# Gretchen Salyer

> Gretchen Salyer is the founder and CEO of The June Care Company, a community-based childcare platform she launched in June 2021 after 15 years in technology, ending as a general manager at Intuit. Born out of pandemic childcare swaps she organized among neighbors, June Care connects parents who need care with vetted, background-checked stay-at-home parents who can earn income watching other children nearby. The company - whose name stands for Joining Up Neighbors Everywhere - has raised about $3.6M in seed funding led by Craft Ventures, and operates on Salyer's belief that the childcare crisis is solved by helping every family build its village.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at The June Care Company
- **Organizations:** The June Care Company, Intuit, Harvard University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** A.B. in Economics, minor in German, Harvard University
- **Known for:** Founded and leads The June Care Company, a peer-to-peer childcare platform, Raised approximately $3.6M in seed funding, led by Craft Ventures, Grew a neighborhood childcare-swap experiment into a venture-backed company operating across California

## Career timeline

- **~2000** — Took a gap year at 18 to live and work in Germany
- **2001-2005** — Earned A.B. in Economics with a German minor at Harvard University
- **2005-2020** — Spent roughly 15 years in technology roles at Intuit, rising to a General Management position leading a large international team focused on small-business customers
- **2019** — Left Intuit to become a full-time stay-at-home mom to her three daughters
- **2021** — Organized informal childcare swaps among neighbors during the pandemic; launched June Care as an experiment in June 2021
- **2022** — Raised venture funding led by Craft Ventures (January 2022) and expanded across California cities

## Achievements

- Founded and leads The June Care Company, a peer-to-peer childcare platform
- Raised approximately $3.6M in seed funding, led by Craft Ventures
- Grew a neighborhood childcare-swap experiment into a venture-backed company operating across California
- Built a vetting model where 100% of hosts are background-checked and reviewed
- Reached a General Management role at Intuit leading a large international team over a 15-year tech career

## Latest updates

- **2022-01** — Raised venture funding led by Craft Ventures and expanded June Care to additional California cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Orange County, and San Diego.
- **2021-11** — Closed seed funding round totaling approximately $3.6M.

## Links

- Website: https://junecare.co
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gretchensalyer
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-tFwwzEB6M
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/junecare.co

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Last updated: 2026-06-24