Institutions Investing in Edtech

In collaboration with Institute for the Future of Education and Startuplinks, we present a map of accelerators and investors focused on the education + technology = Edtech industry.

Edtech is undoubtedly one of the most important industries worldwide because of the far-reaching impact it has on people's development and, consequently, on family economies. However, in recent years, despite the Covid 19 pandemic exposing the inefficiencies of education systems around the world, there has been little innovation in how people teach, learn, or train.

So, if you're an edtech startup, we'd love for you to learn about the accelerators and investors focused on supporting companies in your sector. A world with better educational opportunities benefits us all.

Below, you'll find an edtech expert's perspective, followed at the end of the article by a list of institutions supporting the edtech industry as accelerators or investors.

‍Special Call for Edtech Startups

This call is looking for edtech startups addressing the most urgent challenges in higher education and lifelong learning.

Apply by October 5 to receive:

• ✅ 3 months of acceleration in Monterrey, Mexico. The program includes accommodation and meal support for one founder.
• ✅ Silicon Valley experts. A training program in Sales, Experimentation, Investment, Pitching, and Impact Measurement.
• ✅ Workspace at Expedition Distrito de Innovación Monterrey. Access to Monterrey's most exclusive innovation facilities.
• ✅ Technology validation. An experimentation process with resources, professors, and students at Tecnológico de Monterrey.
• ✅ An immersion trip to Mexico City to connect with the ecosystem. Support for airfare, meals, and accommodation
• ✅ Access to the IFE Conference and a booth at IFE Edtech Summit 2026. A meeting and networking point for startups, investors, and experts in educational innovation. 27 to 29, January 2026.
• ✅ Access to the Entrepreneurship Festival INC Mty 2026.
• ✅ Admission to the University of Southern California EdTech acceleration program — Rossier School of Education USC Education Technology Accelerator.

Apply to the call

An Edtech Expert's Perspective

Why focus on Edtech?

At Tecnológico de Monterrey, our essence and mission are centered on education. We recognize that innovation is crucial to staying at the forefront of education, which is why one of our main areas of investment is Edtech.

To make this vision a reality, we created the Institute for the Future of Education (IFE). The IFE is dedicated to researching, innovating, and fostering entrepreneurship in education. Within this framework, the EdTech and Transfer area plays a fundamental role. Its goal is to support entrepreneurs transforming higher education and lifelong learning.

By focusing on Edtech, we aim not only to improve the quality and accessibility of education, but also to prepare students and professionals for the challenges of the future by using advanced technologies and innovative teaching methods. We firmly believe that technology can help us create more effective, inclusive, and personalized learning experiences that benefit many students.

What are the biggest challenges facing education in Latin America?

Education in Latin America faces several regional challenges:

1. Teacher Training: One of the biggest challenges is preparing and supporting teachers, who are a crucial link in the education system. Many teachers in the region do not receive adequate salaries or professional development opportunities. Integrating new technologies into education requires teachers to stay up to date and be able to pass this knowledge on to students. However, when teachers struggle to meet their basic needs, it is difficult to motivate them to continue their training and adapt to new methodologies.
2. Access to Higher Education: Although access to higher education has expanded, significant economic barriers persist. Public universities cannot accommodate all students who wish to enroll, while private universities often lack sufficient funding to offer adequate scholarships. This limits opportunities for many talented young people who cannot afford a quality education.
3. Schools' Limited Adaptability: Rapid technological change poses a challenge for many educational institutions. Schools often find it difficult to keep up with advances because of high costs and a lack of understanding about how to effectively integrate technology into the classroom. This results in traditional educational models remaining prevalent, even though they do not always prepare students for the challenges of the future.

Addressing these challenges requires a comprehensive approach that includes effective public policies, investment in educational infrastructure, professional development programs for teachers, and greater collaboration between the public and private sectors to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions.

What challenges do edtech entrepreneurs typically face?

Starting a business in the Edtech sector presents a unique set of challenges that can be difficult to overcome. Some of the main ones include:

1. Investment: Attracting investment is one of the biggest obstacles. The education sector is less attractive to investors than others, such as Fintech. In recent years, investment in education has declined significantly, falling by nearly 80% compared with previous years, according to the HolonIQ report. Nevertheless, while it may be less profitable in the short term, the education sector has a strong positive social impact, benefiting children, young people, and adults alike.
2. Public-Sector Bureaucracy: In Latin America, public education is the largest sector and serves the majority of students. However, implementing innovations in this area is complicated by bureaucracy, corruption within some institutions, and uncertainty about payments due to changes in government. These factors make working with the public sector a slow and often frustrating process for entrepreneurs.
3. Proving the Effectiveness of Solutions: Evaluating the effectiveness of new educational technologies is a considerable challenge. Student learning is influenced by many variables, making it difficult to validate whether a technology really works as promised. Many entrepreneurs lack the methods and knowledge needed to conduct these evaluations. In the IFE Launch program, our scientific experts design and run experiments and produce reports that help entrepreneurs understand how effective their technologies are.

Overcoming these challenges requires not only innovation and creativity, but also a solid understanding of the complexities of the education system and a strong support network that includes investors, educators, and evaluation experts

Which edtech startups excite you?

Several startups in the Edtech sector excite me because of their innovations and the positive impact they are making. Some of them are:

1. Wisdolia. This startup offers an innovative solution that makes learning easier for students by generating flashcards from the content they upload to the platform.
2. Musa. MUSA focuses on learning through WhatsApp, an accessible and widely used platform, especially among people with limited resources. This solution is particularly valuable for companies seeking to train their entire workforce efficiently and effectively.
3. Skills Tech. Skills Tech helps companies train in artificial intelligence to streamline and optimize their processes. This technology enables companies to compete more nimbly and effectively in today's market, improving productivity and operational efficiency.

These startups are not only innovating in education; they are also addressing real problems and providing accessible, effective solutions with the potential to transform the way we learn and work. It's inspiring to see how they are contributing to a more inclusive and efficient future for education.

Edtech-Focused Accelerators

• Institute for the Future of Education. IFE Launch is an initiative of Tecnológico de Monterrey, led by the Institute for the Future of Education (IFE). It is an international acceleration program for early-stage EdTech startups seeking to address challenges in higher education and/or lifelong learning. The program offers the opportunity to validate their technology using Tecnológico de Monterrey's infrastructure, as well as connect with the Silicon Valley ecosystem and investors.
• Impactus Ventures. Impactus Ventures is a social innovation platform whose purpose is to create a high-impact innovation ecosystem focused on children in Latin America. We focus on improving the lives of children and adolescents by implementing successful, proven technological solutions.
• IMPAQTO Capital. IMPAQTO Capital offers flexible capital to early-stage impact startups in the Andean Region, investing in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Colombia with a focus on education, health, agroindustry and food supply chains, and clean tech.
• StartUPC. StartUPC is the business accelerator of the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences. Its purpose is to drive innovation and strengthen the entrepreneurial capacity of our community. We focus on the EdTech sector while remaining open to other disruptive ideas.

Edtech-Focused Investors

• Alina VC. Alina VC is a venture capital fund focused exclusively on the future of work. We target early-stage startups in Spanish-speaking Latin America working in the HRTech, EdTech, WorkerTech, gig economy, AI, automation, talent management, and other verticals developing new paradigms for the labor market. The average investment per startup is USD 200K, with potential follow-on funding of USD 400K. Our value proposition focuses on 3 areas: fundraising, B2B sales, and mentoring.
• ALIVE Ventures. Acumen Latam Impact Ventures – ALIVE – seeks to transform the lives of low-income communities in Latin America, with a focus on Colombia and Peru, by investing in socially impactful companies with profitable business models that need capital to grow. Throughout each investment, ALIVE works closely with its portfolio companies to help scale their innovative solutions and tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing the region's most vulnerable communities.
• Carabela. Carabela is a seed fund that invests in entrepreneurs leading early-stage startups in Latin America.
• CO_Capital. CO_Capital is a Latin American impact-first fund. We scale organizations focused on reducing poverty, promoting gender equality, or mitigating climate change by investing across four themes: i) education and economic development; ii) access to health; iii) access to basic infrastructure; and iv) the nexus between agriculture and ecosystems.
• EWA Capital. EWA Capital, one of the most experienced and successful early-stage investment teams in LAC, is raising its second venture capital fund, EWA II (target size USD $15 Mn), with a gender-smart approach to investing in Colombia and LAC. EWA II will continue the investment strategy pursued by the team at Mountain Nazca Colombia, recently rebranded as EWA Capital. The fund seeks early-stage companies (pre-Series A and Series A) with disruptive models in which technology enables solutions to socioeconomic challenges.
• IDB Lab. IDB Lab is the venture arm of the Inter-American Development Bank, the largest multilateral bank in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Imagine Ventures. Imagine Ventures is the venture capital fund of business accelerator Imagine, a Microsoft partner and one of the most prominent accelerators in Chile. Our mission is to support early-stage startups from Latin America that aim to make a positive impact on society by tackling the region's main economic, financial, social, and technological challenges and building innovative businesses that leave a lasting mark.
• Impact Ventures PSM. Impact Ventures PSM is the impact investment team at Promotora Social México. We support entrepreneurs with disruptive, scalable, and sustainable business models who want to positively improve the living conditions of the most disadvantaged people in Mexico and Latin America.
• Impacta VC. Impacta VC invests in impact startups in Latin America. Impacta VC launched a U$7MM seed fund in the US to fund tech companies across LATAM that align with the SDGs and leverage the partners' network of leading regional founders and VCs to secure future financing rounds in the impact space.
• Kapor Capital. Kapor Capital is a social impact venture capital firm. We believe in the power of transformative ideas and diverse teams. Based in Oakland, we understand that startups can transform entire industries while addressing urgent social needs. We believe startups can leverage information technology to solve real-world problems and tangibly improve the lives of millions through innovations in education, finance, health, work, justice, and more.
• Lotux Ventures. Lotux Ventures is a pre-seed venture capital firm based in Mexico City.
• MatterScale Ventures. Matterscale invests between $150,000 and $750,000 in early-stage companies. We are flexible about whether we lead or follow an investment round. Matterscale invests in technology solutions that improve the quality of life for millions by offering high-quality, affordable, and accessible services. Examples include education, healthcare, employability, and financial services.
• MrPink Venture Capital. MrPink is a VC that invests at the seed stage in technology-based startups founded in Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, and Chile. Entrepreneurs are at the heart of what we do: they lead their startups and create value. As entrepreneurs and investors ourselves, we contribute our experience and make ourselves available to founding teams to increase their chances of success. Our founder-friendly approach means we work quickly, transparently, and directly. It is a privilege to work with and for entrepreneurs and to contribute to the region.
• New Ventures Capital. New Ventures Capital (NVC) is an impact fund manager that invests in entrepreneurs with highly innovative, market-based solutions and exceptional potential to scale, tackling social and/or environmental gaps in emerging countries and serving underserved populations.
• RPP Ventures. RPP Ventures is the corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of Grupo RPP, Peru's leading media corporation, with radio stations and a television channel. As Peru's most credible media outlet and one of the country's most respected brands, we can bring your startup to an audience of more than 20 million people.
• Salkantay Exponential Fund. Salkantay is a VC firm that creates value by collaborating with intrepid entrepreneurs, visionary investors, and allies to identify great ideas and turn them into successful, innovative, and sustainable companies. We believe Latin America is home to talented entrepreneurs with world-class ideas.
• Winnipeg Startup Fund. We believe Latin America offers a powerful platform for developing scalable solutions to fundamental problems affecting people at the base of the pyramid. That’s why we invest in and support the best Latin American entrepreneurs across a range of industries, including EdTech, AgTech, SaaS, and AI.
• Yes Ventures. YES Ventures is an impact venture capital firm that invests in impact founders aligned with the SDGs across Latin America.
• Capria Ventures. Capria Network is the leading network of fund managers from the Global South collaborating to deliver superior returns and scaled impact. Its member firms manage assets exceeding USD 1 billion and are present in 37 emerging countries across Africa, Latin America, India, and Southeast Asia. Led by more than 60 senior local investment principals, Capria Network members work together to share expertise, best practices, business connections, and investment resources as they invest in and support early-stage, fast-growing local startups.
• Transcend Fund. We invest in early-stage founders building the future of learning and work around the globe. 
• Reach Capital. Reach Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on education and workforce development. Our investments expand access to education and economic opportunities and inspire people to reach their full potential. Reach Capital has backed over 130 education companies, including many of the biggest and most beloved brands across early childhood, K-12, higher education, and lifelong learning. Learn more at www.reachcapital.com.
• Owl Ventures. Owl Ventures is the world’s largest venture capital firm focused on the education technology market, with over $2 billion in assets under management. The Silicon Valley-based firm invests in the world’s leading education technology companies across the education spectrum, encompassing PreK-12, higher education, and the future of work (career mobility/professional learning).
• Eqwow Ventures. Eqwow Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in visionary entrepreneurs and startups across Latin America. We focus on scalable, resilient, and sustainable solutions that create value for all stakeholders while generating strong returns.
• Fondo Impacta. Impacta is an impact venture capital fund founded by EAN University and based in Colombia. It operates in the Pacific Alliance countries of Chile, Mexico, and Peru, supporting environmental and social enterprises in areas related to green and climate technology, inclusion and social diversity, education, and finance.
• Global Expansion Strategies. Global Expansion Strategies is a Silicon Valley-based international advisory, growth, and investment firm that works with early- to mid-stage education companies to expand globally. Michael Spencer is an education executive with more than 30 years of global C-level leadership, management, operational, business development, and investment experience in the K-12 marketplace.
• Ventures Comfama. Ventures Comfama SAS, as an impact CVC, is a means of engaging with the innovation, entrepreneurship, and investment ecosystem in order to actively build an investment portfolio of ventures that will enable us to develop, strengthen, expand, and/or transform Comfama’s content and capabilities.
• Potencia Ventures. Potencia Ventures is an impact investment group focused on business models that improve the lives of people with lower incomes.

Institution selection criteria: Investors or accelerators that have already invested in edtech and whose websites explicitly mention the industry.