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Wonderschool's First Startup Hit a Wall. Its Second Learned to Sell Childcare Infrastructure to States
The San Francisco startup began as an Airbnb-like marketplace for home preschools. The more interesting business emerged when states asked it to build the plumbing - licensing, staffing, payments and search - behind the childcare system itself.
The June Care Company
The June Care Company is a mom-led childcare marketplace that connects parents needing care with vetted, background-checked stay-at-home parents in their own neighborhoods. Founded in 2021 by former Intuit general manager Gretchen Salyer, it began as pandemic-era childcare swaps among friends and grew into an app-based platform matching families with trusted local caregivers - closing the gap between families who lack affordable, flexible childcare and stay-at-home parents who want income without leaving home. Backed by $3.6M in seed funding from Craft Ventures, Greycroft, and Yes VC.