50 Best Child Care Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent child care companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 3,099 companies tracked on Fsome.

3,099
Total Companies
$6.1B
Total Funding
$2.0M
Avg Funding
London
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
Brightline
Brightline is a med-tech company that provides behavioral healthcare services fo…
Palo Alto 251 - 500 $212.0M Series C 2022-07-12
2
Zarminali Health
Zarminali Health provides pediatric healthcare services and support to streamlin…
Chicago 11 - 50 $150.0M Series A 2026-01-21
3
Upwards
Tech-driven care solutions company with a mission to make care accessible to all…
Los Angeles 101 - 250 $60.3M Series B 2024-02-15
4
YEO Messaging
YEO Messaging delivers secure, end-to-end encrypted communication with biometric…
London 11 - 50 $4.2M Seed 2026-01-23
5
Nest Health
Nest Health is a healthcare platform that provides home and virtual visits for p…
New Orleans 11 - 50 $41.5M Series A 2025-11-21
6
Nanit
Nanit is a startup developing smart baby monitors and sleep tracker devices.
New York 101 - 250 $124.6M Private Equity 2025-12-16
7
Lovevery
Lovevery is an early learning platform that offers a stage-based products and le…
Boise 101 - 250 $126.0M Series C 2021-06-01
8
Be My Eyes
Be My Eyes is an application that connects blind and low-vision people with sigh…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $15.5M Series A 2025-01-22
9
Mamava
Mamava delivers design solutions for nursing mother on the go, making the friend…
Burlington 101 - 250 $5.8M Seed 2022-08-22
10
BridgeCare
BridgeCare is a white-label child care data and community management platform.
San Francisco 1 - 10 $11.2M Series A 2024-02-14
11
Imagine Pediatrics
Imagine Pediatrics is a virtual healthcare service for children with complex med…
Nashville 51 - 100 $104.6M Series B 2025-09-17
12
Tandem
Tandem is a company with a solution for the childcare staffing crisis in America…
Columbus 11 - 50 $10.0M Seed 2023-03-30
13
WaterWipes
WaterWipes specializes in producing baby wipes made from purified water and frui…
Drogheda 251 - 500 $153.1M Private Equity 2024-12-09
14
Otter
Otter connects parents in need of childcare with caregivers in the community.
San Francisco 11 - 50 $30.8M Series A 2021-07-08
15
Cradlewise Inc.
Cradlewise offers a smart cradle with responsive rocking and integrated contactl…
Fremont 51 - 100 $7.0M Seed 2026-02-13
16
Kinside (Acquired by UrbanSitter in 2025)
Powering the $648b care economy.
Claremont 11 - 50 $16.6M Series A 2022-06-07
17
Winnie
Winnie is a marketplace for child care built on powerful data systems and backed…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $15.5M Convertible Note 2021-10-26
18
UrbanSitter
UrbanSitter is an online hub connecting families with babysitters through social…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $42.9M Series Unknown 2025-05-13
19
EnLite Health Solutions
EnLite Health Solutions is a healthcare company that offers mental health patien…
Buenos Aires 101 - 250 $250K Seed 2024-02-16
20
Bümo
Bümo provides child care services that intend to make life easier for busy paren…
Pasadena 11 - 50 $13.7M Seed 2025-07-07
21
Vitara Biomedical
Vitara Biomedical develops a therapeutic platform to support premature infants.
Philadelphia 11 - 50 $165.0M Series B 2024-11-18
22
Wonderschool
Wonderschool offers a platform where people can start infant and toddler educati…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $49.4M Series Unknown 2024-01-11
23
Playground
Playground is the one-stop shop for all of the operational and financial needs o…
New York 11 - 50 $3.4M Seed 2021-02-11
24
HopSkipDrive
HopSkipDrive is a vehicle for hire company focused on shuttling kids to school.
Los Angeles 251 - 500 $123.8M Series D 2022-09-13
25
CuePilot AI
CuePilot AI is a voice-first, AI-native platform for preschools and daycares to …
Kolkata 1 - 10 $1.8M Pre Seed 2025-12-18
26
Juno
Juno is an insurance company that provides child insurance solutions and service…
Mountain View 11 - 50 $8.5M Series A 2024-07-18
27
Baby2Baby
Baby2Baby provides diapers, and clothings for children in poverty.
Los Angeles 11 - 50 $18.7M Grant 2025-12-08
28
Cubtale
AI Coach for Personalized, Confident Baby Care
Los Angeles 11 - 50 $1.1M Seed 2024-03-15
29
Brella
Brella is a child care center that provides flexible scheduling and quality care…
Los Angeles 51 - 100 $12.8M Seed 2022-01-11
30
Cariloop
Cariloop is a B2B company that helps families manage the care needs of loved one…
Richardson 51 - 100 $43.0M Series C 2024-04-09
31
Starglow Media
Starglow Media is a purposeful parenting company that provides kids & family con…
Los Angeles 1 - 10 $100K Seed 2023-03-10
32
Cerebelly
Cerebelly provides baby food to promote healthy brain development in children.
Los Gatos 11 - 50 $4.4M Series Unknown 2024-10-10
33
Tiney
Tiney is a childcare startup providing home nurseries with early years education…
London 11 - 50 $16.9M Series A 2024-05-13
34
Famly
Famly is an Early Childhood Platform that bridges the collaboration gap between …
Copenhagen 101 - 250 $22.1M Series A 2021-12-14
35
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia offers hospital devoted exclusively to c…
Philadelphia c 10001 max $34.4M Grant 2026-02-24
36
Hearts for Hearing
Hearts for Hearing provides solutions and support for children and adults with h…
Oklahoma City 51 - 100 $200K Grant 2023-01-31
37
SafeToNet
SafeToNet makes the digital world safer for children to explore and enjoy.
Reading 51 - 100 $18.3M Grant 2023-02-23
38
Sprouty
Sprouty is a mobile app for tracking infant development up to two years old.
Dover 1 - 10 $550K Seed 2025-12-09
39
Tentang Anak
Tentang Anak is Indonesia's fastest growing parenting tech company, providing a …
Jakarta Pusat 101 - 250 $6.0M Seed 2023-01-06
40
Batelle
Batelle is a modern childcare company that uses high-tech solutions to support m…
New York 51 - 100 $4.0M Angel 2021-07-01
41
VIDANYX
VIDANYX, a cloud-based video management solution for child advocacy centers and …
Omaha 11 - 50 $6.7M Series Unknown 2024-03-21
42
Pay Theory
Pay Theory is a fintech company that offers a payments platform tailored for Saa…
Cincinnati 11 - 50 $6.3M Seed 2023-10-15
43
HiMama
HiMama is a SaaS that provides child care programs and parents to record and sha…
Toronto 101 - 250 $64.6M Series B 2021-11-18
44
Kangarootime
Kangarootime is a software platform for connecting families to childcare provide…
Buffalo 11 - 50 $40.2M Series Unknown 2025-02-26
45
KixCare
KixCare is a Canadian pediatric virtual healthcare platform.
Toronto 11 - 50 $1.6M Seed 2021-10-12
46
Cleo
Cleo is a benefits platform that provides personalized guidance for working fami…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $80.9M Series C 2021-03-30
47
MyVillage
MyVillage is building a childcare system that works with a community of high-qua…
Bozeman 11 - 50 $7.3M Seed 2019-11-01
48
Babycare
Babycare is an e-commerce platform providing products for new parents and childr…
Shanghai 11 - 50 $150.9M Series B 2021-02-03
49
Recess
Recess is a marketplace platform that matches parents with enrichment programs, …
Austin 1 - 10 $1.8M Pre Seed 2025-03-19
50
Caregiver
Caregiver is a behavioral health company,
Fort Worth 1K - 5K $82.0M Private Equity 2020-07-28