Top California Kids + Family Startups (45)

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...

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,...

Rec is building the operating system for the activity economy. Every day, millions of people look for ways to play, learn, move, compete, and connect in their communities. Yet the technology powering recreation has been largely ignored for decades. Our platform is modernizing the $105B activity industry, powering registrations, facility reservations, instructor marketplaces, payments, permits, and operations for cities and recreation...

Ascend Rehab Services, Inc. is a multidisciplinary company providing pediatric therapy services, including occupational therapy, speech therapy, and early intervention, to children of all ages in California.

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...

Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park is California's only horticultural-themed amusement park, featuring beautiful gardens, thrilling rides, and family-friendly attractions designed to inspire appreciation for horticulture.

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...

Children's Dental FunZone provides exceptional pediatric dental and orthodontic care in child-friendly environments, aiming to make children feel comfortable and parents at ease.

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...

Compass Family Services is a non-profit organization that provides human services to homeless and low-income families, aiming to help them achieve housing stability, family well-being, and self-sufficiency.

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...

Steve & Kate's Camp provides educational camping services where children create their own experiences through a variety of activities, fostering confidence and creativity. They offer summer, winter, and spring camps as a fun and educational option for working parents.

Founded in 2009 by military family members, Blue Star Families is a national nonprofit organization that empowers military families to thrive by connecting them with their civilian neighbors and creating strong communities of support.

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...

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)...

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.

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.

Red Tricycle is a digital lifestyle brand that fuels the parenting universe with daily inspiration for family fun. We believe there’s an opportunity to tell new family stories every day and that the best memories are created when families connect through fun experiences together. It’s not just our point of view, there is science to back up the notion that...

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.

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...