Top Chicago, IL Kids + Family Companies (38)
MightyNest makes healthy, green living simple + sustainable. We help you replace plastic and transform your life. Each month we send every subscriber one purposeful item that’s healthier for people + the planet. Our online store also includes over 1,000 handpicked products that meet our rigorous standards for quality, safety, & effectiveness.
We’re an innovative, private-equity backed toy company located north of Chicago and launching in 2020. We’ve developed a deep patent portfolio, including patents in the U.S. and abroad. We’re now poised to disrupt several toy-industry segments. We’re an expert, highly analytical and creative team. Our staff and partners are like family.
TapGenes is a private family health network building healthy relationships between families, healthcare providers, and favorite consumer wellness brands.
Head Case Company has created an affordable three-part concussion management system for youth athletics that measures and records head impacts, provides diagnostic tools to detect potential concussions, and recommends the best treatment facilities in an athlete’s current location. The Head Case Concussion Management System is comprised of the Head Case Impact Sensor, Head Case Mobile App, and the Head Case Athlete Impact Data & Analysis Center.
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Radio Flyer is known for our iconic little red wagon, and we are always dreaming up FUNomenal new ways to deliver joy to families by introducing new products every year. Radio Flyer is a recognized leader in the toy industry, with our corporate headquarters located in Chicago. From wagons and tricycles to battery powered eBikes, Go-Karts and Tesla ride-ons, our Chicago-based team innovates in every product category we enter. We are excited to announce our newest venture into retail at the Radio Flyer Store, recently opened at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, IL! For over a century, Radio Flyer has served as the first set of wheels for generations of kids. We have helped inspire creative play as wagons transformed into rocket ships, race cars and airplanes, transporting children anywhere they imagined. Now, with over a billion Radio Flyer wheels on the road, we have introduced our biggest innovation for all the kids at heart - FLYER™ is a line of electric bikes and scooters, our first ever product line created for adult riders. Want to fly with us? Visit radioflyer.com/careers to learn more and apply today!
Readeo's combination of video chat and quality children's books makes it possible to share story time whether you're in the same room or thousands of miles away. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Readeo.com is a unique way of connecting with the people you love—whether they live near or far away. Publishers include Simon & Schuster, Candlewick Press, Chronicle Books and Blue Apple Books.
Heggerty is a literacy education company providing the #1 phonemic awareness curriculum for preschool and elementary classrooms. Founded nearly 20 years ago by Dr. Michael Heggerty, a reading instruction pioneer, we provide digital and print curriculum, classroom resources, and professional development to help educators empower the next generation of readers. The Heggerty curriculum can be found worldwide and we are proud to partner with more than half of all school districts in the US to transform the way children learn to read.
Sitterworks.com is a new online service dedicated to connecting families with sitters and nannies in their area. It is focused on closing the gap between finding childcare and finding the perfect childcare. With an in-depth sitter questionnaire and multiple background check options, Sitterworks is the place to go to find trusted childcare absolutely free.
Finnbin is a baby box company inspired by the Finnish tradition that provides a safe sleeper for newborns and hand-selected "must have" products for new parents.
At The Brainchild Collective, we activate every young person’s potential to transform the world through holistic education solutions that help prepare students to live healthy and thriving lives.
Codeverse® is the world's first fully interactive coding school and educational technology platform for kids aged 6-12, founded on the mission to teach a billion kids to code. To book weekly coding classes and 2018 Spring/Summer camps, visit www.codeverse.com.
At Itzy Ritzy, we believe parenting in style is possible. Our modern collection of baby, toddler and lifestyle accessories provides smart, attractive solutions to everyday challenges, from carrying heavy car seats to keeping school snacks under eco-friendly wraps. We love making your life easier, so our multi-purpose products pack a number of dazzling punches without making you do a lot of work. Plus, we tread lightly on Earth with environmentally conscious, no-waste solutions. Through it all, we keep style top of mind, designing chic prints you won’t find anywhere else in a confection of eye-catching colors. By reinventing practical luxury for modern families around the world, we consider our job done when you get your job done in a stylish, exciting and refreshingly simple way.
Sittercity, a Bright Horizons company, is a technology platform working to reimagine the child care industry. Finding, hiring and managing high-quality, trustworthy and enriching child care has never been simple, for parents or caregivers. We want to change that. At Sittercity, you can imagine and create solutions that will revolutionize a multi-billion industry and bring relief to parents and care providers alike, all while having a lot of fun! Boost your career as we launch into our next phase of growth and help build a platform that changes the way child care works.
Paige & Paxton is an innovative curriculum that leverages puzzle piece characters that make STEM easy to teach and easy to learn at the very beginning of a child's educational experience. We carry out this mission through storybooks, curriculum and pop-up events across the U.S. that engage educators, kids and their parents in STEM.
Personal shopping service for busy parents and fashionable kids (0-6yr). We send a box of adorable kids clothes + accessories to your doorstep. Keep only what you love, and shipping is always free, both ways. But what makes us SPECIAL? We guarantee to buy back every piece of clothing when your little one outgrows them.
Jiobit is the first of its kind patented location sharing platform, enabling the longest lasting and smallest real-time location products (indoor or out) with best-in-class security. Featuring a host of encryption and security technologies, Jiobit is trusted pet owners and families, with usage in every populated continent in the world. Our mission is to provide the right information at the right time to the right people. We believe that caregivers should have a single source of helpful information to guide growth and reduce stress. We envision a world where families move forward with ease using a single source of helpful information. Everything we do and everyone who works here is centered around this mission. Jiobit has won an Editor's Choice Awards with Wired Magazine, PCMag, and Tom's Guide and has been featured on CNBC, Buzzfeed, Techcrunch, and USA Today to name a few. Jiobit has offices in Chicago and Silicon Valley. With a recent strategic acquisition by San Francisco-based Life360, we are positioning the business for rapid growth.
Parents Q-it, Kids View-it. Guide Your Child’s Video Viewing.Create a personal digital video library, for your child in a snap. Accessible anytime, anywhere, and in any language.We empower you to be your child’s digital entertainer and educator. Sign up at www.Q-it.com
Squirrel & Company, the creator of the Squirrel Bank™, works to teach children the fundamentals of money through financial tools based on The Quadra-Banking System™.The Squirrel Bank™ consists of four individual banks that teach effective use of money by allowing kids to decide how they want to use it. The tree of the Squirrel Bank has branches that hold the different acorn banks, each one labeled for spending, sharing, saving and investing.The Quadra Banking System™ aims to change the way that children think about and use money by giving them the fundamentals and letting them decide what to do with their money. As your child puts more money in the different spend, share, save and invest acorns, the branches move from side to side, giving your child a visual distribution of their money.The Squirrel Bank is a great way to help children SPEND, SHARE, SAVE, & INVEST the money you make!
