KigaClick

KigaClick GmbH, a Munich-based company founded in 2015, provides a digital administration and communication solution for the early childhood education sector. The company targets daycare centers, kindergartens, and nurseries, aiming to alleviate the increasing administrative burden on educators. The founding team, Isabel Fröhlich (business administration), Derk Steffens (engineering), and Florian Dasch (social work), were motivated by their own experiences as working parents with children in daycare. Dasch's professional background as an educator and head of a daycare center provided direct insight into the daily challenges faced by the industry, such as staff shortages and cumbersome, paper-based organizational tasks.

The core offering is a tablet-based application that digitizes tasks like attendance tracking, daily reports, and developmental documentation, allowing educators to manage these responsibilities directly from the classroom. This approach is designed to minimize administrative time, freeing up educators to focus on pedagogical activities and direct engagement with children. A key feature is the real-time communication channel between educators and parents through a dedicated parent app. This allows parents to receive updates on their child's day, including activities and meals, and facilitates a more direct and secure flow of information than alternatives like WhatsApp or Facebook groups. KigaClick emphasizes data security, operating on its own servers in Germany.

The company operates on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) license model for the childcare facilities. Additional revenue is generated through a B2C model, where parents can purchase supplementary services, such as photo collages or extra accounts for grandparents. Initially self-funded, KigaClick has received support from the institutional investor WERK1. The company serves a range of clients, from small parent-run initiatives to large providers with several hundred children across Germany and neighboring countries.

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