Acquisition
Mar 2024Acquired EarlyDay, an early childhood educator marketplace, to expand staffing and reduce administrative burnout in child care.
SourceCompany research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Wonderschool is a San Francisco-based child care technology company that helps early educators, families, employers, and governments start, run, staff, and find high-quality child care programs. Its core product is a child care marketplace and operating platform spanning provider setup, licensing, enrollment, billing, staffing, coaching, and public-sector program support.
Primary product
Child care marketplace and operating platform for providers, parents, and governments
Founded
2016
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
51-200
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Education Management
Sub-industry
Early childhood education technology / child care software
Offices
San Francisco, CA (HQ)
301 Howard Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, California, United States
548 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94104, United States
Funding
Stage
Late stage
Total raised
$57.4M
Latest round
Later Stage VC · Apr 2024
Apr 2024
Jan 2022 · Goldman Sachs
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Chief Financial Officer
Head of New Government Initiatives
Work & culture
Mission-driven and impact-oriented, with an emphasis on care, innovation, ownership, and rapid iteration. The company describes a high-intensity environment rather than a 9-to-5 culture, and its workforce is distributed across the Americas.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
A public engineering posting advertised a base salary starting at $140,000+ plus equity and benefits. The same posting suggests some roles may be onsite or hybrid even though the company also describes flexible/remote work in its careers materials.
Benefits
Flexible PTO
paid holidays
mental wellness days
monthly wellness/gym stipend
health insurance up to 100% of employee premiums
Product & market
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; provider finder pages are free, while government/provider solutions appear to be contract-based and service-led.
Differentiators
- —Promises child care within five minutes of home
- —Combines marketplace, software, coaching, staffing, and government programs
- —Works across providers, parents, employers, and public agencies
- —Supports licensing, enrollment, billing, and compliance workflows
- —Offers substitute-teacher and staffing solutions
- —Uses AI-assisted matching and workflow automation
Technology
React
TypeScript
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$10M-$20M
Estimated monthly visits
46.3K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Signals & risks
Acquisition
Apr 2024Acquired the ChildcareMatters SubPool platform to expand substitute-teacher support for providers and governments.
SourceLatest news
St. Louis Magazine · Aug 2025
A Missouri feature described Wonderschool's state-contracted provider recruitment and support work, including help with licensing, websites, marketing, and grants.
PRNewswire · May 2024
Mississippi's Department of Human Services and Wonderschool announced grant-funded support for new providers, including Wonderschool Academy training and startup reimbursement.
PRNewswire · Apr 2024
Wonderschool acquired the ChildcareMatters substitute-teacher platform, adding a vetted substitute pool to its child care operations suite.
PRNewswire · Mar 2024
Wonderschool acquired EarlyDay to strengthen staffing support and reduce administrative burnout in child care. The company said the acquisition expands its ability to address teacher shortages with AI-powered matching.