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The Preschool That Runs on Curiosity - and Nearly 100,000 Small Customers
It sells peace of mind to working parents, a business to local owners, and a play-based curriculum to nearly 100,000 kids. Inside the franchise that turned early childhood into one of America's most resilient service industries.
Toddle - Your Teaching Partner
Toddle is an AI-powered, teacher-built teaching and learning platform for K-12 schools that unifies curriculum planning, assessments, gradebook, student portfolios, progress reports, family communication and class operations in one system. Founded in 2019 by educators, it is officially licensed by the International Baccalaureate and is used by 2,000+ schools across 100+ countries, with a mission to save teachers time and amplify their impact.
LiveSchool
LiveSchool is a K-12 behavior tracking and rewards platform built to make Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) simple to run at scale. Teachers award or deduct points in seconds from a phone or browser, students redeem points in a paperless school rewards store, and administrators watch school culture data update in real time. Founded in Nashville in 2011 by former middle-school teacher Matt Rubinstein, the company helps roughly 1,200+ schools shift the focus from punishment to recognition, sending families a weekly behavior recap so students, teachers, and parents stay on the same team.
Develo
Develo is a Los Angeles-based health technology company building an AI-native operating system exclusively for independent pediatric practices. Its FHIR-native platform unifies scheduling, clinical charting, billing, charge capture, and family engagement, with embedded AI scribes that cut documentation time. Founded in 2022 by Dr. Aaron Sin and Han Ke, Develo serves hundreds of pediatric providers across 25+ states and raised a $14M Series A in 2026.
brightwheel
Brightwheel is the all-in-one operating platform for early education centers, combining billing, attendance, family communication, enrollment, lesson planning, and compliance reporting into a single product. Founded in 2014 by Dave Vasen and backed by $88.8M in funding, it serves 150,000+ childcare programs and 2.2 million monthly active users across 50+ countries, holding over 53% market share in childcare management software.
Teaching Strategies, LLC
Teaching Strategies is a Bethesda, Maryland based early childhood education company best known for The Creative Curriculum and GOLD, a formative assessment system used by hundreds of thousands of teachers serving children from birth through third grade. The company provides integrated curriculum, observation-based assessment, family engagement tools, and professional development across Head Start, public Pre-K, private child care, and elementary programs in the United States and abroad.