Top California Kids + Family Startups (35)

Million Dollar Baby Co. started in 1990 and is proudly family-owned and operated in Los Angeles. Since then, MDB has grown to 7 distinct brands of children’s furnishings ranging in style, aesthetic, and price, while carrying some of the industry’s most eco-conscious and award-winning designs. We can be found in retailers like Target and Amazon, and specialty retailers like Pottery...

Having experienced first-hand the toll of sleep deprivation and the lack of tailored and accessible help for parents, we set out to solve this problem in a new way with a team of sleep experts and data scientists. Huckleberry's first product gets kids from newborns to 5 years old sleeping better and longer. After understanding your child's sleep scenario, our algorithms...

Our Vision: Resources never stand in the way of the best possible health for all kids and moms. Our Mission: The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health is here to unlock philanthropy to transform health for all kids and moms, in Northern California and around the world. We are champions for children—driving extraordinary care for families today while fueling research, discovery,...

There are too many kids sitting on waiting lists for services such as speech therapy and occupational therapy. The problem is not that there are too few providers; the problem is that too few take insurance. We enable more SLPs, OTs, and others to take insurance by handling the backend insurance processes and facilitate families to find, schedule, and pay...

Seesaw is a learning platform that brings educators, students and families together to deepen student learning. Teachers design and facilitate powerful learning experiences, students create, reflect, collaborate, and make their learning visible, and families actively support and celebrate student learning. Seesaw is used by over 10 million teachers, students and family members every month across more than 75% of schools...

For more than 50 years, Children’s Council has been the heart of child care and early education in San Francisco, advancing the belief that high-quality child care can transform lives and communities. Our more than 150 team members help families navigate their child care and preschool options and secure financial assistance to pay for it. We provide home-based child care businesses with the training and resources to succeed. Through a...

Exploding Kittens is a leading game and entertainment company with a mission to inspire people to connect, laugh, and play fun games in the physical world. After initially seeking to raise $10K through Kickstarter, the Exploding Kittens campaign raised $8.7M in 30 days from 219,000 backers. To date, Exploding Kittens is the #1 most-backed project in Kickstarter history and has...

The Baby Box Co. is about much more than babies and boxes—we improve outcomes for infants and children by supporting parents in a way no other company can. We educate them with video parenting courses vetted by healthcare professionals, and reward their participation with useful products, including high quality Baby Boxes designed for safe sleep.

KitHub empowers educators and parents to help kids dive into hands-on, fun and creative electronics STEM projects in the classroom and at home by providing theme-based kits and easy to follow lesson plans and instructions. With the support of KitHub, aspiring engineers will gain the confidence and skills they need to create, experiment and design creative projects using electronics.

Heirloomology | Home for Family Memories. Archive, share and cherish your family videos, photos and memories... forever. Remember Together. Heirloomology is leading the way on how memories are experienced and shared in a family-exclusive, private-social network designed to digitally preserve family content and become the safe, simple home for family memories. Redefining how multigenerational family content is accessed, Heirloomology focuses on memories...

At tapouts, we believe in the boundless potential of every child. Our mission goes beyond teaching skills; we are dedicated to nurturing the emotional and psychological well-being of the next generation. Imagine being part of a team that transforms the lives of children and their families, offering hope and strength in times of need. By joining tapouts, you are not...

Freestyle is a Santa Monica-based high-performance baby care brand known for its eco-friendly, EWG-verified diapers and wipes. Our products are sold at Target, Walmart, Whole Foods, and other national retailers as well as on our website and on Amazon.

UNest's fintech app helps parents save and invest in their children's future. The company’s iOS and Android apps have achieved an outstanding level of success since becoming widely available across the United States in February 2020. UNest demystifies the previously complex process of setting up saving plans for education and other important life stages with a paperless approach that takes...

StoryWorth is the easiest way to privately record your family stories. Each week, we email our customers a questions about their life. All they have to do is reply to that email. We collect all their stories in one place and share them with the family members they've chosen to invite.

FamiLeague is a digital media company that brings together an exciting roster of lifestyle influencers, celebrities, professional athletes and marquee brands to share positive family experiences through original, premium programming. FamiLeague currently reaches a global community of over 9 million subscribers and is headquartered in Los Angeles.

Founded by a team of physicians and parents, Ready, Set, Food! is a groundbreaking solution to childhood food allergy prevention, making it easy for families to prevent 80% of food allergies. Although food allergies are on the rise, Ready, Set, Food!’s goal is to help reverse that trend and give families a head-start towards an allergy-free future.

Founded in San Francisco, Kango (by DoLightful Inc) is an app-based Rides and Care for Kids service. 500 Startups accelerator Batch 9. Kango - for families going places! Like us on Facebook : www.facebook.com/KangaDoapp Follow us on Twitter : @KangaDoapp www.kangoapp.co

A Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) is an expert in applied behavior analysis. The Behavior Analyst Credential Board awards this certification to BCBAs. Applied behavioral analysis (ABA) utilizes scientific and systematic methods to transform a person's behavior. They can work in schools, classrooms, hospitals, clinics, and non-profit organizations. They basically need to handle the patients who are facing autism, developmental...

Solving glasses for kids and parents.

Studies show that families with children are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population in America. This is especially true in Orange County, where one of the most expensive housing markets in the nation creates an immense gap between income and affordable housing. In 2007, the Illumination Foundation was founded to create a safety net for these homeless families...