Kinside operates a marketplace of state-licensed, safety‑vetted child care providers and integrates with employer benefits so parents can use dependent care FSAs and other payment methods without claims or reimbursements. Since launching in 2019 the platform has grown to thousands of providers and is used by parents at more than 3,000 employers. Kinside pre‑negotiates tuition rates with providers by leveraging employer volume and maintains a proprietary state‑by‑state vetting framework with a national failure rate of about 5%. The company blends FSAs with secondary payment methods to eliminate reimbursement hassles and surfaces real‑time availability through a dynamic inventory system. Kinside was founded in 2018 and is a Y Combinator alum. Future plans include expanding marketplace functionality, developing tools to increase dynamic inventory, scaling to 10,000 employers and one million parents, and using its data to reduce child care “deserts” or help independent owners expand. Kinside offers an app that helps parents use dependent care FSA benefits, search a network of pre-screened early childcare providers, and access a concierge of childcare professionals. The platform pre-negotiates reserved spots and discounted rates and helps providers manage vacancies. Kinside partners with FSA administrators and plans to integrate into HR systems. The company began in Y Combinator and has signed up more than 1,000 employers. Founders are Shadiah Sigala, Brittney Barrett and Abe Han. Since launch, the startup has raised a total of $4 million.

Total raised

$15M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jun 2022