GSV Cup Startup Index

Each year the ASU+GSV Summit welcomes pre-seed and seed-stage EdTech startups to apply to compete in the GSV Cup. Meet the startups from each year of the GSV Cup below, representing the most promising startups in "PreK to Gray" learning and skills.
Meet the 2026 GSV Cup 50
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Pangea.app

We are on a mission to help students transition from academia to the professional world.
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

Pangea Chat

We help students learn languages while texting their friends.
2021
North America
Final 3
North America

Paragon One

Provides Internships-as-a-Service so that companies can recruit, train, and manage remote interns
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

Parlay Ideas

Parlay helps K-12 teachers facilitate inclusive, engaging, and data-driven class discussions.
2021
North America
Final 3
North America

Parsnip

Duolingo for cooking
2023
North America
Final 3
North America

Participate, Inc.

Our platform and services are specifically designed to support Communities of Practice.
2023
North America
Final 3
North America

PathMatch

The first decentralized career management network built for GenZ
2022
2021
North America
Final 3
North America

PathMatch

PathMatch is a career navigation app for Gen Z and AI-enabled recruiting platform for employers.
2023
North America
Final 3
North America

PBL on the Go

PBL on the Go is a virtual co-creation tool. Facilitate collaboration and problem-solving remotely.
2021
North America
Final 3
North America

Peaqs

Peaqs is an edtech with a mission to train the entreprenuerial mind and accelerate innovation
2022
Europe
Final 3
Europe

PeduL

PeduL is a scholarship marketplace and workforce development tool
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

Peekapak

Peekapak is an award winning, engaging social emotional learning platform & curriculum for PreK-8.
2022
North America
Final 3
North America

Peekapak

Save time, meet academic standards and teach social emotional learning – All at the same time.
2023
North America
Final 3
North America

Peerceptiv

Peerceptiv scales learning through research-validated peer assessment
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

Pencil

Pencil enables people to publish globally (ebook + print), improve content using data & readership.
2021
India/South Asia
Final 3
India/South Asia

Pencil

Pencil is an all-in-one digital platform for education
2021
2022
North America
Final 3
North America

Pep

A social-first, mobile-centric online marketplace where users can discover, buy or sell content & services
2024
India/South Asia
Final 3
India/South Asia

Pesto

Pesto is a career accelerator for software engineers in India.
2020
India/South Asia
Final 3
India/South Asia

Phenomena Learning Inc

Phenomena is marketplace for experiential STEM learning
2023
North America
Final 3
North America

Pick My Brain

Pick My Brain makes it easy for people (and companies) to buy, sell, and gift knowledge worldwide.
2023
North America
Final 3
North America

Pioneers Education

Pioneers Education is a cloud-based SIS (Student Information System) for higher ed institutions.
2021
North America
Final 3
North America

PlaBook

Education tool for math and reading
2022
North America
Final 3
North America

Planner

We augment & help educators scale personalized learning.
2021
North America
Final 3
North America

Playbl, Inc.

Playbl’s 5 serious health games target adolescent mental health, substance misuse, and sexual health
2023
Final 3

Playground

Playground is an app and website for managing child care businesses
2024
North America
Final 3
North America

Playlab

Create, share, and remix AI-powered education tools.
2026
North America
Final 3
North America

Plume

Plume is an interactive platform that develops students’ writing skills.
2023
Europe
Final 3
Europe

Podsie

Empowering teachers and improving student learning through the science of learning
2022
2021
North America
Final 3
North America

Poised

Poised is an AI-powered communication coach for online meetings.
2022
North America
Final 3
North America

Pollen

Pollen helps small business owners thrive with personalized training, tooling and expert mentorship.
2022
North America
Final 3
North America

Polygence

TeachLM is a language model post-trained for education using authentic learning data.
2026
North America
Final 3
North America

Polyglot

Polyglot AI let's you practice languages with a virtual avatar powered by GPT-3
2022
North America
Final 3
North America

Popfizz Corp.

Popfizz Computer Science offers advanced coding tools and curriculum.
2020
2021
North America
Final 3
North America

PopPD

PopPD is a peer learning platform for K-12 educators.
2023
North America
Final 3
North America

PopUp School Edutech Inc.

PopUp School is an educational platform offering lessons tailored for students' learning preferences
2023
North America
Final 3
North America

Possip

Gives schools and districts the power to tap into their large & diverse community of parents & staff
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

PPLingo Pte. Ltd.

LingoAce provides online language learning service to 6-15 years old students
2020
Final 3

PraxiLabs

PraxiLabs provides virtual science labs for students anytime anywhere to improve learning outcomes
2022
Middle East/North Africa
Final 3
Middle East/North Africa

Praxis AI

Praxis AI Middleware transforms human experts into durable Digital Twin Agents for Higher Ed & L&D.
2025
North America
Final 3
North America

Praxis Labs

Advances diversity and inclusion outcomes through Virtual Reality based unconscious bias training
2020
Final 3

Prenda

Prenda helps people run K-8 microschools in their home.
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

Prendea

Live online after school classes for k12 Spanish Speaking students.
2021
LATAM
Final 3
LATAM

Prepmedians

Learning is worth laughing for.
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

Pressto

Pressto: a better way to write.
2022
North America
Final 3
North America

Primer Global, Inc

Primer is an adaptive AI Companion that facilitates lifelong learning and personal growth.
2024
North America
Final 3
North America

Project Read AI

AI Assistant for the Science of Reading
2024
North America
Final 3
North America

ProjectSet

ProjectSet connects learners and employers to collaborate on virtual work-based learning projects.
2022
2021
Europe
Final 3
Europe

ProSpark

ProSpark is a learning platform to train, reskill and upskill the workforce.
2021
Southeast Asia
Final 3
Southeast Asia

Puzzicle

Study with Friends - Watch Videos, Quiz & Win
2023
2025
Southeast Asia
Final 3
Southeast Asia

Quatro

QuatroMoney is a college affordability platform based on financial transparency
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

Quazel

AI language learning app that’s like having your own language tutor.
2024
Europe
Final 3
Europe

Quester

Where the world comes to discover, explore and share passions!
2021
Europe
Final 3
Europe

Quinncia

Quinncia is a career readiness platform helping colleges improve outcomes
2020
Final 3

Quizard AI

Building the academic copilot for students.
2024
2025
North America
Final 3
North America

Quotanda

Quotanda is a software company expanding access to education and opportunity
2020
LATAM
Final 3
LATAM

Quottly

Quottly offers colleges and universities a customizable
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

Qureos

We make the transition from campus to the workplace seamless for graduates
2023
Middle East/North Africa
Final 3
Middle East/North Africa

Qwasar Silicon Valley

Software Engineering School and Apprenticeship Provider
2023
North America
Final 3
North America

R3 Score

R3 Score was built to improve the economic health of individuals with criminal records
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

Ramped

Ramped is a career discovery and job skilling platform for new workforce entrants
2022
North America
Final 3
North America

RealKey

Mortgage process automation, centralizing and simplifying documentation collection/review
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

Realworld

Realworld makes adulthood and its life moments easier.
2020
Final 3

RecastSuccess

Connecting the dots between career transitioners and inclusive employers
2022
North America
Final 3
North America

Re:course AI

Unlocking healthcare professional potential, transforming patient care.
2023
Europe
Final 3
Europe

Refocus

Refocus is an EdTech company, that teaches people various IT skills and provides with a job.
2023
Southeast Asia
Final 3
Southeast Asia

Relevant Learner

Relevant Learner is a simple way to engage all students in relevant content.
2022
North America
Final 3
North America

Resilia Education

Empowering the instructors who will prepare Brazil’s workforce for the 21st century
2022
LATAM
Final 3
LATAM

Resilia Education

Resilia is the best solution for educational institutions and enterprises to launch short courses.
2023
LATAM
Final 3
LATAM

Retrain.ai

retrain.ai is a data-fueled platform to unlock employees' skills and match it to jobs and trainings.
2021
North America
Final 3
North America

Rex Academy

Rex Academy provides K-12 Computer Science teachers and Curriculum.
2023
North America
Final 3
North America

Rex Academy Inc

One stop solution for Computer Science Education
2022
2021
North America
Final 3
North America

Rézme

Rézme matches justice-impacted candidates with employers, educational programs, and life services.
2023
North America
Final 3
North America

Rightfoot

We're female Stanford MBA graduates who founded Rightfoot to lift people out of student debt
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

Riipen

Riipen is the world's largest online work-based learning marketplace for employers and educators.
2022
2021
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

Ringbeller

Interactive Social Emotional Lessons for Kids.
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

RISExSHINE

RISExSHINE is an interactive content platform leveraging gamification to empower GenZ.
2022
North America
Final 3
North America

Robin

Robin empower school communities with skills to propel well-being, growth and potential.
2023
North America
Final 3
North America

Robo Wunderkind

Created a solution for teaching coding and robotics to kindergarten and primary school age children
2020
Australia/New Zealand
Final 3
Australia/New Zealand

Rock by Rock

Rock by rock is building the next “Netflix-like” library of project based learning experiences.
2022
North America
Final 3
North America

Rockids

Teaching reading app for kids that effectively prevents ADHD and dyslexia reading difficulties.
2021
Final 3

Ropes

Ropes helps contingent work teams & recruiting firms fight fraud & verify talent.
2026
North America
Final 3
North America

ROSA

ROSA screens students for mental health challenges before significant academic decline
2023
North America
Final 3
North America

ROYBI

ROYBI is the creator of Roybi Robot, an interactive language learning tutor for children ages 3+
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

Safer School Solutions

Safer School Solutions provides a suite of tools to manage physical and digital safety threats.
2023
North America
Final 3
North America

Salasil Solutions

Content development tool for educators
2022
Europe
Final 3
Europe

SalesGig

Enables sales professionals to get paid referring qualified leads to companies
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

Savkar, Inc (STEMIFY)

Adaptive Instruction and Learning for STEM Success
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

SayKid

SayKid’s play-based learning system actively engages kids without screens.
2022
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

Scaffold Ed

Scaffold Ed gives every K12 district the power of a data engineer.
2024
North America
Final 3
North America

Schola

Schola is a PK-12 student recruitment system connecting parents with the best schools for their kids
2021
North America
Final 3
North America

ScholarMe

Helps high school and college students get all of the money they need to pay for college
2020
North America
Final 3
North America

Scholé

AI-native learning platform that adapts in real time to each learner and their work.
2026
Europe
Final 3
Europe

School16

An adult education startup that helps people land roles in tech without learning how to code.
2023
2022
2021
North America
Final 3
North America

SchoolAI

Safely bringing AI into the classroom to personalize learning for every student.
2024
2025
North America
Final 3
North America

School Day

School Day is a unique AI-backed solution improving SEL and wellbeing in K-12 education.
2021
Europe
Final 3
Europe

School of Humanity

Online-first high school with an interdisciplinary curriculum and progressive model
2022
North America
Final 3
North America

SchoolStack

SchoolStack empowers educators to design student-centered learning that works for ALL students.
2022
North America
Final 3
North America

SCHOOLS / VB Ideas LLC

High quality cost effective test prep that eradicate poverty with innovative ed tech.
2023
North America
Final 3
North America

Schoolytics

Schoolytics helps educators transform data into actionable insights for personalized instruction
2023
2022
2021
North America
Final 3
North America

Schoolytics

Student Data Platform for Analytics and AI
2024
2025
North America
Final 3
North America