europe, Nov 25: 6China, Nov 25: 5Rest of the world, Nov 25: 2451Nov 25United States, Dec 25: 20Europe, Dec 25: 7China, Dec 25: 5Rest of the world, Dec 25: 1749Dec 25United States, Jan 26: 39Europe, Jan 26: 6China, Jan 26: 3Rest of the world, Jan 26: 1765Jan 26United States, Feb 26: 19Europe, Feb 26: 12China, Feb 26: 4Rest of the world, Feb 26: 1045Feb 26United States, Mar 26: 23Europe, Mar 26: 9China, Mar 26: 4Rest of the world, Mar 26: 1652Mar 26United States, Apr 26: 17Europe, Apr 26: 9China, Apr 26: 6Rest of the world, Apr 26: 1648Apr 26United States, May 26: 18Europe, May 26: 10China, May 26: 1Rest of the world, May 26: 1039May 26United States, Jun 26: 17Europe, Jun 26: 11China, Jun 26: 3Rest of the world, Jun 26: 1041Jun 26United States, Jul 26: 21Europe, Jul 26: 7China, Jul 26: 1Rest of the world, Jul 26: 1443Jul 26United States, Aug 26: 20Europe, Aug 26: 5China, Aug 26: 3Rest of the world, Aug 26: 735Aug 26United States, Sep 26: 22Europe, Sep 26: 10China, Sep 26: 3Rest of the world, Sep 26: 1954Sep 26
Figure 1. Edtech startup funding rounds per month by region, October 2025 to September 2026. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026.

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Month

MonthRoundsShare of all roundsRaised
October 2025432.5%$99.1M
November 2025513.4%$248.2M
December 2025493.1%$136.6M
January 2026653.1%$235.9M
February 2026452.7%$48.8M
March 2026522.8%$284.3M
April 2026483.3%$115.7M
May 2026392.9%$113.5M
June 2026412.2%$171M
July 2026432.7%$262.4M
August 2026352.3%$100.2M
September 2026542.9%$342M

Table 1. Edtech startup funding, by month. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026. Base: 565.

Stage

StageRoundsMedian round
Pre-seed173$200K
Seed317$1.2M
Series A48$9.4M
Series B14$14.5M
Series C9$21.8M
Series D+4$70M

Table 2. Edtech startup funding, by stage. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026. Base: 565.

Previous values

MonthData as ofValue
October 202619 October 2026564
September 202628 September 2026550

Table 3. Edtech startup funding, value at each monthly update. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026.

Method: Rounds dated October 2025 to September 2026, counted from the startup file of 23 October 2026. The file keeps each company's most recent pre-seed, seed, angel or Series A to J round only, so a company that raised twice in the window counts once. Industry is the Crunchbase category group. Raised sums the rounds with a disclosed amount. Full method.

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Edtech startups closed 565 funding rounds from October 2025 to September 2026, 2.8% of all startup rounds, and raised $2.2 billion in the rounds with a disclosed amount. Source: FundingWatcher, October 2026.
https://fundingwatcher.com/data/edtech-startup-funding/
<a href="https://fundingwatcher.com/data/edtech-startup-funding/"><img src="https://fundingwatcher.com/static/figures/edtech-startup-funding.png" alt="Edtech startups closed 565 funding rounds from October 2025 to September 2026, 2.8% of all startup rounds, and raised $2.2 billion in the rounds with a disclosed amount." width="1200" style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a>
<p>Source: <a href="https://fundingwatcher.com/data/edtech-startup-funding/">FundingWatcher</a>, October 2026</p>

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