49 Best Childcare Startups To Keep Up With In 2020

December 13, 2020

This article showcases Startup Pill’s top picks for the best Childcare startups. These startups are taking a variety of approaches to innovating inside of the Childcare industry and around the wourld. They are all exceptional startups well worth a follow.

We selected these startups for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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1. Brightline

The idea behind this startup: Brightline is a med-tech company that provides behavioral healthcare services for children and their families.

Headquarters: Palo Alto, California, United States

Industries: Child Care, Health Care, Home Health Care

Founders: Giovanni Colella, M.D., Naomi Allen

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2. pay theory

The idea behind this startup: Payments platform tailored for Family Tech SaaS vendors to education, healthcare, childcare and children’s enrichment providers.

Headquarters: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Industries: Child Care, EdTech, Education, Finance, FinTech, SaaS, Underserved Children

Founders: Aron Price, Brad Hoeweler, Eric Fulkert, Pablo Martinez

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3. Sensi.Ai

The idea behind this startup: Pioneering, audio-based AI for analyzing long term care environments

Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Child Care, Elder Care, Health Care, Natural Language Processing, Physical Security, Security, Speech Recognition

Founders: Keren Etkin, Nevo Elmalem, Romi Gubes

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4. HedgeHog Health

The idea behind this startup: Revolutionizing education technology and wellness care for families with children diagnosed with ASD and ADHD

Headquarters: Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

Industries: Child Care, E-Learning, Education, Training

Founders: Parker Lynch, Justin Blanchard, and Dr. Jordan Boudreau

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5. Kumbaya App

The idea behind this startup: Kumbaya App is the first gig marketplace for parents and GenZ teens. Kumbaya connects parents in need of care services with trusted teens.

Headquarters: Mountain View, California, United States

Industries: Apps, Child Care, Children, Marketplace, Mobile Apps, Parenting

Founders: Adi Zief-Balteriski, Chen Yahav-Levanon

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6. ilk

The idea behind this startup: ilk is a marketplace that helps parents set up shared child care in their homes.

Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States

Industries: Child Care, Education, Health Care, Marketplace

Founders: Brian Park, Jake Harding, Malea Gadoury

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7. Cradlewise Inc.

The idea behind this startup: Cradlewise offers a smart cradle with responsive rocking and integrated contactless baby monitoring.

Headquarters: Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Baby, Child Care, Consumer Electronics, Consumer Goods, Hardware, Health Care, Internet of Things, Parenting

Founders: Radhika Patil

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8. Izitherm

The idea behind this startup: C-track is an app to measure, control, and monitor the temperature transmitted from a thermometer.

Headquarters: Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Industries: Apps, Child Care, Health Care

Founders: Unknown

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9. TOOTRiS

The idea behind this startup: TOOTRiS is a technology platform that allows parents affordable access to high-quality Child Care, anytime, anywhere.

Headquarters: San Diego, California, United States

Industries: Apps, Child Care, EdTech, Education, Mobile Apps, Parenting, Primary Education, Sharing Economy

Founders: Alessandra Lezama

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10. Banyan Pediatric Care Centers

The idea behind this startup: Banyan Pediatric Care Centers providing exceptional day care for medically fragile children.

Headquarters: Sarasota, Florida, United States

Industries: Child Care, Health Care

Founders: Unknown

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11. Tandem

The idea behind this startup: A completely free platform for parents to find sitters, nannies, tutors, educators, and childcare providers to find jobs.

Headquarters: Columbus, Ohio, United States

Industries: Child Care, Children, E-Learning, Education, Tutoring

Founders: Unknown

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12. LittleOne.Care

The idea behind this startup: Personalized App & tools to recognize the baby’s reason for crying, and improve their safety, wellbeing, development and happiness.

Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

Industries: Child Care, Fitness, Wellness

Founders: Ami Meoded, Evgeni Machavariani, Shauli Gur Arieh

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13. LegUp

The idea behind this startup: Managed marketplace, connecting parents to available child care.

Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, United States

Industries: Child Care, Internet, Marketplace

Founders: Garrett Vargas, Jessica Eggert

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14. Bümo

The idea behind this startup: Bümo provides child care services that intend to make life easier for busy parents around the world.

Headquarters: Pasadena, California, United States

Industries: B2C, Child Care

Founders: Chriselle Lim, Joan Nguyen

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15. Sit-a-Bit

The idea behind this startup: A powerful SaaS platform giving employers options to provide families instantaneous access to childcare. Think Childcare-as-a-Service.

Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Industries: Child Care, Children, E-Learning, Employee Benefits, Family, Information Technology, Parenting, SaaS, Software

Founders: Carleen Haylett

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16. Koloko

The idea behind this startup: Daycare Jobportal

Headquarters: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Industries: Child Care, Human Resources, Social Impact, Social Network

Founders: Robert Herz

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17. Arvorie

The idea behind this startup: Tackling the Childcare Accessibility Crisis

Headquarters: New York, New York, United States

Industries: Child Care, Employee Benefits, Human Resources, Information Technology, Primary Education

Founders: Ilnort Rueda, Pedro Henrique Silva

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18. CaroCare

The idea behind this startup: CaroCare provides in-home and remote care services for new families.

Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Industries: Child Care, Health Care, Home Health Care

Founders: Karina Akib, Stephanie Rampello

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19. Child Safe VPN

The idea behind this startup: Child Safe VPN Service – all a child needs for the safest online experience. Designed for children under 13 using NSPCC guidelines

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom

Industries: Child Care, Information Technology, Internet, Internet of Things

Founders: Stuart Brown

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20. Fora

The idea behind this startup: Fora is a managed marketplace for parents to meet other families, set up nanny shares, and select from pre-qualified caregivers.

Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States

Industries: Apps, Child Care, Communities, Marketplace, Mobile

Founders: Unknown

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21. We Are Fetching

The idea behind this startup: The free app that allows parents to manage after-school childcare through their network of trusted friends.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Child Care, Parenting, Sharing Economy, Software

Founders: Rachel Beech

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22. Crown Sitter

The idea behind this startup: Crown Sitter offers a babysitter service that focuses on early childhood education.

Headquarters: Meguro, Hokkaido, Japan

Industries: Child Care, Education, Internet

Founders: Unknown

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23. Juno.AI

The idea behind this startup: Juno.AI develops an advanced technology for child protection in education facilities.

Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Child Care, Facilities Support Services, Public Safety, Security

Founders: Issy Livian

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24. Kidaura

The idea behind this startup: Building technology that enhance and improve the lives of children in the formative years of growth and development

Headquarters: Nasik, Maharashtra, India

Industries: Child Care, Health Care, Parenting

Founders: Paras Sharma, Shiv Kumar

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25. Upfront

The idea behind this startup: Bringing pricing transparency to markets that need it most.

Headquarters: New York, New York

Industries: Child Care, Internet, Price Comparison

Founders: Dana Levin-Robinson and Shefali Shah

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26. Easel

The idea behind this startup: Easel is an online platform that provides parents with access to childcare at local and licensed childcare centers.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Child Care, EdTech, Information Technology, Parenting

Founders: Unknown

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27. FIRST MAID PTE LTD

The idea behind this startup: Maid Agency, Recruiting, Maid Services

Headquarters: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Industries: Child Care, Housekeeping Service, Human Resources

Founders: Unknown

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28. Child Care Point

The idea behind this startup: Platform for parents to start and find child care

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Child Care, Health Care

Founders: Unknown

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29. JUNINA

The idea behind this startup: The world of daycare. Finally digital and transparent.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Apps, Child Care, Geospatial, Health Care, Local, Parenting, Software

Founders: Michael Kuczera, Michael Kuczera, Philip Behrend

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30. ANeuSTART

The idea behind this startup: ANeuSTART is a nutrient-based personalized action plan for children with autism spectrum disorder.

Headquarters: Rehovot, HaMerkaz, Israel

Industries: Child Care, Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Nutrition, Wellness

Founders: Maya Lebow, Yael Kuperman

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31. sitterLUV Sdn Bhd

The idea behind this startup: Malaysia’s SAFEST Babysitting Platform!

Headquarters: Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Industries: Child Care, Children

Founders: Unknown

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32. Kiddie Academy of Pembroke-Virginia Beach

The idea behind this startup: Day Care Center in Virginia Beach, VA

Headquarters: Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Industries: Child Care, Health Care

Founders: Unknown

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33. Metliefsvanmij.

The idea behind this startup: Metliefsvanmij. is a webshop for handmade baby and children care products.

Headquarters: Ede, Gelderland, The Netherlands

Industries: Baby, Child Care, E-Commerce, Handmade

Founders: Unknown

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34. SureSitter

The idea behind this startup: Platform connecting parents with trusted local childminders and babysitters

Headquarters: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Industries: Child Care, Communities, E-Commerce, Retail

Founders: Unknown

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35. the wrap shop

The idea behind this startup: the wrap shop sells baby wraps and baby carriers on the web.

Headquarters: Tuil, Gelderland, The Netherlands

Industries: Child Care, Consumer Goods, E-Commerce

Founders: Unknown

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36. Sprouts Childcare Centre

The idea behind this startup: Sprouts Childcare Centre offers full-day, half-day, and afterschool daycare to children aged 1- 12.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Child Care

Founders: Unknown

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37. Haami

The idea behind this startup: Bangladesh’s digital platform providing pregnancy and parenting resources for today’s parents

Headquarters: Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Industries: Child Care, Communities, Information Technology

Founders: Farhat Chowdhury

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38. The Green Kid

The idea behind this startup: The Green Kid is an online shop for child care products.

Headquarters: Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

Industries: Child Care, E-Commerce, Shopping

Founders: Unknown

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39. Lint

The idea behind this startup: Lint – Find babysitters & pet sitters.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Child Care, Internet, Social Network

Founders: Emmanuel Haankwenda

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40. IK EN MIJN MAMA

The idea behind this startup: IK EN MIJN MAMA is a webshop for baby care products, gifts for a baby shower or maternity visit and much more.

Headquarters: Groot-ammers, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

Industries: Baby, Child Care, E-Commerce, Gift

Founders: Unknown

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41. LéLé & Marly

The idea behind this startup: LéLé & Marly is an e-commerce platform for Baby’s clothing.

Headquarters: Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Industries: Baby, Child Care, E-Commerce, Fashion, Lifestyle

Founders: Unknown

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42. FENSILO

The idea behind this startup: FENSILO is an e-commerce platform to buy muslin cloths, diapers and mats.

Headquarters: Bergen Op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

Industries: Child Care, Children, E-Commerce

Founders: Unknown

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43. JOY Early Learning Center

The idea behind this startup: Daycare in Prairieville, LA

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Child Care

Founders: Unknown

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44. knoop

The idea behind this startup: Knoop is an online platform that offers babywearing and other child goods.

Headquarters: Enschede, Overijssel, The Netherlands

Industries: Baby, Child Care, E-Commerce

Founders: Unknown

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45. Evelyn Johnson Babysitting

The idea behind this startup: Evelyn Johnson Babysitting is a local company who provide reliable nanny and babysitting services.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Child Care, Social Network

Founders: Unknown

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46. Christelijk Kraamcadeau

The idea behind this startup: Christelijk Kraamcadeau is an e-commerce platform for handmade Christian maternity gifts.

Headquarters: Nieuwegein, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Industries: Child Care, Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Retail, Sales

Founders: Unknown

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47. Appycare

The idea behind this startup: Appycare connects parents with qualified, on-demand caregivers.

Headquarters: Ho Chi Minh City, NA – Vietnam, Vietnam

Industries: Child Care, Education, Edutainment, Health Care

Founders: Unknown

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48. Jirah جيرة

The idea behind this startup: Mobile App

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Child Care, Parenting

Founders: Unknown

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49. Hey Kiddo

The idea behind this startup: Hey Kiddo is the provider of a one-day class reservation service for children.

Headquarters: Mapo, Seoul-t’ukpyolsi, South Korea

Industries: Child Care, E-Learning, Education

Founders: Unknown

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