Clipboard
Clipboard is an Australian SaaS company providing a cloud-based Extracurricular Management System for K-12 schools, covering scheduling, attendance, payments, timesheets, and resources across 500+ schools in APAC, now part of Compass Education.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2017
- HeadquartersSydney, Australia
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Clipboard does
Clipboard is an Australian-headquartered SaaS company that provides a cloud-based Extracurricular Management System (EMS) for K-12 schools. Founded in Sydney in 2017 by Ed Colyer and Sam Clarke — both former school sports coaches — the platform unifies communication, attendance, activity selection and payments, scheduling, team and group management, incident reporting, staff timesheets, and resource management into a single mobile-first product used by over 1 million students and parents across 500+ schools and powering more than 6 million events.
The product is built on AWS infrastructure in the Sydney (ap-southeast-2) region and is differentiated primarily by its bidirectional Direct API Sync integration with Compass, Australia's leading Student Information System, alongside integrations with Schoolbox, Sentral, Stripe, and Ideagen CompliSpace. Feature depth is anchored in Australian K-12 compliance requirements — automated ESSGSA award calculations, weekend and public holiday penalty rates, MEA variations, and rotating music timetables — and the platform has been extended into adjacent domains including inter-school sports competition management (Clipboard Compete) and music department operations.
Clipboard monetizes via annual SaaS subscriptions on a quote-based, demo-driven enterprise sales motion targeting schools of all sizes from public and rural schools to multi-campus independent colleges across APAC. In 2025 the company was acquired by Compass Education, the parent of the Compass SIS, and now operates as a product within the Compass Education group; prior to that it had raised approximately A$2.8M in venture funding across 2020-2022 from Jelix Ventures, EVP, Sprint Ventures and Startmate. The business is privately held (Clipboard Management Pty Ltd, ACN 619 827 146, NSW-domiciled) with 11-50 employees and a Sydney CBD office.
Clipboard firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Clipboard
- Legal name
- Clipboard Management Pty Ltd
- Website
- https://clipboard.app
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2017
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Clipboard is an Australian SaaS company providing a cloud-based Extracurricular Management System for K-12 schools, covering scheduling, attendance, payments, timesheets, and resources across 500+ schools in APAC, now part of Compass Education.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Clipboard industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Education Technology / School Extracurricular Management Software
- NAICS
- Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Finance, Budgeting, Procurement & AP/AR (School/District Ops) (EDAJAHAL)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Community Service & Service-Learning Programs (School-Run) (EDAJAJAI)
Keywords
Where Clipboard is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Sydney
- HQ country
- Australia
- HQ region
- Oceania
Offices1 record
Markets served
Clipboard business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations
Revenue model
- SaaS Subscription: Clipboard operates as a cloud-based SaaS platform providing schools with its extracurricular management system on a subscription basis. Schools pay for access to the platform which includes communication, attendance, activity selection, payments, timesheets, incident reporting, and resource management modules.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Annual | Not publicly disclosed - quote-based pricing |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels6 records
Clipboard product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Clipboard provides a cloud-based Extracurricular Management System (EMS) for K-12 schools, unifying scheduling, attendance, communication, activity selection, payments, staff timesheets, incident reporting, team and group management, and resource tracking on a single mobile-first platform. Schools subscribe to the EMS on an annual basis, while Clipboard Compete is offered as a standalone product for sports associations to manage fixtures, pools, finals, and ladders.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Clipboard EMS (Extracurricular Management System) Cloud-based SaaS platform for K-12 schools to manage extracurricular and co-curricular programs. Unifies scheduling, attendance, communication, activity selection and payments, staff timesheets, incident reporting, team and group management, and resource tracking into a single mobile-first system that integrates with Compass and other Student Information Systems.
- Clipboard Compete Sports association management system for organising inter-school competitions, including pools, finals fixtures, friendly matches, break weeks, and location calendar grids. Available in Core and Lite versions for managing team nominations, fixtures, results, and ladders.
Quantifiable outcome
- Schools save up to $100K each year and multiple days of staff time each pay run using Clipboard Timesheets
- +6 more outcomes
Companies that use Clipboard
Customer profileNamed customers18 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
Clipboard technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration6 records
Feature10 records
Clipboard partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core, supporting and infrastructure.
- Compass EducationflagshipClipboard is now part of the Compass Education group. Compass is the leading Student Information System (SIS) in Australian schools. The integration between Clipboard and Compass is described as the industry-leading EMS-SIS integration with bidirectional sync of student data, activities, teams, and sessions. Clipboard operates as a product within the Compass Education ecosystem.
- SchoolboxcoreCustom integration delivers extracurricular activities and events seamlessly to Schoolbox portal. Parents, students and teachers can view Clipboard sessions in their Schoolbox calendars alongside academic timetables. Clipboard information imports into Schoolbox Fixtures system. Team membership syncs to Schoolbox Groups.
- Ideagen CompliSpacecoreClipboard enriches Ideagen CompliSpace with extracurricular incident data. Incidents recorded in Clipboard are immediately synced to Ideagen CompliSpace. Schools can view and manage all Clipboard incidents in CompliSpace, reducing organizational risk and providing powerful reporting capabilities.
- SnowflakesupportingCentralised data warehouse for business analytics. Processes staff data including name, email, and mobile number.
- DatadogsupportingMonitoring and observability service to ensure platform reliability. Processes student, staff, and guardian/emergency contact data including name, email, and mobile number.
- MixpanelsupportingPlatform usage metrics analytics. Processes staff data including name, email, and mobile number.
- SendGridsupportingEmail delivery service. Processes student, staff, and guardian/emergency contact data including name, email, medical information.
- Stitch DatasupportingData loading service for loading data into centralised data warehouse. Processes student, staff, and guardian/emergency contact data including name, email, phone number, medical information.
- Google CloudsupportingSecure document sharing and storage. Processes student, staff, and guardian/emergency contact data including name, email, phone number, medical information.
- IntercomsupportingCustomer service and support management. Processes staff data including name and email.
- StripecoreBilling and payments processing. Processes guardian payment data including name, email, address, phone number, and payment details. Stripe integration enables upfront payments for activities with automated reconciliation and reporting.
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)infrastructureCloud hosting provider with data centres in Sydney, Australia (ap-southeast-2 region). All personal information is processed and stored by Clipboard within AWS infrastructure.
Scale indicators11 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Clipboard competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- SchoolsBuddy: SchoolsBuddy is a cloud-based co-curricular and activity management platform for K-12 schools, covering sign-ups, payments, scheduling, and parent communication. It is the closest direct competitor to Clipboard in the extracurricular management space, particularly in international schools.
- SOCS (School Communication System): SOCS is a UK-based provider of fixtures, results, and team management software for schools and sports associations. It overlaps with Clipboard's Compete module and team/group management capabilities, focused primarily on sports scheduling and inter-school competitions.
- TeamSnap: TeamSnap provides team management, scheduling, communication, and payment tools primarily for youth and recreational sports. It overlaps with Clipboard's team management, scheduling, and communication modules, especially in the sports portion of Clipboard's offering.
- Aktivate: Aktivate (formerly FamilyID) provides online registration, payments, and program management for K-12 schools and activity programs. It directly competes with Clipboard's activity selection, payments, and scheduling modules, particularly in the US school market.
Broad incumbents
- ManageBac: ManageBac is a widely adopted K-12 platform for international schools, covering curriculum, assessment, and CAS/activity tracking. It competes with Clipboard in the international school market on co-curricular and activity management, though it is broader in scope than Clipboard's focused EMS.
- Sentral: Sentral is a major Australian Student Information System with student wellbeing, attendance, and reporting modules. It is both a partner (Clipboard integrates with Sentral SIS) and a broad incumbent whose expanded feature set could overlap with parts of Clipboard's attendance and communication modules.
- TASS.web: TASS is an established Australian K-12 school management system covering administration, finance, and student information. It is a broad incumbent in the same Australian school software market where Clipboard competes, with overlapping scheduling and finance-adjacent features.
Emerging players
- LeagueApps: LeagueApps offers registration, scheduling, and league management software for youth sports organizations. It is comparable to Clipboard's Compete module and activity selection capabilities, though it targets sports leagues and clubs rather than school-run activities.
- Edval / Timetabling Solutions: Edval is an Australian provider of school timetabling and scheduling software. It competes with parts of Clipboard's scheduling module, especially in timetable generation, clash detection, and resource scheduling, though it is narrower in scope than Clipboard's full EMS.
- Operoo (formerly CareMonkey): Operoo provides school forms, permission slips, medical information management, and excursion management. It overlaps with parts of Clipboard's incident reporting and resource management modules, targeting the same K-12 duty-of-care workflows.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Clipboard social profiles
Digital presenceClipboard financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Clipboard leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
Clipboard funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds4 records
Investors4 records
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Clipboard M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Clipboard
What does Clipboard do?
Clipboard provides a cloud-based Extracurricular Management System (EMS) for K-12 schools, unifying scheduling, attendance, communication, activity selection, payments, staff timesheets, incident reporting, team and group management, and resource tracking on a single mobile-first platform. Schools subscribe to the EMS on an annual basis, while Clipboard Compete is offered as a standalone product for sports associations to manage fixtures, pools, finals, and ladders.
Is Clipboard a public or private company?
Clipboard is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was Clipboard founded?
Clipboard was founded in 2017. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Clipboard based?
Clipboard is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, in the Oceania region.
How does Clipboard make money?
One revenue line is on record: saaS Subscription.
Who are Clipboard's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are SchoolsBuddy, SOCS (School Communication System), TeamSnap and Aktivate. Broad incumbents are ManageBac, Sentral and TASS.web. Emerging players are LeagueApps, Edval / Timetabling Solutions and Operoo (formerly CareMonkey).
Does Clipboard have an API?
Yes. Clipboard offers an Open API for custom integrations, allowing schools to build their own integrations with the platform. The Compass integration specifically uses a Direct API Sync to seamlessly integrate Clipboard with Compass Student Information System in both directions.
What industry is Clipboard in?
Clipboard's product category is Education Technology / School Extracurricular Management Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDAJAHAL, Finance, Budgeting, Procurement & AP/AR (School/District Ops), with a secondary code of EDAJAJAI, Community Service & Service-Learning Programs (School-Run). Its NAICS code is 611110.