EdTech Startups — Engineering Velocity Signals
Q3 2026 · 37 startups tracked · Updated weekly from public GitHub data
Sector Overview
The EdTech sector is experiencing significant engineering activity in Q3 2026, with 37 startups tracked by the VC Deal Flow Signal. Startups transforming education through adaptive learning and institutional software. Engineering velocity — measured through commit cadence, contributor growth, and repository expansion — provides early indicators of which teams are accelerating their development efforts before official funding announcements. GitDealFlow tracks these signals in real-time from public GitHub activity, giving investors a data-driven window into engineering momentum across the EdTech landscape.
All 37 Startups in EdTech
| Name | Description | Stage | Geography | 14d Commits | Velocity Change | Contributors | Signal Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ucfopen | Pre-seed | Unknown | 1 | +999% | 4 | Deploy frequency spike | |
| ccao-data | The CCAO's Data Department creates models, tools, and analyses to improve Cook C | Pre-seed | Unknown | 1 | +999% | 6 | Deploy frequency spike |
| The-Mu-Foundation | Non-profit, startup, free, adaptive, science-based trainer | Series A/B | Unknown | 2 | +999% | 22 | Deploy frequency spike |
| ClassIsland | 一款适用于班级多媒体屏幕的课表的信息显示工具，可以一目了然地显示各种信息。 | Growth | APAC | 5 | +400% | 56 | Deploy frequency spike |
| KDE | Official read-only mirror of the KDE project. Please don't send pull requests; t | Growth | Unknown | 5 | +400% | 100 | Deploy frequency spike |
| OpenCircuits | Online, free circuit designer | Growth | US | 34 | +386% | 71 | Engineering hiring burst |
| nfdi4plants | Services and infrastructures to support #FAIRData science and good data manageme | Series A/B | Unknown | 27 | +200% | 32 | Engineering hiring burst |
| tutors-sdk | A collection of open source components & services supporting the creation of tra | Series A/B | Unknown | 27 | +145% | 21 | Engineering hiring burst |
| zoonk | learn. build. shape. | Pre-seed | Unknown | 36 | +71% | 5 | Framework migration |
| Vacademy-io | Series A/B | APAC | 425 | +29% | 23 | Framework migration | |
| osunyorg | CMS d'intérêt général | Pre-seed | EU | 91 | +18% | 6 | Framework migration |
| L5lua | Processing-like creative coding in Lua | Pre-seed | Unknown | 1 | +0% | 6 | Infrastructure buildout |
| MOVACT | Digital Agency based in Berlin, Germany | Pre-seed | EU | 1 | +0% | 4 | Framework migration |
| scribe-org | Open-source language solutions | Growth | EU | 6 | +0% | 59 | Engineering hiring burst |
| sonic-pi-net | Sonic Pi Network | Growth | Unknown | 94 | -8% | 100 | Engineering hiring burst |
| classroomio | The Open Source Customer/Employee Training Software | Series A/B | Unknown | 45 | -12% | 30 | Framework migration |
| hpi-schul-cloud | Growth | EU | 14 | -12% | 100 | Framework migration | |
| oaknational | Creating an openly licensed, fully resourced and AI-enabled curriculum for teach | Pre-seed | UK | 462 | -16% | 5 | Framework migration |
| OpenOLAT | Open Source Learning Management System written in Java | Seed | EU | 121 | -17% | 16 | Framework migration |
| DSACMS | Digital Service at CMS | Series A/B | US | 30 | -23% | 31 | Infrastructure buildout |
| StudyDrift | Pre-seed | Unknown | 74 | -27% | 3 | Framework migration | |
| foundation50 | OpenCourseWare and Open-Source Software | Pre-seed | Unknown | 188 | -31% | 7 | Engineering hiring burst |
| hedyorg | Growth | EU | 10 | -33% | 100 | Framework migration | |
| bitcoin-dev-project | 100% free and open-source resources for bitcoin devs. bitcoin + FOSS = ₿OSS | Series A/B | Unknown | 7 | -42% | 26 | Framework migration |
| towardsai | The leading AI community and content platform focused on making AI accessible to | Pre-seed | US | 28 | -42% | 3 | Engineering hiring burst |
| otter-sec | Blockchain consulting and audits | Growth | Unknown | 9 | -47% | 100 | Framework migration |
| Submitty | Submitty Homework Submission Server | Growth | US | 23 | -48% | 100 | Engineering hiring burst |
| learning-commons-org | Learning Commons provides AI infrastructure to scale proven learning practices t | Seed | US | 4 | -56% | 9 | Framework migration |
| iblai | Sovereign AI infrastructure to build your agents and apps. You own all the code | Seed | US | 46 | -65% | 11 | Framework migration |
| codeforlife-education | Giving everyone the ability to shape technology's future | Pre-seed | UK | 1 | -67% | 3 | Framework migration |
| ai-shifu | Series A/B | APAC | 33 | -74% | 21 | Framework migration | |
| elimu-ai | Free open-source learning software for out-of-school children 🚀✨ | Seed | Unknown | 8 | -77% | 12 | Framework migration |
| cpinitiative | We promote competitive programming among pre-college students through resources, | Growth | Unknown | 53 | -80% | 100 | Framework migration |
| spectrocloud | Enterprise Kubernetes Management at Scale | Series A/B | US | 1 | -80% | 38 | Framework migration |
| learningeconomy | Agency & Opportunity For All | Seed | Unknown | 14 | -84% | 15 | Framework migration |
| haxtheweb | Tools | Series A/B | US | 5 | -90% | 42 | Framework migration |
| learnhouse | The modern Open source learning platform for everyone. | Series A/B | Unknown | 5 | -93% | 35 | Framework migration |
Signal Type Distribution
| Signal Type | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| Framework migration | 22 | 59% |
| Engineering hiring burst | 8 | 22% |
| Deploy frequency spike | 5 | 14% |
| Infrastructure buildout | 2 | 5% |
Top 5 Startups by Velocity
#1 oaknational
📉 462 commits (14d) · -16%
5 contributors · Pre-seed
Framework migration
#2 Vacademy-io
📈 425 commits (14d) · +29%
23 contributors · Series A/B
Framework migration
#3 foundation50
📉 188 commits (14d) · -31%
7 contributors · Pre-seed
Engineering hiring burst
#4 OpenOLAT
📉 121 commits (14d) · -17%
16 contributors · Seed
Framework migration
#5 sonic-pi-net
📉 94 commits (14d) · -8%
100 contributors · Growth
Engineering hiring burst
Sector Benchmarks
Avg Commits (14d)
52.4
Avg Contributors
35.7
Most Common Signal
Framework migration
Fastest-Growing
oaknational