# Wonderschool

> Wonderschool is a San Francisco childcare technology company that helps providers launch and operate programs, helps families find care, and sells software and services to governments and employers. Founded in 2016 by Chris Bennett and Arrel Gray after their social-commerce startup stalled, it tested the idea by opening a real preschool, began as a consumer marketplace, and later followed government demand into licensing, staffing, subsidies, state child-care finders and oversight tools.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Chris Bennett (Co-Founder and CEO), Arrel Gray (Co-Founder and founding CTO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 150 employees in supplied company data; current public headcount is not confirmed
- **Products:** Child Care Marketplace and Finder, Provider Management Software, Wonderschool for Centers, Wonderschool Academy, Teacher Recruitment and SubPool
- **Notable:** Named to TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies list in 2022., Named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in Education in 2019., Raised more than $50 million according to the company; disclosed major rounds include a $20 million Series A and $25 million Series B.

## Products & services

- **Child Care Marketplace and Finder** — Search, comparison, enrollment and provider listings for families, including white-labeled state finders.
- **Provider Management Software** — Enrollment, attendance, parent communication, automated billing, finance tools, student records and multilingual support for home programs, centers and networks.
- **Wonderschool for Centers** — Center-focused operations software built after the Moxit acquisition, including classrooms, staff accounts, ratios, time cards and family engagement.
- **Wonderschool Academy** — Training, coaching and licensing support for people opening or expanding childcare programs.
- **Teacher Recruitment and SubPool** — AI-assisted full-time educator recruiting plus real-time matching of vetted substitute teachers, expanded through the EarlyDay and ChildcareMatters acquisitions.
- **Tri-Share** — Administration for programs that split childcare expense among employers, employees and a state or other public partner.
- **Wonderschool Oversight** — A government platform that unifies enrollment, attendance, billing and licensing data to flag subsidy patterns for human review.
- **Beale** — An AI assistant for provider marketing, family matching, tour booking, tuition analysis, billing and subsidy workflows.

## Achievements

- Named to TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies list in 2022.
- Named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in Education in 2019.
- Raised more than $50 million according to the company; disclosed major rounds include a $20 million Series A and $25 million Series B.
- Florida and New Mexico, whose child-care finders use Wonderschool technology, ranked first and second in The Hunt Institute's 2026 national analysis.
- Wonderschool reported that more than 20% of registered Mississippi childcare providers joined its substitute pool in the first four months, with a nearly 70% match rate.
- Completed three capability-expanding acquisitions: Moxit in 2021, EarlyDay in March 2024 and ChildcareMatters SubPool in April 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2024-03** — Acquired EarlyDay, adding AI-assisted recruitment for early-childhood educators.
- **2024-04** — Acquired the ChildcareMatters SubPool platform after licensing it for Mississippi's statewide substitute pool.
- **2025-08** — Roane General Hospital became the first hospital to join West Virginia's Wonderschool-powered Tri-Share initiative.
- **2026-01** — Launched Wonderschool Oversight for risk-based review of childcare subsidy, attendance, billing and licensing data.
- **2026-02** — Announced that Florida and New Mexico's Wonderschool-powered child-care finders placed first and second in The Hunt Institute's national analysis.
- **2026-08** — Ohio announced a Wonderschool-powered family childcare recruitment and mentorship program with a goal of licensing at least 120 new providers.

## Links

- Website: https://www.wonderschool.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wonderschool/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/wonderschools
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wonderschools/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joinwonderschool/

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Last updated: 2026-08-22