About Educapital
Educapital is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. It is primarily based out of Paris, France. As of Nov 2025, Educapital is an active investor, having invested in 41 companies, with 4 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in France based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from EdTech to Enterprise Applications and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of muchbetter Overall, Educapital portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 2 acquisitions, namely Lalilo and AppScho. A lot of funds co-invest with Educapital, with names like Citizen Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Educapital has team of 13 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 3 more
Portfolio Unicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Educapital's List of Top Investments
Educapital has a portfolio of 41 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Hupso and Tomorrow University.Their portfolio spans across France, United States, Germany and 6 more locations. They have invested in EdTech, Enterprise Applications, Consumer and 10 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 3 more. Here is the list of top investments by Educapital:
1. Preply
Platform connects language learners with online tutors for personalized lessons. It facilitates language acquisition through one-on-one online tutoring. The platform enables students to find tutors based on their needs and preferences. It offers a virtual environment for language practice and instruction. The platform also provides corporate language training, offering businesses personalized language learning with online tutors.
Key facts about Preply
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Brookline (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $321M
- Employee Count: 16,467 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Owl Ventures, One Way Ventures and 36 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jan 21, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. 360Learning
Provider of an AI-powered learning management and collaborative learning platform. The platform offers features such as AI-powered authoring and learning experience platform capabilities. It provides solutions for compliance training, employee onboarding, sales enablement, and frontline staff training. The platform aims to consolidate internal and external training into a single system.
Key facts about 360Learning
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Paris (France)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $243M
- Employee Count: 1 as on Dec 31, 2024
- Investors: Sumeru Equity Partners, SLW and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jul 24, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Buddy
AI-based English learning solution for kids. It enables learning spoken English using voices. It also enables learning and using vocabulary, improving pronunciation, and practicing real English dialogues. It provides a personal English tutor, gamified learning solution, and learning curriculum. Its app is available for Android and iOS devices.
Key facts about Buddy
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $16.1M
- Employee Count: 20 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Evolution VC Partners, One Way Ventures and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Oct 31, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Personal finance and investment training digital platform for women. The platform provides a boot camp on personal finance and investment training to women on a monthly and yearly subscription model. The platform contains e-learning videos, online magazines, guest articles, live and expert webinars, master classes on various aspects of investment.
Key facts about Female Invest
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Copenhagen (Denmark)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $25M
- Employee Count: 52 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Educapital, Y Combinator and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 15, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Knowunity
AI-based learning platform. It offers courses and resources for learning various subjects and topics such as Maths, English, Science and more.
Key facts about Knowunity
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Berlin (Germany)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $52M
- Investors: Isomer Capital, Redalpine and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 13, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Educapital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Educapital has invested in 41 companies over the last 8 years, with an average of 5 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 5 investments. Its most recent first time investment was in muchbetter and most recent follow-on round was in Edflex.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2023 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
2022 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
2021 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2018 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Educapital's Investments by Stage
Educapital has made 19 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $10M, 9 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $5.22M, 8 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $20M, 1 investment in PE stage with an average round size of $2.29M and 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $38.5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 19 |
Seed | 9 |
Series B | 8 |
PE | 1 |
Series C | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Educapital's Investments by Sector
Educapital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the EdTech, Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Vertical SaaS and Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 33 Tech companies, 20 Consumer (B2C) companies, 19 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 17 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
EdTech | 21 |
Enterprise Applications | 13 |
Consumer | 6 |
Vertical SaaS | 5 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 4 |
Others | 20 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Educapital's Investments by Geography
Educapital has made most investments in France (22), followed by United States where it has made 5 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
France | 22 |
United States | 5 |
Germany | 3 |
United Kingdom | 3 |
Denmark | 2 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Educapital's recent investments
Educapital has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Educapital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Nov 21, 2025 | France | Seed | 6385 | [+1] | |
Oct 02, 2025 | France | Series C | 6225 | [+2] | |
Sep 29, 2025 | United Kingdom | Series A | 3806 | [+3] | |
Aug 29, 2025 | Estonia | Seed | 9584 | [+1] | |
Jun 13, 2025 | Germany | Series B | 6394 | [+5] |
Unicorns in Educapital's Portfolio
Educapital has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Preply. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Preply which became a unicorn in 2026, 5 years after Educapital first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Educapital's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
74 | Platform connects language learners with online tutors for personalized lessons | 2012 | Brookline | Series D | tanuxah |
Acquired companies in Educapital's Portfolio
2 companies from Educapital's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was AppScho in Mar 2024 by Edusign for $*****.Here are Educapital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 27, 2024 | Jan 31, 2018 | Seed | 9013 | |
Mar 22, 2021 | Nov 18, 2019 | Seed | 6330 |
Team profile of Educapital
Educapital has a team of 13 members including 1 Partner and 4 Principals located in France. Educapital's team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of top team members in Educapital:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | France | - | - | |
Principal | Paris | - | - | |
Principal | Paris | - | - | |
Principal | Paris | |||
Principal | France | - |
Co-investors of Educapital
Over the past 8 years, 190 investors have co-invested in Educapital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Educapital: ISAI, Verena Pausder and 72 others have invested in rounds before Educapital. There are 3 companies where ISAI has invested before Educapital and 2 companies where Verena Pausder has invested before Educapital.
- Top Co-investors of Educapital: 85 investors entered a company along with Educapital. These include investors like Citizen Capital (3 companies).
- Invested after Educapital: A total of 31 investors have invested in Educapital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Owl Ventures (1 company), Evli Growth Partners (1 company) and Grupa Pracuj (1 company).
Recent News related to Educapital
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Educapital Leads €4 Million Fundraising for Muchbetter.aiGlobal Legal Chronicle•Nov 27, 2025•muchbetter, Educapital
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Edflex Raises $18m to Accelerate Innovation and Become a Global Leader in Digital LearningAccess Newswire•Oct 02, 2025•Ternel, Bpifrance, Educapital, Edflex and 1 other
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German EdTech Knowunity secures €27M funding for AI tutor, targeting 1B studentsEU-Startups•Jun 13, 2025•Knowunity, XAnge, Portfolion, Isomer Capital and 3 others
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Buddy.ai funding news – Montenegro-based Buddy.ai Secures €10.2 Million in Seed FundingStartup Rise EU•Nov 01, 2024•Buddy, BITKRAFT Ventures, Educapital, One Way Ventures and 3 others
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Rome-based Cyber Guru Raises €23 Million in Series B Round FundingStartup Rise EU•Oct 24, 2024•Cyber Guru, Riverside Acceleration Capital, Educapital, Adara and 2 others
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Lepaya Raises $38M in FundingFinSMEs•Sep 25, 2023•Lepaya, Endeit Capital, Educapital, Mars Growth Capital and 3 others
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Lepaya announces biggest EdTech funding round in EMEA this yearBusiness Leader•Sep 21, 2023•Lepaya, Endeit Capital, Educapital, Mars Growth Capital and 3 others
