Studybee
StudyBee is a Swedish K-12 EdTech SaaS that delivers assessment, Early Warning analytics, and parent communication as a seamless overlay on Google Classroom, sold via public procurement to municipalities and school chains and now part of Unikum.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2017
- HeadquartersMalmö, Sweden
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Studybee does
StudyBee AB is a Swedish K-12 EdTech SaaS company headquartered in Malmö that builds assessment, analytics, and early-warning tools as a seamless overlay on top of Google Classroom. Its product portfolio consists of three role-segmented applications — StudyBee Insights (analytics dashboards for principals and school leadership), StudyBee Assess (assessment tools for teachers and students), and StudyBee Mobile (a parent/student app) — plus supporting modules including an Early Warning System (EWS), automated Examensprognos graduation forecasting, a GDPR-compliant communication module, Case Management (Ärendehantering) for student health workflows, and a full academic-year calendar. All modules share underlying data sources, eliminating double entry and enabling real-time visibility across roles.
The platform's technical core is deep integration with the Google Classroom API (single sign-on, continuous two-way sync of assignments, grades, and attendance), extended through native integrations to Swedish school-system data sources including Skola24 (attendance), IST, SchoolSoft, and Edlevo (student administration), plus complementary use with DF Respons, PMO, and ProReNata for student health case management. The Early Warning System uses predictive analytics combining academic performance with attendance to surface at-risk students via color-coded indicators; Examensprognos applies statistical modeling to forecast graduation probability at school, class, and individual student levels. The company is localized to Swedish school law, the Gy25 reform, and Skolverket guidelines.
StudyBee monetizes via multi-year SaaS subscription contracts procured by Swedish municipalities and school chains through offentlig upphandling (public procurement), with quote-based per-school or per-district pricing that is not publicly disclosed. Distribution combines direct enterprise sales (a VP of Sales plus sales development representatives targeting rektorer and IKT-ansvariga), a self-serve demo/trial funnel through the website and HubSpot, a reseller agreement with Google specialist Online Partner, and — following the May 2025 acquisition by Unikum — Unikum's established channel into 100+ Swedish municipalities and over one million user accounts. Customers include Lunds kommun, Trollhättans Stad, Mölndals Stad, Kils kommun, Kunskapsskolan, Praktiska Gymnasiet (AcadeMedia), Amerikanska Gymnasiet, NTI Gymnasiet, Tingsholmsgymnasiet, and Designgymnasiet, spanning grundskola, gymnasium, and vuxenutbildning.
Studybee firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Studybee
- Legal name
- StudyBee AB
- Website
- https://studybee.se
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2017
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- StudyBee is a Swedish K-12 EdTech SaaS that delivers assessment, Early Warning analytics, and parent communication as a seamless overlay on Google Classroom, sold via public procurement to municipalities and school chains and now part of Unikum.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Studybee industry classification
Industry- Product category
- K-12 Education Technology / Student Assessment and Analytics Software
- NAICS
- Educational Support Services (611710)
- SIC
- Services-Educational Services (8200)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) & Progress Monitoring Services (EDAKADAI)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Learning Management Systems (LMS) & Academic Application Support (EDALAMAC)
Keywords
Where Studybee is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Malmö
- HQ country
- Sweden
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Studybee business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- SaaS Subscription (School Licenses): StudyBee operates as a subscription-based SaaS platform for Swedish schools. Schools and municipalities procure licenses typically through public procurement (offentlig upphandling) tender processes. Contracts are multi-year (e.g., two-year contracts with possible extension every two years, up to 12 years total per Lunds kommun contract). Pricing is per school or district and is not publicly disclosed on the website.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Quote-based / Not publicly disclosed |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels6 records
Studybee product offering
Product offeringCore offering
StudyBee is a cloud-based SaaS platform that operates as a seamless overlay to Google Classroom, delivering formative assessment, role-based analytics, an AI-driven Early Warning System, attendance integration, parent-school communication, and graduation-prognosis tooling for Swedish schools. The platform is sold via three role-specific products — StudyBee Insights (principals and school leadership), StudyBee Assess (teachers and students), and StudyBee Mobile (parents and students via iOS/Android app) — bundled into multi-year school or district subscriptions procured through public tender processes.
Product overview
StudyBee is an integrated, modular education technology platform consisting of three core products: StudyBee Insights (analytics dashboards for school leadership), StudyBee Assess (assessment tools for teachers), and StudyBee Mobile (mobile app for students and parents). The platform's centerpiece is the Early Warning System (EWS) that uses predictive analytics to identify students needing support. Additional modules include Communication Module, Graduation Prognosis (Examensprognos), Case Management (Ärendehantering), and Academic Year Calendar (Läsårskalender). All modules share data sources automatically, eliminating manual work and errors. The product is designed for all school forms including elementary school, high school, adult education, and vocational schools.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- StudyBee Insights Analytics and overview dashboard for principals and school leadership that shows student progression, Early Warning System indicators, extra adaptations, and grades with filtering by current status, warning level, and other dimensions. Designed to enable systematic quality work (systematiskt kvalitetsarbete) for grundskola, gymnasium, and vuxenutbildning in Swedish municipalities and school chains.
- StudyBee Assess Formative assessment and evaluation tool for teachers and students that operates seamlessly on top of Google Classroom, enabling creation and assignment of subjects and tasks, feedback delivery, and administration of warning levels and extra adaptations without separate logins. Used by Swedish lärare (teachers) and elever (students) across grundskola, gymnasium, and vuxenutbildning.
- StudyBee Mobile Mobile application for parents (vårdnadshavare) and students giving full insight into learning through Google Classroom, including pedagogical planning view, detailed subject overviews, direct feedback, grades and study plans, schedules, absence management, and two-way GDPR-compliant in-app communication with the school. Available on iOS and Android for Swedish grundskola, gymnasium, and vuxenutbildning.
Quantifiable outcome
- NTI Gymnasiet in Lund reportedly increased graduation rates by 10% using StudyBee's Early Warning System and mobile app.
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use Studybee
Customer profileNamed customers13 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Studybee technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration9 records
AI capability3 records
Feature7 records
Studybee partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core / flagship and secondary.
- Unikumcore / flagshipUnikum, Sweden's largest school portal serving over 100 municipalities and 1 million users, acquired StudyBee in May 2025. The merger integrates StudyBee's analytics and Early Warning System with Unikum's broader platform for learning and data-driven school development. StudyBee continues under its own name and team, developing StudyBee Assess, StudyBee Insights, and StudyBee Mobile for grundskola, gymnasium, and vuxenutbildning in close collaboration with users — now with additional resources from Unikum. The companies share offices in Malmö, Göteborg, and Stockholm.
- Skola24core / flagshipStudyBee and Skola24 entered a partnership for attendance management. StudyBee integrates attendance data from Skola24 directly into its Early Warning System (Frånvaro-EWS), enabling combined analysis of academic performance and absence patterns. This gives schools a comprehensive view of each student's study situation from two specialized edtech providers.
- Online PartnersecondaryStudyBee signed a reseller agreement with Online Partner, a Google specialist/expert partner in Sweden. Online Partner resells StudyBee as part of its Google for Education ecosystem offerings, extending StudyBee's reach to schools already working with Online Partner on Google deployments.
- Google Classroom / Google for Educationcore / flagshipStudyBee's core product is built as a seamless overlay to Google Classroom. The integration is described as so seamless that users experience it as one unified system. All assignments created in Google Classroom sync automatically and continuously with StudyBee without additional login steps. StudyBee is listed as a Google for Education partner and leverages Google Classroom's API for authentication and data synchronization.
- IST (Student Administration System)secondaryStudyBee integrates with IST, a student administration system, as part of its ecosystem of integrations that connect StudyBee Mobile with the broader school system landscape in Sweden. Integration enables automatic student-parent linking for communication purposes.
- SchoolSoft (Student Administration System)secondaryStudyBee integrates with SchoolSoft as part of its ecosystem of integrations for Swedish schools. SchoolSoft is a widely used student administration system in Swedish schools, and the integration enables data flow and coordinated functionality.
- Edlevo (Student Administration System)secondaryStudyBee integrates with Edlevo, another student administration system used in Swedish schools, as part of its integrated ecosystem enabling comprehensive data sharing across the school system.
- DF Respons (Case Management for Student Health)secondarySome schools use both DF Respons (for student health case management/journals) and StudyBee's case management simultaneously. StudyBee's case management generates the documentation and incident reports that feed into DF Respons, creating a complementary workflow where both systems are used together.
Scale indicators5 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Studybee competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Unikum: Sweden's largest school portal with 100+ municipal customers and 1M+ users; now StudyBee's parent company following the May 2025 merger. Directly comparable as a Swedish K–12 SaaS platform serving kommuner and school chains.
- Magister (Knowit Education): Sweden's leading school management system covering schedules, grades, attendance, and parent communication for K–12 — overlapping with StudyBee's student information, communication, and EWS use cases for Swedish schools.
- Vklass: Swedish school platform providing LMS, communication, and quality-work tools to kommuner and friskolor across Sweden; competes with StudyBee for the same procurement budgets and pedagogical use cases.
- Itslearning: European K–12 LMS with assessment, grading, and analytics — owned by Sanoma. Beaten by StudyBee in the Lunds kommun tender and serves as the closest established-LMS benchmark across the Nordics.
- Showbie: Workflow and assessment app for K–12 schools that also overlays Google Classroom; competes head-on with StudyBee Assess on formative assessment and Google Classroom-native workflows.
Broad incumbents
- Microsoft Education (Teams for Education): Global incumbent offering a free LMS-adjacent layer in Microsoft Teams plus analytics via School Data Sync; the most credible competitor to StudyBee's overlay position if Microsoft deepens native assessment features.
- Canvas by Instructure: Global K–12 LMS competing in European tenders; was among the vendors evaluated alongside StudyBee in the Lunds kommun procurement and represents the alternative path municipalities can take.
- Google for Education: The platform StudyBee overlays. Competes indirectly if Google expands native assessment, analytics, or guardian communication within Classroom; conversely, StudyBee's growth depends on continued Google partnership posture.
Emerging players
- Skooler: Nordic-originated Microsoft 365 / Google Classroom overlay delivering assessment, gradebook, and analytics to schools — directly comparable emerging player in the same K–12 overlay niche.
Regional players
- EduConnect: Swedish K–12 administration platform providing grade export, scheduling, and guardian integration; competes marginally with StudyBee on data integration and is sometimes used alongside it.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Valuation estimate
Studybee leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles6 records
Studybee funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds3 records
Investors3 records
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Studybee M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Studybee
What does Studybee do?
StudyBee is a cloud-based SaaS platform that operates as a seamless overlay to Google Classroom, delivering formative assessment, role-based analytics, an AI-driven Early Warning System, attendance integration, parent-school communication, and graduation-prognosis tooling for Swedish schools. The platform is sold via three role-specific products — StudyBee Insights (principals and school leadership), StudyBee Assess (teachers and students), and StudyBee Mobile (parents and students via iOS/Android app) — bundled into multi-year school or district subscriptions procured through public tender processes.
Is Studybee a public or private company?
Studybee is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was Studybee founded?
Studybee was founded in 2017. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Studybee based?
Studybee is headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, in the Europe region.
How does Studybee make money?
One revenue line is on record: saaS Subscription (School Licenses).
Who are Studybee's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Unikum, Magister (Knowit Education), Vklass, Itslearning and Showbie. Broad incumbents are Microsoft Education (Teams for Education), Canvas by Instructure and Google for Education. Skooler is listed as an emerging player. EduConnect is listed as a regional player.
Does Studybee have an API?
No public API is recorded for Studybee.
What industry is Studybee in?
Studybee's product category is K-12 Education Technology / Student Assessment and Analytics Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDAKADAI, Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) & Progress Monitoring Services, with a secondary code of EDALAMAC, Learning Management Systems (LMS) & Academic Application Support. Its NAICS code is 611710 and its SIC code is 8200.