Daycare.com Inc.

What Daycare.com Inc. does

Daycare.com Inc., operating through its DBA SimplySafeChild (legal entity SafeChild LLC), provides a unified childcare management platform that combines child safety monitoring, attendance tracking, administrative management, and payment processing for parents, daycare providers, schools, and transportation vendors. The platform is anchored by a patent-pending SingleScanSolution RFID technology that allows teachers to access emergency information by scanning an RFID sticker, complemented by SafeStop geofencing for real-time bus tracking, a Forgotten Baby Alert system, and StudentPay for consolidated parent payments. The company's stated go-to-market is a dual B2B and B2C motion, with enterprise sales to daycare centers and K-12 districts paired with self-serve mobile apps for parents distributed through the iOS and Android stores.

The product portfolio centers on a Parent App, a School Administration Platform, and an underlying API that powers waitlist and enrollment automation for daycare providers. The Daycare.com integration provides a parent-facing daycare search marketplace that feeds discovery and enrollment directly into the administrative platform, creating a continuous funnel from search to recurring payment. Revenue mechanics combine subscription or licensing for the administrative platform with transaction fees on parent payments, with the company positioning its processing fees as lower than incumbent providers. Headcount of 66, founder-led structure, and active equity capital raise indicate an early-stage company still investing heavily in product buildout, with no disclosed revenue, named customers, or completed institutional funding round in the source materials.

Name

Daycare.com Inc.

Legal name

SafeChild LLC

Website

https://simplysafechild.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Daycare.com Inc., operating as SimplySafeChild (SafeChild LLC), provides a unified childcare management platform combining RFID-based attendance, bus geofencing, parent-teacher communication, and payment processing for daycare centers, K-12 schools, transportation providers, and parents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New Orleans

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Payment Processing Fees: The platform charges convenience fees for processing parent payments for tuition, lunch, field trips, aftercare, and other school-related expenses. Fees are described as lower than existing payment processing solutions. The system supports automatic nightly drafts from parental accounts and hourly billing capabilities.
2. Platform Subscription / Licensing: Daycare centers and schools pay for access to the unified administrative platform covering attendance, bus tracking, communication, SIS data integration, and payment processing. Pricing is likely subscription-based given the SaaS nature of the platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Daycare.com Inc., via its SafeChild LLC subsidiary and SimplySafeChild platform, provides a unified childcare management suite that combines child safety monitoring (RFID-based SingleScanSolution, SafeStop geofencing, Forgotten Baby Alert), automatic attendance tracking, parent-teacher communication, and integrated StudentPay/ParentPay payment processing. It is delivered as a parent-facing mobile application and a school/daycare administrative dashboard, integrated with the Daycare.com daycare search marketplace.

Product overview

Daycare.com Inc. operates as a unified childcare management platform through its SimplySafeChild suite of products, combining child safety monitoring, attendance tracking, administrative management, and payment processing into a single integrated system. The portfolio includes the SimplySafeChild Parent App for families, a School Administration Platform for providers, and specialized safety modules (SingleScanSolution RFID scanning, SafeStop geofencing, Forgotten Baby Alert) all connected via SimplySafeChild's API. The platform replaces fragmented apps with one cohesive solution, featuring real-time bus tracking, automatic attendance via ID card scanning, emergency alerts, and integrated StudentPay/ParentPay payment processing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SingleScanSolution: Patent-pending technology allowing teachers to instantly access a child's emergency information or record milestones by scanning the child's RFID sticker with a phone.
• Forgotten Baby Alert
• SafeStop
• StudentPay

Products and services

• SimplySafeChild Parent App (SimplySafeParent) Mobile application for parents of daycare and K-12 children that consolidates real-time bus tracking, attendance visibility, teacher communication, and payment for tuition, lunch, field trips, and aftercare in a single app with single sign-on.
• SimplySafeChild School Administration Platform Administrative dashboard for K-12 schools and daycare centers that unifies automatic attendance (via student ID/RFID scanning), bus tracking, parent communication archiving, and payment processing for aftercare, field trips, lunches, and tuition.
• Daycare.com Waitlist and Enrollment Management API-driven waitlist and enrollment management service that automates parent onboarding and triggers automatic payment processing from the next waitlisted family when a child is withdrawn, preventing revenue loss for daycare providers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 9% of child abductions in the US occur en route to and from schools
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SimplySafeChild (SafeChild LLC)coreTechnology or IntegrationSimplySafeChild has a groundbreaking integration with Daycare.com, bringing an all-in-one solution for daycares of all sizes and parents. The collaboration provides a comprehensive solution for daycare centers from cozy in-home setups to larger childcare networks. SimplySafeChild's API powers waitlist and enrollment management, payment processing, and safety features including SingleScanSolution RFID scanning and SafeStop geofencing. Daycare.com provides the parent-facing daycare search and discovery platform. This is the primary technology partnership underpinning Daycare.com's service offering.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Edsby: Edsby is a K-12 learning management and parent engagement platform serving school districts with attendance, communication, and reporting — an incumbent that competes for the same school district IT budgets as SimplySafeChild.
• Edmodo (now part of NetSupport): Edmodo provides classroom communication and parent engagement tools for K-12 schools, overlapping with SimplySafeChild's parent-teacher communication functionality though at much broader scale.
• PowerSchool: PowerSchool is the dominant K-12 Student Information System serving most US public school districts with attendance, enrollment, and communication. SimplySafeChild positions as a safety/transportation/payment layer that could integrate with or compete alongside PowerSchool.

Regional players

• Famly: Famly offers daycare and nursery management software with parent communication, invoicing, and attendance tracking — a strong functional comparable operating primarily in the UK and Europe rather than the US market.

Direct peers

• Brightwheel: Brightwheel is the leading all-in-one childcare management platform for daycares and preschools, offering attendance, billing, parent communication, and learning observations — directly competing with SimplySafeChild's unified daycare platform.
• HiMama: HiMama is a daycare and preschool management app for parent communication, daily reports, attendance, and billing, serving the same in-home and center-based daycare segments as SimplySafeChild.
• Procare Solutions: Procare provides childcare management software covering enrollment, billing, family engagement, and accounting for daycare centers and after-school programs — a primary direct competitor in the administrative layer SimplySafeChild targets.
• Here Comes the Bus: Here Comes the Bus is a school bus tracking app used by school districts to give parents real-time visibility into student transportation — directly competing with SimplySafeChild's SafeStop geofencing and bus tracking features.
• Kangarootime: Kangarootime provides an all-in-one childcare management platform with parent engagement, billing, and reporting features, competing head-to-head with SimplySafeChild in the center-based daycare market.

Emerging players

• Jackrabbit Technologies: Jackrabbit provides class management and billing software for children's activity and education businesses (dance, gymnastics, swim, childcare classes) — an adjacent peer targeting similar SMB childcare providers with payment and enrollment tooling.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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