Amira Learning

Education AI · Learning Management Systems
$42.7Mtotal raised · 5 rounds on record
2open roles
$5Mlatest round · Venture round · Sep 2026 · 1 mo ago
2backers · GSV Ventures, Owl Ventures

Overview

Amira: Purposeful Technology Built for Teachers and Educators Amira is designed to help students achieve reading proficiency.

Funding and backers

Total raised
$42.7M
5 rounds on record
Latest round
$5M
Venture round · Sep 2026 · 1 mo ago
Team
224
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · May 2025
Hiring now
7
+4 posted in 30 days
Grants
$257k
1 grant · CORDIS
Backers
2
GSV Ventures, Owl Ventures
The money's age
Fresh money
1 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
43/100
hiring for its size, fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 9 Board appointment Richard Collins, Director · SEC Form D Sep 28 Raised a round Venture round $5M · SEC Form D Sep 29, 2022 Acquisition AMIRA LEARNING ACQUIRES WITHIN'S AWARD-WINNING CHILDREN'S READING APP, WONDERSCOPE · prnewswire.com Apr 8, 2022 Raised a round Venture round $20M · SEC Form D May 1, 2021 Won a grant $257k · CORDIS Jan 7, 2021 Raised a round Venture round $11.3M · SEC Form D Jul 24, 2019 Raised a round Venture round $6.3M · SEC Form D 2018 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.06%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Sep 2026 $5M — SEC Form D
Venture round Apr 2022 $20M — SEC Form D
Grant May 2021 $257k — CORDIS
Venture round Jan 2021 $11.3M — SEC Form D
Venture round Jul 2019 $6.3M — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity AMIRA LEARNING INC SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Peter JungwirthExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Mark AngelExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Adam PorschExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Ashish GuptaExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Monika FloodExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Investors in similar startupsfunds that back the companies most like this one
Similar startupsby what they do, their industry and backers
ToddleFounded 2019 · 501-1000 employees · 22 roles
Toddle is an all-in-one teaching and learning platform (LMS) designed for K-12 schools, independent educators, and international curricula…
MagicSchool AISeries B $45M · 21 mo ago · Founded 2023 · 11-50 employees · 8 roles
MagicSchool AI provides generative artificial intelligence tools built for teachers. Its assistants draft lesson plans, rubrics and…
Bridge-it1 role
Bridgeit empowers K-12 students with personalized career pathways and support from mentors, educators, and AI.
Alice.techFounded 2024 · 11-50 employees
Alice makes personalized learning accessible for students and teachers using the latest in AI. More than 50,000 students across the world…
FlintVenture round $15M · 12 mo ago · 11-50 employees
Flint is an all-in-one AI platform for teachers to personalize learning for students. Find out how hundreds of schools are enhancing…
DiffitFounded 2023 · 1 role
Diffit adapts reading materials to different levels for classroom use. Its models rewrite articles and generate comprehension activities…

Jobs

≈ $131k – $252k per year (Estimated) · Remote (United States) · 3+ years exp · Master's Degree
Python
JavaScript
SQL
C#
Node JS
.NET
Databases
DynamoDB
Amazon Redshift
AI/ML
Machine Learning
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
AWS Lambda
Amazon S3
Apply
≈ $91k – $208k per year (Estimated) · Equity · Remote (United States) · 2+ years exp · Master's Degree
Python
NLP
Speech Recognition
Machine Learning
Apply

Visa sponsorship

#5,755 of 8,998 sponsors
1 ▼ 67%
H-1B filings in 12 months
1
Green card filings
$185k
Median offered salary
Who they sponsor
Software developers
1
The salary offered for each occupationVisa pass · 90 credits
In the register as AMIRA LEARNING, INC., Dallas, TX (+2 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
See 9 open roles Alert me
US Department of Labor · latest filing Mar 18, 2026 · Visa details by country

Growth

Hiring Momentum
54/100
Stable
Open positions
9
4 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
115 days
faster than 10% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Education
43% ▲
Backend
14% ▼
Finance
14% ▲
Sales
14% ▲
Industrial Engineering
14% ▲
Actively hiring for Education (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Zapier to stack Oct 2026
Added Tableau to stack Oct 2026
Added Power BI to stack Oct 2026
Added Make.com to stack Oct 2026
Added Looker to stack Oct 2026
Added Claude to stack Oct 2026
Added ChatGPT to stack Oct 2026
Added Slack to stack Oct 2026
Added Scrum to stack Oct 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack Oct 2026
Added Agile to stack Oct 2026

Financials

Total raised
$42.9M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
5
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2026 $5M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $20M Details
Grant 2021 $257k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2021 $11.3M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2019 $6.3M Details

People

Peter Jungwirth
Executive Officer
Mark Angel
Executive Officer, Director
Adam Porsch
Executive Officer
Ashish Gupta
Executive Officer
Monika Flood
Executive Officer
Amit Patel
Director
James O'neill
Director
David Schwab
Director
Lindsay Lee
Director
Katie Jansen
Director
Richard Collins
Director
Genevieve Collins
Director
Names and roles come from public filings, company registers and the company's own site. Is this you? Correct or remove · How we handle this data

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Amira Learning over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
31
Postings analysed
5
Stack modernity
91/100AI adopter
Languages
Python
SQL
Node JS
C#
Databases
Amazon Redshift
DynamoDB
Cloud & platforms
.NET
AWS
AWS Lambda
Amazon S3
AI & ML
LLM
ChatGPT
Claude
Sign in to see how your skills match this stack Sign In
Full Amira Learning tech stack 31 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Connections

List
Graph
Found in company registers, site code, DNS and hiring. Each connection shows how sure we are and the evidence, with its source and date.
Shared investors2
GSV VenturesVia a fund
87 portfolio companies: Verto Education, Cookies & You, Voxy and 84 more
Owl VenturesVia a fund
100 portfolio companies: GrowthSchool, Ordo, Bridge-it and 97 more

News

Podcast BostonGlobe.com 8 months ago
US literacy rates are shocking. Will AI save us? - The Boston Globe
Not even Massachusetts, where schools generally outperform the rest of the nation, can escape falling scores.
Read more
Report
Press release PRNewswire 9 months ago
Michigan Department of Education Approves Amira Learning as Top Screener for K-3
/PRNewswire/ -- Amira Learning, the learning agent combining the Science of Reading and AI to deliver proven student reading growth, announces that it has been...
Read more
Report
Press release The Manila Times 10 months ago
Ministry of Education of Jordan begins transformative national literacy initiative using Amira Learning
media918150Amira Learning, Carter Education Group and NorthStar Education partner with Jordan to launch groundbreaking literacy program for primary schools with the power of agentic AI learning.
Read more
Report
Press release PRNewswire 10 months ago
Ministry of Education of Jordan begins transformative national literacy initiative using Amira Learning
/PRNewswire/ -- Amira Learning, Carter Education Group and NorthStar Education are partnering with the Ministry of Education of Jordan to launch a national AI...
Read more
Report
News KPRC 12 months ago
Aldine ISD students learns new language with AI reading tool
Aldine ISD says the goal is to help children gain confidence in both languages while keeping their teacher fully involved.
Read more
Report
News Education Week 12 months ago
AI Tutors Are Now Common in Early Reading Instruction. Do They Actually Work?
AI reading tutors are only now being studied, and raise difficult questions about how to judge efficacy.
Read more
Report
Press release PRNewswire 1 year ago
Amira Learning Now Available Through Pearson Canada Under Ontario Education Collaborative Marketplace Reading Programs and Intervention Agreement
/PRNewswire/ -- Amira Learning (Amira), a leader in systematic and explicit evidence-based, AI-powered reading programs and interventions, has been approved...
Read more
Report
Award PRNewswire 1 year ago
Amira Learning Named to Fast Company
/PRNewswire/ -- Amira Learning (Amira), the proven leader in activating measurable student reading growth through AI and the Science of Reading, is proud to...
Read more
Report
Press release PRNewswire 1 year ago
MetaMetrics and Amira Learning Expand Partnership to Pinpoint Growth for Early Readers
/PRNewswire/ -- MetaMetrics, developer of the Lexile Framework for Reading, and Amira Learning (Amira), the leader in accelerating reading outcomes with AI...
Read more
Report
Show more news

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Las Vegas United States
HQ
50-200 est. staff