Top New York Kids + Family Startups (99)

For too long, child care programs have been stuck with clunky tools and manual processes, falling behind while other industries get all the high-tech toys. Playground is flipping the script. Playground is a proven platform for child care providers to streamline their operations, reclaim their time, and get back to the joy of teaching and caring. Our all-in-one child care management...

Girls Inc. of Greater Indianapolis inspires girls to be strong, smart, and bold by equipping them to reach their full potential and empowering them to thrive in a complex world through mentorship and innovative programming.

Marble Health is building the operating system for youth mental health. A platform that connects schools, therapists, health plans, and families - who all have incentives to provide truly effective care to kids struggling with their mental health. Our mission is simple but ambitious: make it dramatically easier for young people to get the mental health care they need, and...

Founded in 2015, Smart Coos is an innovative language learning organization specifically for children. Its mission is to provide kids with the tools to become bilingually proficient in both their heritage and target languages. The company offers instruction through online-live sessions, interactive tools, and school partnerships, utilizing a common-core standards-aligned curriculum that incorporates fun games and animated videos.

Cooke School and Institute is a non-profit private provider of special education services in New York City, educating neurodivergent students and those with mild to moderate cognitive or developmental disabilities from early childhood through young adulthood. They are dedicated to empowering educators and fostering inclusion for all students.

Handspring is a modern virtual mental health clinic for children and families. We combine a digital platform and telehealth to deliver high-quality, accessible care, including psychotherapy, evidence-based content, psychiatry, and medication management. Our mission is a world where children's mental health is cared for as much as their physical health.

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted and exacerbated the longstanding and systemic disparities in educational opportunities for kids along racial and socioeconomic lines. We started Littera to enable equitable, high-quality, and cost-effect academic support for schools and districts of all sizes. We support the delivery of individual and small group tutoring sessions and make implementation easy by leveraging the curriculum and technology...

SimpliFed is a telehealth company providing virtual breastfeeding, baby-feeding, pregnancy, and postpartum support to families. Its platform connects parents with certified lactation and infant-feeding specialists who deliver personalized, evidence-based, empathetic care. The company helps families navigate feeding questions and challenges from pregnancy through the postpartum journey, offering judgment-free guidance designed to support informed decisions and improved maternal and infant health...

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island (BBBSLI) is a mentoring agency dedicated to empowering local youth by creating and supporting meaningful one-to-one mentoring relationships. For over 40 years, the organization has worked to ignite the power and promise of young people, believing that changing the course of individual lives can positively alter the future of the entire Long Island...

Brilliantly Developed, Environmentally Enriched. healthynest’s mission is to protect and enrich the full potential of every child. We believe we can create more resilient minds by elevating everyday moments and routines with safe products in a safe space, and our system is designed to enable the deepest connections our brains are meant to make during early childhood.

The Society for the Protection and Care of Children (SPCC) is a Rochester, New York nonprofit that partners with children and families to promote health, well-being, safety, and stronger relationships. Its trauma-informed programs include family intervention, home visiting, teen-parent support, supervised visitation, counseling, crisis intervention, WIC nutrition services, and professional training for child- and family-serving practitioners across Western New York...

Hebrew Public leads a national movement of exceptional, diverse public charter schools that teach Modern Hebrew to children of all backgrounds and prepare them to be successful global citizens. The organization manages schools in New York City and Philadelphia and supports an affiliate network of schools in California, Washington DC, New Jersey, and Minnesota, serving students from PreK through 8th...

Breakaway Hoops is a premiere instructional basketball company based in New York City that offers camps, leagues, clinics, and trainings for youths ages 5-15, focusing on physical, mental, and emotional development.

Schenectady Community Action Program (SCAP) is a community-based nonprofit focused on helping people of all ages move out of poverty. It develops lasting solutions through resource navigation, homelessness prevention, housing, career readiness, employment support, advocacy, and early-childhood education, including Head Start, Early Head Start, childcare partnerships, and universal pre-kindergarten, while collaborating with local health, education, legal, and community partners.

The Arab-American Family Support Center (AAFSC) is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization established in 1994 to provide culturally and linguistically competent, trauma-informed, multigenerational social services to immigrants and refugees.

Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways empowers girls to develop courage, confidence, and character, enabling them to make the world a better place through leadership development, skill-building programs, and outdoor experiences.

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.

Whispering Pines Preschool is a private early childhood center serving children ages 3–5, including Universal Pre-Kindergarten students and children with special needs. It provides inclusive preschool education, therapy, and individualized support through certified educators and therapists, IEPs, and a team-based approach. Its play-based curriculum develops curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, and social-emotional skills, with a mission to help every child reach...

House of Noa specializes in creating aesthetically pleasing, functional home goods and soft furniture, including designer play mats, tumbling mats, and kitchen standing mats. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on high-quality, non-toxic, and wipe-clean products designed to elevate everyday living spaces by blending style with practicality. They offer a wide range of products that cater to various life stages...

Albany Academy is an independent, preparatory school in Albany, New York, serving students from Pre-K through postgraduate study. Its curriculum combines challenging academics, arts, athletics, and individualized support to develop diligent students of high character, curiosity, and critical-thinking skills. The school’s mission emphasizes preparing students for college, purposeful leadership, and positive contributions to their communities in a supportive environment that...