Monthly roundup · Education · October 2026

Education startup funding, October 2026: Sharp Performance's $18M Series A leads 11 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 November 2026

We read 11 equity rounds in Education announced in October 2026, raising $68M between them: 2% of all the rounds we read that month and 0% of the money. The largest was Sharp Performance's $18M Series A, led by Hidden Variable. The median seed round was $9.2M, against $5.5M over the last twelve months across all sectors; at Series A it was $14M.

Equity rounds11in Education, 8 with an amount
Raised$68Macross those rounds
Lead named82%of rounds say who led
Share of the month2%of rounds; 0% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1Sharp PerformanceSeries A · United States · led by Hidden Variable$18M
  2. 2PPreference ModelSeed · led by Andreessen Horowitz$16M
  3. 3PlatoSeries A · United States · led by Nava Ventures$16M
  4. 4Mesa School of BusinessSeries A · India · led by Elevation Capital, Dharana Capital$12M
  5. 5ArtMasterSeed · Czechia$2.4M
  6. 6SSupaHumanSeries A · New Zealand · led by Movac$1.5M
  7. 7VVUSE XRPre-seed · Germany · led by IACD$1.3M
  8. 8BBloomscoPre-seed · Canada$1.0M

Day by day

Equity rounds in Education announced each day of October. The busiest day was 28 October, with 2.

1 October31 October

By stage, against the year

Each stage's median this month beside its twelve-month median: the sector's own where we hold enough rounds for a benchmark, otherwise the one across all sectors.

Pre-seed4$1.2Mthis month$2.0M12 months, all sectors
Seed3$9.2Mthis month$5.5M12 months, all sectors
Series A4$14Mthis month$20M12 months, all sectors

Where

United States had the most Education rounds this month.

Against the month

  • Rounds, Education11
  • Rounds, all sectors733
  • Raised, Education$68M
  • Raised, all sectors$59B

The whole of October 2026

Other sectors in October

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