Curio Group

What Curio Group does

Curio Group is a privately held Australian-headquartered education services, products, and advisory firm founded in 2016 by Dr. David Bowser in Melbourne. The company operates across higher education, vocational and technical education, K-12 schools, corporate learning and development, professional and membership organizations, and government, serving clients in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and parts of Southeast Asia through wholly-owned subsidiaries in Australia, the UK, and Delaware. Its client base of 150+ includes named logos such as RMIT Online, London School of Economics, Stanford University, University of Texas at Austin, Volkswagen, Audi, KPMG, Coursera, and Instructure (Canvas).

The company maintains a portfolio of six proprietary education-technology products delivered as cloud-based platforms. Core products include Curio Compass 360 (a capability and skills assessment platform with 360-degree reviews and gap analysis), Curio Course Hub (an e-commerce platform for selling courses), and Curio Opus (an academic workload planning platform for universities and TAFEs). Complementary add-on modules include Curio Learning Journal (an LTI-integrated reflective journaling tool for Canvas and Moodle), Curio Course Builder (an LMS authoring tool), and Canvas LMS Extensions plus Templates and Themes (WCAG 2.2 AA compliant customizations). Curio Academy operates as a sub-brand offering tiered self-serve courses. The product suite integrates with Canvas, Moodle, Workday, SAP, Snowflake, and Microsoft Entra ID.

Curio generates revenue through three streams: (1) professional services including strategic advisory, learning design, faculty services, and learning technology implementation; (2) SaaS licensing of its proprietary products to institutions and enterprises; and (3) tiered self-serve course fees from Curio Academy. Go-to-market is sales-led via direct enterprise relationships and UK public procurement frameworks, with the team growing to 200+ members globally by 2024. The company is ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 aligned, GDPR compliant, and holds no disclosed external institutional funding.

Name

Curio Group

Legal name

Curio Group Pty Ltd

Website

https://curiogroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Curio Group is an Australian-headquartered education services and technology firm providing proprietary SaaS products (Compass 360, Opus, Course Hub), Canvas LMS customizations, and strategic advisory to universities, schools, corporates, and governments across seven countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Technology Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Virtual Classroom Platforms (Synchronous Teaching Environments) (EDAFABAA)

Keywords

• Education technology services
• Learning management extensions
• Workload planning software
• Capability assessment platforms
• Learning design consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Carlton

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services: Strategic advice, consulting, and advisory services to learning providers and institutions during significant transitions. Includes learning design, content development, and faculty services.
2. Technology Products: Sale and licensing of proprietary education technology products including Compass 360, Course Hub, Course Builder, Learning Journal, and Opus. Products are delivered as SaaS/cloud-based platforms.
3. Curio Academy Courses: Online courses and training programs delivered through Curio Academy platform with tiered pricing from free webinars to paid upskill and mastery courses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Curio Group is a services, products, and advisory company that provides education technology products (Compass 360, Opus, Course Hub, Course Builder, Learning Journal, Academy, and Canvas LMS extensions) alongside professional services spanning learning strategy, learning design, faculty services, and learning technology implementation. The company serves higher education, vocational, K-12, corporate L&D, and government clients globally, with technology products delivered as cloud/SaaS platforms.

Product overview

Curio Group is a services, products and advisory company that provides a portfolio of interconnected education technology products alongside professional services. The core product suite includes: Curio Compass 360 (capability/skills assessment platform), Curio Course Hub (education e-commerce platform), and Curio Opus (academic workload planning tool). These are complemented by add-on modules including Curio Learning Journal (reflective journaling for Canvas/Moodle), Curio Course Builder (LMS course authoring), Canvas LMS Extensions and Templates & Themes (customisation layer for Canvas). Curio Academy operates as a sub-brand offering its own multi-device learning platform for professional development. The products are supported by professional services spanning Learning Services, Faculty Services, Professional Services, and Learning Technology Services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Curio Compass 360: Customisable capability and skills assessment platform designed to help individuals and organisations understand, measure, and develop workforce capability.
• Curio Course Hub
• Curio Course Builder
• Curio Learning Journal
• Curio Opus
• Curio Academy

Products and services

• Curio Compass 360
• Curio Course Hub
• Curio Course Builder
• Curio Learning Journal
• Curio Opus
• Curio Academy
• Canvas LMS Extensions
• Templates & Themes
• Learning Services
• Faculty Services
• Professional Services
• Learning Tech Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 500,000+ learning hours delivered
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Kids First AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn partnership with Kids First Australia, Curio advised, designed and built the To Future Me (www.tofutureme.org.au) consent education e-learning platform which won Gold at the Better Future Melbourne Design Awards 2023. Curio acted as integral project team member in developing this national project.
• Edith Cowan UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn partnership with Edith Cowan University, Curio conducted a Research Integrity learning project which won the RMIT Paul Taylor Awards for Excellence in Research Management Practice 2023.
• Instructure (Canvas)coreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership for Canvas LMS customizations, extensions, and integrations. Curio develops Canvas LMS themes, templates, and course tools. Deep expertise in Canvas as a development platform.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationMicrosoft Entra ID integration for single sign-on authentication across Curio products. Teams support for collaboration.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• LearnUpon: Cloud LMS vendor focused on training organizations and enterprise L&D, with strong course-authoring and e-commerce-style training catalogs. Comparable to Curio's LMS+ and Course Hub products aimed at selling and delivering learning online.
• Studiosity: Australia-headquartered provider of academic support and feedback services for higher education institutions. Directly comparable to Curio as an Australian ed-tech services company serving universities with people-led learning support at scale.
• EdCast (by Cornerstone): Learning experience platform focused on content aggregation, skills, and AI-driven recommendations for enterprise L&D. Comparable to Curio Compass 360's capability and skills assessment capabilities within corporate learning.
• Degreed: Learning experience platform for enterprises focused on skills, capability development, and content aggregation. Comparable to Curio's Compass 360 capability assessment and corporate L&D value proposition.
• 360Learning: Collaborative learning platform with strong authoring and upskilling capabilities for enterprises and education providers. Comparable to Curio's Course Builder and Academy offerings for in-house course creation and distribution.
• GO1: Australia-based enterprise learning platform aggregating courses, content, and LMS integrations for corporate L&D. Comparable to Curio's corporate L&D segment and its Course Hub / Academy offerings around course discovery and content commerce.
• Open LMS: Provider of hosted and customized Moodle environments for education and enterprise, with services around LMS implementation and content migration. Comparable to Curio's Moodle integrations, course build, and LMS administration offerings.
• LearningMate Solutions: Global education services and technology firm that provides content development, LMS services, and learning engineering for higher education and K-12. Closely comparable to Curio's combination of learning-design services and LMS customization work.

Broad incumbents

• D2L: Provider of the Brightspace LMS serving higher education and K-12 globally. Comparable to Curio as an incumbent in the same LMS market and one of the platforms Curio's services team supports.
• Instructure: Provider of the Canvas LMS, which is the platform Curio's extensions and integrations are built on. Comparable as both a core technology partner and a broader incumbent operating across the same higher-ed LMS ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/curio_group
• Facebookfacebook.com/curiogroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/curio-group-global

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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