# Sara Schaer

> Sara Schaer is the San Francisco-based cofounder and CEO of Kango, a technology-enabled transportation and childcare service for families and schools. A former Snapfish product leader with degrees from Stanford and ESSEC, she cofounded Kango with Kaliyuga Sivakumar after confronting the difficulty of combining work with her children’s preschool transportation. She also mentors young women through Technovation.

- **Role:** Cofounder and CEO at Kango
- **Organizations:** Kango (DoLightful, Inc.), Snapfish, Hewlett-Packard, InsWeb, Accenture, Technovation, BabyQuip
- **Education:** BA in Political Science, Stanford University, MBA, ESSEC Business School
- **Known for:** Led a global Snapfish product team spanning three continents as the business expanded internationally., Cofounded Kango and adapted its initial carpool concept into a paid youth transportation service., Raised a $3.6 million Series A for Kango in 2019, led by National Express.

## Career timeline

- **1994–1998** — Senior consultant at Accenture in Paris.
- **1998–2000** — Product management at InsWeb, which went public in 1999.
- **2000** — Joined Snapfish as its second product manager.
- **2005** — Continued at Snapfish through its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard.
- **2011** — Left Snapfish to pursue her own product idea.
- **2012** — Cofounded Kango with Kaliyuga Sivakumar; the initial concept focused on parent carpools.
- **2014** — Participated in 500 Startups Accelerator Batch 9.
- **2015** — Kango relaunched with screened paid drivers and childcare.
- **2017** — Kango partnered with Chrysler on hybrid Pacifica minivans.
- **2019** — Kango announced a $3.6 million Series A led by National Express.

## Achievements

- Led a global Snapfish product team spanning three continents as the business expanded internationally.
- Cofounded Kango and adapted its initial carpool concept into a paid youth transportation service.
- Raised a $3.6 million Series A for Kango in 2019, led by National Express.
- Mentored girls developing technology and business projects through Technovation.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — California Public Utilities Commission approved Dolightful’s Advice Letter 2 concerning services for unaccompanied minors, effective September 5, 2025.
- **2024-11** — Alameda County approved an amendment increasing a pooled youth transportation contract shared by Kango and HopSkipDrive to $660,000; the amount was not a Kango-only award.
- **2024-03** — Listed as a speaker for a March 18 founder discussion organized by LISA at Plug and Play Tech Centre.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kangoapp.co/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saraschaer

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Last updated: 2026-10-24