Top Parenting Startups in 2024

Named #519 on Inc 5000’s list of fastest-growing companies in the world, Securly is a world-renowned innovator in student safety solutions. Our Mission Our mission is to cultivate a safer digital world for children. We see the internet as a space for learning and exploration, and social media as an opportunity to develop emotional intelligence and social competence. The internet brings many benefits to children’s development and learning but also presents many concerns. Our goal is not to censor the internet, but to mitigate the negative effects it can have on kids. We develop solutions to keep children safe online wherever they are - at school, at home or out in the world. From tools to help adults create a safer internet to an AI that recognizes signs of bullying and even intuits risks of self-harm, Securly continues to build technology and innovate solutions to support online safety and healthy digital lives for children.

ClassDojo is a feedback platform used by over 40 million teachers, students & parents in more than 150 countries to help students develop the character skills and behaviors they need for success in life - things like persistence, resilience and curiosity. ClassDojo is one of the world's fastest-growing education technology products; it currently reaches 1 in 3 schools in the US, and is scaling globally fast. Research shows that building behaviors like persistence, self-control and curiosity have a huge effect on test scores - as well as on incomes, health outcomes and dropout rates. So how do we create an education that not only builds academic knowledge, but also the character strengths that make people successful in life? That's what we're here to accomplish. ClassDojo is backed by some great investors including Paul Graham, Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Yuri Milner, Matt Ocko, General Catalyst, Shasta Ventures, Felicis Ventures and others.

Zum, the leader in modern, sustainable, and tech-enabled student transportation, also now offers Zum Charter, transportation service that allows teachers, coaches, parents, event planners and others to book vehicles for school-related athletic and field trips, summer camps, sports trips, community and company events and tours, as well as other forms of short- and long-distance travel. Zūm provides one seamless, real-time interface for parents, drivers, schools, districts, administrators, and operators, to transport children safely and with increased visibility and personalized care. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information, visit ridezum.com.

At Cleo, we make a real impact by doing work that matters: helping families be their best at home and at work. Cleo is a family benefits platform that picks up where the healthcare system leaves off. We combine the expertise of our team of guides and specialists – parent and maternity coaches, doulas, lactation consultants, sleep experts, and more! – with a powerful technology platform that helps every working parent succeed as they grow both their families and their careers. Offered by over 100 leading employers, including global Fortune 500 leaders and industry innovators like Box, Chegg, Niantic, and Zenefits, and backed by NEA, Greylock and Felicis, we’re expanding our offerings and our team to meet the growing demand of employers, parents, and the healthcare sector.

The Cradlewise smart crib is the first product to learn from babies' sleep patterns, spot early signs of wake-up and bounce the baby to sleep along with soothing music. The crib has an integrated baby monitoring system. Our patented monitor can detect changes in breath-rate, movements and baby sounds and predict a wake-up. The crib keeps track of the baby's weekly sleep patterns to judge if it is an unscheduled wake-up. And if it is still sleeping time, it bounces and plays soothing music to put the baby back to sleep. Rather than reacting when the baby has already woken up crying, the smart crib predicts a baby wake-up early on and acts to help maintain baby sleep. Parents get a helping hand that saves up to 2 hours every day. The product is a sleep coach through the baby’s journey from a new-born to a 2-yr old. The crib even comes with a sleep training mode that helps parents transition from co-sleeping to putting the baby in it’s own nursery.

PlayShifu is a leading AR toy company revolutionizing the world of tomorrow by providing educational play experiences for kids today. With 16 products that offer unique tactile play experiences for ages 4-12 years, kids build STEAM and other foundational skills such as critical thinking, engineering, and geography. PlayShifu’s founders are both parents that wanted to embrace technology as a part of their children’s development. They created a vision to make screen time meaningful, not mindless. Its three toy platforms, Shifu Orboot, Shifu Plugo, and Shifu Tacto are loved around the world and are currently available in 35 plus countries as they make screen time more meaningful through a physical and digital, or as we like to say, phygital experience.

Wonderbly is a unique, award winning startup that lives on the intersection of storytelling, engineering, digital and print. We are building a new class of global publishing business that brings millions of people into our superbly high quality products - as co-creators and audiences - and in doing so empower them to build connections with each other. We’re calling it Personal Publishing and we believe it’s going to be massive. Our focus in the near future is with the children market where it all started - creating stunning, uncompromisingly high quality and technically ambitious personalised books for kids. You see, we’re not in the children’s book business. We’re in the business of sparking kids’ imaginations and inspiring boundless self-belief. That might sound a bit over the top, but we truly believe that imaginatively personalised stories are one of the greatest ways to make a child feel loved, unique and capable of anything.

Child's Pose Wellness delivers live and on-demand kids wellness programs for home and school. Founded by moms and educators, our curriculum-based approach takes the best social-emotional practices from the classroom and combines it with fun storytelling, dance and movement on our yoga mats. Together with schools, parents, and communities, we're cultivating healthy habits today to build strong leaders for tomorrow. Come join us!

Parentune is a 24x7 Learning & Advice center for parents. Parents connect with like-minded parents, help each other, and clear their doubts with Doctors. Parents contribute with their own experiences and learn all things important for their child from each other. With over 900 Hours of courses covering topics from pregnancy to age 14, parents can learn and support their child's growth, health & wellbeing anytime. Parentune supports parents right from the pregnancy stage to parenting a 14 years-old child. Parentune’s vision is to be the must-have support for each parent. Parentune supports millions of parents in doing what is right for their child. Parentune is a parent-first organization led by driven, purposeful & talented individuals who believe in making things better for each parent and child, every day. Our parents’ community supports each other and the Doctors help parents with prompt and trusted advice. We solve 96% of parents’ queries in under 45 minutes. We use Technology to solve parents’ challenges efficiently. Parentune is the most prompt and trusted sounding board for parents in the whole wide World. In short, you will feel calmer with parentune by your side, if you are a parent or going to be one. Parentune offers a trusted network of parents, Doctors and experts, all enhanced by its proprietary technology to address parenting challenges efficiently. With Technology at its core, parentune has its own IP. The team is lean and diverse with top talent in technology, content, growth hacking and business along with our expert panel in areas like child development, nutrition, health, education, nutrition and more. Parentune has some of the top global MNCs as its Client and has received several accolades like Nasscom Emerge 50, #1 Parenting App with global potential, Wall Street Journal Global Startup Showcase, Smart 50 CEOs, HOTTECH100 & more. The team together curates the culture of Learn-Fun-speed with an environment focused on each one's success.