IES San Mateo (Bachillerato de Excelencia)

What IES San Mateo (Bachillerato de Excelencia) does

EducaMadrid is a publicly funded, free digital education platform operated by the Community of Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid) under its Consejería de Educación and Dirección General de Estrategia Digital. It serves educational centers (infant through secondary, special education, adult education, and vocational training), teachers, students, and families across the Madrid region with an integrated suite of services: virtual classrooms (Moodle-based Aulas Virtuales), cloud storage with collaborative document editing (Cloud EducaMadrid), institutional email, a multimedia repository (Mediateca), a school management system (Raíces), library catalog management (AbiesWeb), and specialized tools for special educational needs (EducaSAAC, ALBOR). The platform is distributed directly via TIC Coordinators at each public center, with no fees charged to any user segment.

The underlying technology stack is built on open-source software, including the MAX (MAdrid-linuX) GNU/Linux distribution pre-installed on educational equipment, Moodle for learning management, and own-server cloud hosting running on 100% renewable energy. Compliance posture includes Esquema Nacional de Seguridad (ENS) certification at MEDIUM category and GDPR alignment, with a stated design choice to avoid digital footprints or user profiling — differentiating it from commercial cloud education platforms. Integration partners include content providers (GeoGebra, Kahoot, Quizlet, H5P, Scratch) and media platforms (YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion) embedded through the Mediateca, plus interoperability between AbiesWeb and the Raíces school management system. During the 2024-25 academic year the platform recorded 452,000 active users, 332,000 virtual classroom courses, 10,507 million pages served, 397 million emails served, 201 million visits, and 1,455 TB of cloud traffic.

The business model is non-commercial: EducaMadrid is offered at zero cost to all educational community members and is funded directly through the regional government's education budget. There are no subscriptions, licensing fees, or usage charges, and the platform is positioned as a sovereign, privacy-first alternative to commercial edtech rather than a revenue-generating product. Go-to-market is exclusively institutional via the Community of Madrid's educational administration channels, with no private-sector sales motion.

Name

IES San Mateo (Bachillerato de Excelencia)

Legal name

Comunidad de Madrid - EducaMadrid

Website

https://educa2.madrid.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

EducaMadrid is a publicly funded, free digital education platform operated by the Community of Madrid, providing virtual classrooms, cloud storage, email, and specialized educational tools to public schools, teachers, students, and families across the Madrid region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Educational Technology Platform

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Classroom & Instructional Technology Support (AV, Lecture Capture, Smart Classrooms) (EDALAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) & Inclusive Classroom Support Platforms (EDAFAKAI), Core Digital Curriculum & Courseware (Full Programs & Units) (EDAFACAA), Group Work, Breakout & Collaborative Document/Workspace Tools (EDAFAGAE), Digital Learning, EdTech Enablement & Connectivity for Education (BPADAKAH)

Keywords

• Educational technology platform
• Virtual classroom management
• Cloud storage services
• Learning management system
• Open source education

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

EducaMadrid is a free public educational technology platform operated by the Comunidad de Madrid that provides virtual classrooms, cloud storage, secure email, multimedia repositories, collaborative tools, and school management applications to educational centers, teachers, students, and families in the region. The platform is built on open-source software (GNU/Linux MAX operating system, Moodle-based virtual classrooms) and hosted on the Community of Madrid's own servers.

Product overview

EducaMadrid is a comprehensive public educational platform provided by the Community of Madrid, serving as a unified ecosystem of services for educational centers, teachers, students, and families. The platform operates on a platform-plus-modules architecture consisting of core infrastructure services (EMPieza as the control center, Portal Educativo for user management, Cloud storage, email, and Aulas Virtuales for learning management) supplemented by specialized educational services including distance learning (FP a Distancia, Bachillerato a Distancia), professional development (Formación en línea, InnovaMOOC), accessibility tools (EducaSAAC, ALBOR), library management (AbiesWeb), and specialized programs (STEMadrid, PEAC). The platform is built on free software principles, hosted on own servers, and maintains compliance with the Esquema Nacional de Seguridad (ENS) and GDPR.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EMPieza: Service management application and control center for EducaMadrid tools
• MAX (MAdrid-linuX)
• ALBOR
• EducaSAAC
• AbiesWeb
• Raíces

Products and services

• EMPieza

Quantifiable outcome

• 452,000 active users across the Community of Madrid educational system
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration16 records

Feature8 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Blackboard: Blackboard is a long-established K-12 and higher-ed LMS incumbent with global deployments. Its institutional, school-district-focused positioning makes it a structural peer to EducaMadrid's regional school-platform model.
• PowerSchool Schoology: PowerSchool's Schoology LMS serves K-12 districts worldwide with course management, assessment, and SIS integration. It competes with EducaMadrid's Aulas Virtuales and integrates with student information systems comparable to Raíces.
• Microsoft 365 Education: Microsoft Teams for Education, OneNote Class Notebook, and Outlook provide a competing integrated classroom and collaboration suite. Microsoft is a broader incumbent with global reach, while EducaMadrid is a regional sovereign alternative.
• Google Workspace for Education: Google's free education suite competes directly with EducaMadrid's collaboration, email, and cloud-storage offerings (Classroom, Drive, Gmail for Education). It is a broader incumbent operating across thousands of districts worldwide, while EducaMadrid is regionally scoped.

Direct peers

• Moodle: Moodle is the open-source learning management system whose virtual classroom engine underpins EducaMadrid's Aulas Virtuales. Both serve as foundational LMS infrastructure for K-12 and higher education, with comparable course-management, assessment, and forum capabilities.
• Canvas (Instructure): Canvas is a leading K-12 and higher-ed LMS that competes directly with EducaMadrid's Aulas Virtuales on course management, assessment, and gradebook features. Both target institutional deployment at scale with deep integration into school workflows.
• Open edX: Open edX is an open-source MOOC and online learning platform serving institutional and government customers. It overlaps with EducaMadrid's MOOC (InnovaMOOC) and distance-learning (FP/Bachillerato a Distancia) offerings and shares the open-source, institutional-deployment ethos.

Regional players

• Junta de Castilla y León — Educacyl: Educacyl is the public education platform of the neighboring Castilla y León autonomous community, providing virtual classrooms, content, and services to schools in that region. It is the closest functional peer to EducaMadrid within Spain's regional EdTech landscape.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ies-san-mateo-bachillerato-de-excelencia-madrid

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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