A little green monster helped teachers bring parents into the school day. The business grew by keeping that connection free - and finding things families would pay for at home.
A father traded software for child care. Three decades later, Procare runs the administrative machinery of more than 40,000 child care businesses - and is teaching it to plan ahead.
The payments business has grown into a collection of tools for registers, kitchens, libraries and sports-hall bookings. Its next test is making that collection feel simpler to the schools paying for it.
Taidii is a Singapore-based edutech company that builds an all-in-one, cloud-based school management platform for preschools, childcare centers, enrichment schools and K-12 institutions. Founded in 2013, its SaaS suite covers enrollment and fees, attendance, curriculum and child development, teacher management, finance and parent-school communication, and is complemented by the Taidii Diilight parent app and the VAMS vitals-and-attendance device. Taidii is an ECDA-approved school-management vendor and says it captures over half of Singapore's private preschool market, with a growing footprint across China, Malaysia, the UAE, Australia and Southeast Asia.