Komae is a service sharing platform where users create a personalized network, what we call Village, to exchange free services between trusted friends. The Komae app launched in February 2017 with the first application- a babysitting exchange where parents exchange free sits with trusted friends.
Location: United States, Ohio, Akron
Employees: 1-10
Phone: (909) 566-2301
Founded date: 2015
Investors 1
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Mentions in press and media 8
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| 27.10.2021 | I saved $10,000 in child-care costs by swapping babysitting duties with another mom | A casual acquaintance from a moms’ group asked whether I would consider exchanging child care. I watched her daughter two days a week, and she watched mine two days a week. The swap saved us each about $US10,000 ($AU13,286) in child-care co... |
| 13.05.2020 | Born of a Network of Tech Families, This Free Childcare Co-op is Poised to Boom As Parents Return to Work | When now-former SpaceX Dragon mission director Erin Beck became pregnant with her first child roughly four years ago, the company's "generous" benefits were just not enough. She wanted to be home full time with her daughter and ar... |
| 13.05.2020 | Free Childcare is Possible, Wana Family Network Has the Fix | When now-former SpaceX Dragon mission director Erin Beck became pregnant with her first child roughly four years ago, the company's "generous" benefits were just not enough. She wanted to be home full time with her daughter and ar... |
| 27.03.2020 | How child care startups in the U.S. are helping families cope with the COVID-19 crisis | The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of billions of people around the world. For many parents with young children in the United States, shelter-in-place orders implemented in different areas over the past few weeks mean they now spen... |
| 06.02.2018 | Babysitting app Komae, based in Akron, puts tech spin to sharing child care | It's expensive and time-consuming to find a babysitter for date night. So mom-entrepreneurs Audrey Wallace and Amy Husted created a business to fix that. Their website and free app, Komae, manages a babysitting co-op among friends. Moms ear... |
| 12.09.2017 | Innovation Fund Northeast Ohio Awards $150,000 to 4 Tech Businesses | 40th cycle marks 10-year anniversary for fund that’s committed more than $12 million to startups Innovation Fund Northeast Ohio, the region’s most active pre-seed fund for technology-based startups, has awarded a combined $150,000 to four y... |
| 15.03.2017 | Innovation Fund awards $175,000 to 4 Northeast Ohio tech startups | Aatru Medical Corp. claimed the top prize of $100,000 from the Innovation Fund. It was one of four Northeast Ohio startups that got funding to help take their products to the next level. Aatru is developing a wound dressing product that lev... |
| 14.03.2017 | Innovation Fund Awards $175,000 to Four Northeast Ohio Tech Startups | Region’s most active pre-seed fund has helped startups create nearly 1,000 jobs since 2007 Four local startups will receive a combined $175,000 from Innovation Fund Northeast Ohio, the region’s most active pre-seed fund for technology start... |