Sectors/Edtech/2010

Edtech funding in 2010

European Edtech startup funding raised during 2010.

In 2010, 14 European Edtech companies closed 15 funding rounds and raised €21M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Norway led by capital raised, and Creandum was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€21M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top country

Norway

Edtech: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2008	€10M	+43.5%	11	+266.7%	—
2009	€3.4M	-66.4%	8	-27.3%	€1.0M
2010	€21M	+523.7%	15	+87.5%	—

Rank among sectors

#20

0.6% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

99.5%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€3.0M	4
Mar	€560k	2
Apr	€394k	1
May	€11M	3
Jun	€6.2M	2
Sep	€0	1
Nov	€300k	2

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Edtech — top countries by capital, 2010
Norway	€10M
Germany	€5.0M
France	€3.1M
Russia	€1.4M
UK	€934k
Netherlands	€394k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Edtech — stage mix, 2010
Early VC	€5.3M
Growth/Late	€5.2M
Series B	€4.9M
Seed	€3.0M
Other	€1.5M
Series A	€1.4M

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2010

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
itseducation	Early VC	May 2010	€5.3M
itseducation	Growth/Late	May 2010	€5.2M
Bettermarks	Series B	Jun 2010	€4.9M
Sciences-U	Other	Jan 2010	€1.5M
Uniweb.ru	Series A	Jan 2010	€1.4M
Pearltrees	Seed	Jun 2010	€1.3M
BraveNewTalent	Seed	Mar 2010	€560k
Squla	Seed	Apr 2010	€394k
MedaPhor	Seed	May 2010	€373k
eduPad	Seed	Nov 2010	€300k

View all 15 Edtech deals in 2010 →

Top investors

most active in 2010, by deal count

Source: Tech.eu Funding Explorer · data as of 6 Nov 2026 · licence CC BY 4.0 · Methodology

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