Bengaluru is India’s leading edtech hub, drawing $6.9 Bn between 2014 and 2024, ahead of Mumbai at $2.6 Bn and Delhi NCR at over $1.1 Bn. The city is home to BYJU’S, Unacademy, Vedantu and Cuemath, and its wider base is supported by 46 unicorns and 698 DPIIT-recognised startups.
The city’s depth shows in the numbers. Per Inc42 Datalabs, BYJU’S has raised about $6.3 Bn, the most of any Indian edtech company; Unacademy about $838.5 Mn; and Vedantu about $332.6 Mn. Vedantu became India’s fifth edtech startup to enter the unicorn club, raising $100 Mn to cross the mark, while Cuemath, Teachmint and the city’s upskilling players anchor its K-12 and professional-learning segments.
The sector has reset hard after its pandemic peak. National edtech funding rose to a 2021 peak of $4.6 Bn, fell to $2.44 Bn in 2022, then crashed to $283 Mn across 47 deals in 2023. It recovered modestly to $572 Mn across 48 deals in 2024, before falling 56% in 2025 to $249 Mn, an eight-year low, as deal count slid about 35% to 31 and investors shifted toward profitability, test-prep and upskilling models. The median ticket fell to $2.3 Mn in 2024, down 23% from $3 Mn in 2023. In 2024, online certification and test-prep startups secured 75% of edtech investment ($428 Mn combined), while growth-stage firms raised $288 Mn.
Even through the downturn, Bengaluru’s depth holds, and initiatives such as the Karnataka Startup Policy and GIA-MAP keep it connected to global markets. National funding is expected to recover only modestly in 2026, with investors projecting a $350 Mn to $450 Mn range and favouring AI-led startups that show early revenue traction.
With that, here are the top funded edtech startups in Bengaluru, ranked by total funding raised.
