Top California Kids + Family Startups (31)

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.

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...

We just accept that the early years of raising children are hard. The struggle is presented everywhere, often comically, from movies to daily interactions with families struggling to wrangle young children. As a society, we believe that achieving balance with young kids is impossible. But why? That’s the question we asked ourselves, when we started Brella. As two working moms with...

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.

Tynker is a new computing platform designed to teach children programming skills and computational thinking in a fun, intuitive and imaginative way. Tynker's goal is to provide every child with a solid foundation of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) thinking abilities to prepare them for 21st century degrees and careers. More specifics when we launch.

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...

Kinderloop is a private, fun & cost effective way for child care teachers to record and share a child’s development with family in real-time, saving time and money. Simply take a photo, tag the children in it and share with their parents through Kinderloop's secure loop allowing you to capture special moments and keep your parents informed and engaged. Kinderloop...

TPIRC is a non-profit clinical care and research center that focuses on the development of cutting-edge, individualized treatment protocols for rare and orphan diseases utilizing comprehensive diagnostic tools and patient-driven research.

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.

The Connected Learning Alliance (http://clalliance.org) is an educational nonprofit startup supported by the MacArthur Foundation (http://www.macfound.org/). Our mission is to harness the tools of the digital age to connect learners with their passions and to facilitate new educational opportunities for both learners and educators. New Venture Fund CareersThe Connected Learning Alliance is a project of the New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3)...

Upwards provides access to high-quality childcare for all families, supports childcare providers in operating sustainable businesses through a technology-based marketplace, and helps employers of all sizes offer their employees childcare benefits. Parents use Upwards to find, tour, and enroll with the perfect care provider.

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

Cradlewise is a smart crib for babies from 0 to 2 years of age that provides uninterrupted quality sleep. It has a built-in baby monitor that learns from the baby's sleep schedule, spots the first signs of wakeup and starts bouncing along with soothing music - just like a mom! How does Cradlewise help your baby sleep better ? Responsive...

PuppySpot is a service committed to helping responsible breeders place their puppies with caring individuals and families. But, more than just a service, PuppySpot is a community of dog lovers whose mission is to make lives better by placing healthy puppies into happy homes.

EmotionalABCs.com is America's #1 Awarded Social Emotional Learning (SEL) program. Currently Free for Teachers nationwide (and used in more than 50,00 schools across the country), Emotional ABCs was recently awarded the Common Sense Media "Top Pick for Learning" for 2019.

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...

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...

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...

Closet World is a complete home organizing service. Our products are custom designed and built with your needs in mind. We offer a huge selection of finishes and accessories to enhance every room of your home. Closet World believes that in order to achieve complete home organization, our units must be more than just functional. That’s why our designs fully...

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...