bettermarks

What bettermarks does

Bettermarks GmbH, founded in 2008 and headquartered in Berlin, is an AI-powered adaptive learning platform focused exclusively on mathematics education for K-12 schools. The platform spans German (grades 4-13), Dutch (vmbo and havo/vwo lower secondary, plus arithmetic levels 1F-3F), and US (Common Core grades 4-8 and select high school topics) curricula, with localized content available in German, English, Spanish, and Dutch. Its core technology combines an adaptive engine that detects 2,800+ systematic error patterns, automatic gap analysis, recommendation of targeted exercises, and automatic correction across 2,596 learning objectives, 172,994 tasks, and 238,584 steps, supplemented by 100+ interactive input tools that allow students to make mistakes online in the same way they would on paper. Additional products include interactive whiteboard images (Tafelbilder), intelligent learning paths (Intelligente Lernpfade), and a mobile app for iOS and Android.

The company operates a sales-led, subscription-based business model with per-student-per-year licensing priced at €35 in the Netherlands for example. Schools and teachers can register free teacher accounts and full-year free trials, after which classes or schools purchase annual licenses through direct sales channels. The company runs country-specific websites and direct sales operations in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States, with additional country selectors for Austria and Switzerland. It also offers a white-label version of the platform to educational publishers for B2B2C distribution. The company is privately held, has 51-100 employees, regional headquarters in Berlin and Amsterdam, co-CEOs Arndt Kwiatkowski and Hans Speidel, and has operated without disclosed external funding since 2013.

Its primary customer segments are K-12 mathematics teachers and school administrators in German-speaking Europe, the Netherlands, and the United States, with secondary end-user segments of parents and individual students purchasing private subscriptions. Bettermarks is a founding member of the Dutch Convenant Digitale Onderwijsmiddelen en Privacy 4.0 and affiliated with the Groep Educatieve Uitgevers (GEU), and holds the Comenius-Medaille recognition for educational innovation in Germany.

Name

bettermarks

Legal name

bettermarks GmbH

Website

https://bettermarks.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Bettermarks GmbH is a Berlin-based provider of an AI-powered adaptive learning platform for K-12 mathematics, serving schools, teachers, and students in Germany, the Netherlands, the USA, Austria, and Switzerland through subscription-based per-student licensing and a white-label offering for publishers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Adaptive Mathematics Learning Software

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Adaptive Learning & Personalized Instruction Software (EDAJAMAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Assessment, Testing & Analytics Platforms (Formative/Summative) (EDAJAMAC), Intelligent Practice & Mastery Learning Platforms (Spaced Repetition, Skill Drills) (EDAFAFAD)

Keywords

• Adaptive learning platform
• K-12 mathematics software
• Intelligent tutoring system
• Error pattern detection
• White-label edtech platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. School/Class Licenses: Schools and educational institutions purchase licenses (class or school licenses) that enable access to all available features and content. Pricing is per student per year. The contract is created when schools sign and return documentation sent by email
2. Private User Subscriptions: Individual/private users can purchase subscriptions for personal use. Subscriptions can be cancelled online or in writing within two weeks

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

bettermarks sells an AI-powered adaptive learning platform for K-12 mathematics (grades 4-13), delivered as annual school/class subscriptions and individual user subscriptions. The platform automatically corrects exercises, detects over 2,800 systematic error patterns, identifies knowledge gaps, and recommends personalised exercises, supported by country-specific editions (Germany, Netherlands, USA) and a white-label option for publishers.

Product overview

bettermarks is a unified adaptive learning platform for mathematics education, comprising a core adaptive learning system with three platform editions (German, US, and Dutch), supplemented by a suite of content modules (interactive whiteboard images, adaptive exercises, intelligent learning paths) and a mobile app. The platform uses AI-powered adaptive algorithms to personalise instruction, automatically correct work, detect knowledge gaps, and generate real-time reports for teachers. A whitelabel version is also offered to educational publishers. Content spans arithmetic (Rekenen, levels 1F-3F) and mathematics (Wiskunde) for the Netherlands, Common Core mathematics for the US (grades 4-8 and high school), and mathematics for German schools (grades 4-13), with materials available in German, English, Spanish, and Dutch.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• bettermarks Adaptive Learning Platform (US Edition)

Quantifiable outcome

• Automatic correction eliminates manual grading workload for teachers
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Groep Educatieve Uitgevers (GEU)minorOthersbettermarks is affiliated with the Groep Educatieve Uitgevers (GEU), an educational publishers group in the Netherlands. Through this affiliation, bettermarks participates in the Convenant Digitale Onderwijsmiddelen en Privacy 4.0 (Convenant), an initiative for digital educational materials and privacy standards in Dutch education.
• Convenant Digitale Onderwijsmiddelen en Privacy 4.0minorOthersbettermarks is a founding member of the Convenant Digitale Onderwijsmiddelen en Privacy 4.0, a covenant for digital educational materials and privacy in Dutch education. The Convenant translates GDPR into educational practice and provides a framework for data processing agreements between schools and educational technology providers.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Khan Academy: Khan Academy is a free, widely used adaptive learning platform covering mathematics from early elementary through college-level, with personalized learning paths, mastery-based progression, and teacher dashboards. It competes directly with bettermarks in K-12 adaptive math across the same US and international school segments, differing primarily in its free, donor-funded model versus bettermarks' subscription licensing.
• IXL Learning: IXL offers adaptive math (and other subjects) practice for K-12 schools with real-time diagnostics, personalized recommendations, and per-student subscription licensing. Its school subscription model, K-12 math focus, and adaptive feedback mechanisms closely mirror bettermarks' offering, making it one of the most directly comparable commercial competitors.
• Mathletics (3P Learning): Mathletics is an adaptive math platform for K-12 schools with personalized learning paths, curriculum-aligned content, and per-student licensing, sold globally including strong presence in Europe and Australia. It is a direct functional peer to bettermarks in school-based adaptive math with similar subscription economics and curriculum coverage.
• Matific: Matific is an adaptive K-6 math platform with strong European and Australian footprint, offering curriculum-aligned content, interactive activities, and teacher reporting. It is a particularly close peer to bettermarks in the European primary math segment, sharing the school subscription model and curriculum-alignment positioning.
• DreamBox Learning: DreamBox provides adaptive math instruction for K-8 schools using intelligent tutoring that adjusts in real time to student strategies, with detailed teacher dashboards and curriculum-aligned content. It is a close functional peer to bettermarks in the US adaptive math K-8 segment with similar pedagogical approaches and school sales motion.
• ALEKS (McGraw-Hill): ALEKS is an adaptive math platform using knowledge-space theory to detect what students know, identify gaps, and personalize instruction, with strong adoption in US and international schools. Its AI-driven knowledge gap analysis and personalized learning paths parallel bettermarks' core technology proposition of automatic error pattern detection and adaptive feedback.

Broad incumbents

• Pearson Education: Pearson is a global education publisher with adaptive math and assessment products (including owning ALEKS-adjacent assets) serving K-12 and higher education markets. As a broad incumbent with international reach, Pearson competes with bettermarks at the school system level while also representing a potential acquisition or partnership counterparty.
• Cornelsen: Cornelsen is a major German educational publisher offering digital and print learning materials across subjects, including mathematics methods for German schools. It represents the incumbent publisher-side competitor to bettermarks in the German K-12 math market with established curriculum relationships.
• Klett: Klett is one of Germany's largest educational publishers with print and digital learning offerings across multiple subjects, including math methods for K-12 schools. As a German market incumbent with established school relationships, it is both a potential competitor and white-label partner for bettermarks in the DACH region.

Regional players

• Snappet: Snappet is a Dutch adaptive learning platform widely used in primary schools across the Netherlands, covering math and other subjects with tablet-based differentiated instruction. It is the dominant adaptive learning competitor in bettermarks' Dutch primary market, though Snappet focuses on primary education while bettermarks emphasizes secondary math.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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