Kairos

What Kairos does

Kairos Società Cooperativa Sociale ETS is a Rome-headquartered Italian social cooperative founded in 2013 that operates an integrated educational system (Sistema Educativo Integrato) spanning nursery schools (asili nido), kindergartens, primary and lower-secondary schools, after-school programs, a boarding facility, summer camps, professional training, and child-health services. As of the most recent disclosed data, Kairos manages 46 educational facilities across six Italian regions (Lazio, Lombardia, Piemonte, Veneto, Umbria, and Puglia), employs approximately 350 educators, and serves around 2,300 enrolled students. Its core operational technology is a multi-facility management and online enrollment platform that handles family registration, document submission, payment receipts, and parent communication across the network.

The company earns revenue through four principal streams: municipal contracts awarded via public procurement (gare) for managing public childcare facilities, recurring family tuition for private schools and supplementary services, professional training fees (operated through the Kappa Formazione sub-brand), and boarding fees at the Istituto Sperti facility in Belluno. The go-to-market combines enterprise field sales to municipalities with direct-to-consumer enrollment via an online portal, supplemented by event-driven engagement through national conferences (Convegni Nazionali) and content marketing via the "Bimbi Senza Frontiere" scientific journal.

Customer segments include Italian municipalities seeking outsourced operators for public childcare facilities, families with children aged 0-14, and educators seeking continuing professional development. Kairos holds multiple ISO certifications (9001, 14001, 45001, 22000), the Italian UNI 11034 childcare services standard, White List antimafia registration, and Ministry of Education recognition as a training entity. It operates under a cooperative ownership structure (member-controlled, no external shareholders), which constrains external capital deployment but aligns with the sector's institutional procurement norms.

Name

Kairos

Legal name

KAIROS SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA SOCIALE ETS

Website

https://kairoscuola.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Kairos is an Italian social cooperative founded in 2013 that manages 46 educational facilities (nurseries, schools, training centers) across 6 regions, serving 2,300 students with 350 educators through municipal contracts and direct family enrollment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Childcare and Educational Services

NAICS

Child Care Services (62441), Educational Support Services (611710), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Developmental Therapy / Early Childhood Special Instruction (EDACAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Therapy-Integrated Childcare Support (coordination with OT/PT/SLP/ABA) (HSAAAIAM), Transition & School-Readiness Support for Special Needs Children (HSAAAIAO)

Keywords

• Childcare services
• Early childhood education
• School facility management
• Teacher training programs
• Special educational needs

Headquarters

HQ city

Roma

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Contracts: Revenue from public contracts awarded through competitive bidding processes (gare) with municipalities for management of public childcare facilities including asili nido comunali. Contract terms vary by municipality.
2. Family Tuition Fees: Fees paid by families for enrollment in private educational services, including scuole dell'infanzia paritarie, campus activities, summer centers, and supplementary educational programs.
3. Professional Training Services: Revenue from teacher training programs (DSA, ADHD), parenting courses, and continuing education for educators, operated through Kappa Formazione.
4. Convitto (Boarding) Services: Boarding school services at Istituto Sperti in Belluno, providing accommodation, meals, and educational support for students from surrounding areas.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Kairos operates an integrated educational system providing childcare and schooling services (nurseries, kindergartens, primary and secondary schools) for children aged 0-14 across 46 facilities in 6 Italian regions, supplemented by professional training for educators (Kappa Formazione), health/psychological support, OEPAC guidance services, summer camps, after-school and boarding programs. The cooperative is contracted by Italian municipalities to manage public childcare facilities and also enrolls private families directly.

Product overview

Kairos is an integrated educational system (Sistema Educativo Integrato) operating as a social cooperative that provides comprehensive educational services across Italy. The company operates a multi-tiered portfolio of products organized around a core educational services platform, supplemented by specialized training, health services, and digital tools. Core offerings include nurseries (asili nido - 40 facilities), primary and secondary schools, professional training through Kappa Formazione, OEPAC services via RUAS, and health services including logopedic and psychological support. The portfolio also includes summer camps, after-school programs, the scientific journal 'Bimbi senza Frontiere,' annual national conferences, and an online services portal for school registration and parent communication. The company serves approximately 2,300 enrolled students with 350 educators across 46 facilities in 6 regions (Lazio, Lombardia, Piemonte, Puglia, Umbria, Veneto).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kappa Formazione: Professional training division of Kairos providing teacher training on DSA and ADHD topics
• Bimbi Senza Frontiere
• RUAS

Products and services

• Servizi educativi e scolastici (Educational and School Services) Comprehensive childcare and schooling services including asili nido (nurseries, 40 facilities), scuole dell'infanzia (7 kindergartens), scuole primarie (primary schools) and scuole secondarie di I grado (secondary schools, 2 istituti comprensivi) for children from infancy through early adolescence, delivered across 46 facilities in 6 Italian regions.
• Formazione professionale (Professional Training - Kappa Formazione)

Quantifiable outcome

• 46 educational facilities managed across 6 Italian regions
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Centro Nazionale di Orientamento (CNO)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 October 2025Co-organizer of the IV Convegno Nazionale 'Primi Passi' focusing on 0-6 educational systems, bringing together policymakers, educators, and experts.
• Rete Officine FuturomajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 October 2025Partner network for the IV Convegno Nazionale, representing vocational training and future skills development stakeholders.
• Comune di ComocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 May 2024Partnership with Municipality of Como for Tata AccrediTATA program, training and accrediting babysitters for local families, and managing municipal childcare facilities including Asilo Nido Comunale Aquilone.
• Kappa FormazionecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 May 2023Kappa Formazione is Kairos' professional training division specializing in educational staff development. They co-organize national conferences and develop training programs on topics including DSA, ADHD, and pedagogical innovation.
• Save the ChildrencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 April 2023Collaboration with Save the Children to develop and implement the Child Safeguarding Policy, a European-standard code of conduct to protect children from abuse and mistreatment in educational settings.
• Opera Diocesana San Martino / Diocesi di Belluno-FeltrecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 July 2022The Diocese of Belluno-Feltre entrusted Kairos with managing Istituto Sperti educational facility, including the boarding school, representing a major institutional partnership for educational services.
• UNICEF ItaliamajorGTM or Marketing PartnerKairos holds 'Impresa Amica' (Business Friend) designation from UNICEF, recognizing its commitment to children's rights and welfare in educational services.
• ANINSEI - Confindustria ScuolamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKairos is a member of ANINSEI, the national association of private educational institutions affiliated with Confindustria, providing networking and advocacy in the educational sector.
• Coldiretti BellunominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for organic and local food sourcing for school meals. Kairos was the first in Belluno province to introduce organic, km-zero meals in childcare facilities.
• BYF (Build Your Future)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for vocational orientation content, providing 360-degree workplace videos for career orientation programs.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• KCS Caregiver Cooperativa Sociale: Italian social cooperative providing educational, childcare, and healthcare services through municipal and regional contracts, structurally similar to Kairos in being a multi-site cooperative operator serving Italian public-sector clients.
• La Cascina Cooperativa Sociale: Italian cooperative operating educational and social services including early childhood programs, with a comparable mission-driven model and multi-region operational footprint serving public-sector contracts.
• Coopselios Società Cooperativa Sociale: Large Italian social cooperative managing nurseries, schools, and social-assistance services under public contracts across multiple regions, with a directly comparable cooperative model, tender-driven GTM, and integrated training division.
• WorkFamily (formerly Educa Servizi): Italian operator specializing in corporate and family childcare services, including nanny placement, summer camps, and educational support — overlapping with Kairos' Tata AccrediTATA-style municipal babysitter accreditation and family-facing services.

Broad incumbents

• KinderCare Learning Companies: One of the largest US providers of early childhood education and before/after-school care; comparable to Kairos in offering a vertically integrated age-0-through-school-age service mix across many owned-and-operated sites.
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions: Large multinational operator of employer-sponsored and standalone childcare centers; provides the global utility-grade benchmark for managing educational facilities at scale and competing for institutional contracts that Kairos targets in Italy.
• Busy Bees Nurseries: UK-headquartered nursery chain operating several hundred early-years settings across Europe with comparable curriculum quality standards, scale of operation, and credentialed workforce as Kairos' 40-strong asili nido network.

Others

• Giunti Editore (Giunti Education): Major Italian educational publisher and services firm partnering with schools on curricula, teacher training, and BES/DSA tools — adjacent rather than direct, but operates in the same Italian educator-procurement ecosystem as Kairos' Kappa Formazione division.
• ANINSEI - Confindustria Scuola: National association of paritarie (state-recognized private) schools of which Kairos is itself a member; represents peer institutional providers of private K-12 services competing for the same family and municipal contracts in Italy.

Regional players

• FISM - Federazione Italiana Scuole Materne: Federation representing the majority of Italian non-state maternal/preschool providers; Kairos is adjacent to the FISM ecosystem and competes for the same municipal and family-funded enrollments across Italy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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