Papinotas

What Papinotas does

Papinotas, now operating under the Lirmi brand following a merger, is a Chilean B2B SaaS company that provides school management software to K-12 educational institutions. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Providencia, Chile, the company claims a footprint of over 2,200 schools across Chile, positioning itself as the leading school management software provider in the country. Its core product, the Lirmi platform, is a unified school administration system with a digital class book module (Libro de Clases Digital) that replaces paper-based attendance and classroom record-keeping.

The platform handles administrative operations, digital class records, and operational workflows for educational institutions. The company monetizes through annual subscription contracts with quote-based, custom enterprise pricing for institutional buyers. Go-to-market is sales-led, with direct B2B outreach to Chilean schools via a website call-to-action that funnels prospects into a sales quoting process. The company employs between 101 and 250 people and is led by CEO Natalia Espinoza. Ownership, investors, and funding history are not disclosed in available sources.

Geographic footprint is restricted to Chile, with no disclosed international operations. The company has no recorded partnerships, alliances, certifications, patents, or third-party integrations in the available data. Operational status is active, and the business operates as a private, for-profit entity.

Name

Papinotas

Legal name

Papinotas

Website

https://papinotas.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Papinotas (now Lirmi) is a Chilean B2B SaaS company providing school management software, including a digital class book module, to over 2,200 K-12 schools in Chile via annual subscriptions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

School Management Software

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Information Systems (SIS) & School Administration Platforms (EDAJAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Learning Management Systems (LMS) & Digital Classrooms (EDAJAMAA)

Keywords

• School management software
• Digital class book
• K-12 administration
• Education technology platform
• Parent-teacher communication

Headquarters

HQ city

Providencia

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. School Management Software Subscription: SaaS-based school management software subscription services for educational institutions in Chile. The company serves as the leading provider of school management software in the Chilean market.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Papinotas (now rebranded as Lirmi) provides SaaS-based school management software for K-12 educational institutions in Chile. Its core offering is a unified digital platform that supports school administrative operations and communication between parents and teachers, with a flagship Digital Class Book (Libro de Clases Digital) module that digitizes class records traditionally kept on paper.

Product overview

Papinotas, now rebranded as Lirmi, is a unified school management software platform serving over 2,200 schools in Chile. The product portfolio centers on Lirmi as the core platform, which integrates a Digital Class Book (Libro de Clases Digital) module for digital classroom management. The platform positions itself as Chile's leading educational management software solution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Veracross: Veracross provides a unified school information system for independent K-12 schools, covering admissions, gradebook, and family communication. It is a direct functional peer to Papinotas/Lirmi's integrated school management platform.
• Fedena: Fedena is a school management software platform used by K-12 institutions across multiple countries, covering admissions, attendance, exams, and parent communication. Comparable to Papinotas/Lirmi as a multi-feature school administration SaaS.
• Gradelink: Gradelink offers SIS, gradebook, and school administration software for K-12 schools, sold on a subscription SaaS basis. It is a direct peer in the K-12 SIS / school management SaaS category.
• MySchool (Orbund): MySchool is a school management platform serving K-12 networks in Brazil and Latin America, offering SIS, academic management, and administrative modules. It is a direct regional category peer to Papinotas/Lirmi in the LATAM K-12 SaaS market.
• ManageBac: ManageBac is a K-12 school management platform widely adopted by international and IB schools globally. Like Papinotas/Lirmi, it sells a subscription SIS / school administration suite to schools as a vertical SaaS solution, making it a direct product and business-model peer.

Emerging players

• Toddle: Toddle is an integrated teaching, learning, and reporting platform for K-12 schools, focused on curriculum and parent communication workflows. It is comparable to Papinotas/Lirmi as a modern K-12 SaaS vendor bundled around SIS-adjacent workflows.
• Skolaro: Skolaro is a cloud-based school management platform serving K-12 institutions, with features spanning SIS, fee management, and communication. It is comparable to Papinotas/Lirmi as an SMB-focused K-12 SaaS, though smaller and India-rooted.

Regional players

• Sinfonía (by Quipux): Sinfonía is a school management and communication platform widely used in Argentine K-12 schools. It is a regional LATAM peer to Papinotas/Lirmi, targeting similar institutional customers with similar regulatory and operational drivers.
• Aulapp: Aulapp is a Chilean school communication and management platform serving K-12 institutions in Chile. It is a direct domestic competitor to Papinotas/Lirmi in the same Chilean K-12 school management market.

Broad incumbents

• PowerSchool: PowerSchool is the largest K-12 SIS / school operations platform in North America, providing student information systems, learning management, and school administration tooling. It is comparable to Papinotas/Lirmi as a category incumbent in school management SaaS, though at much larger scale and geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/papinotascl

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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