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Kiddowear

Pure InsurTech

Start-up

We are a team of passionate parents with backgrounds in engineering, wearable technology, medical devices, pediatrics and child development.

What became of it

2026 evolution

Reviewed · Medium confidence · Last verified 2026-10-17

Status: Independent
Current brand: Kiddo Health ↗
Owner: Kiddo Health Inc. (San Francisco; independent, VC-backed)

As catalogued

Wearable health band for children (Kiddo, operated by Good Parents Inc., San Francisco, founded 2016) tracking biometric signals such as heart rate and skin temperature to give parents and care providers early insight into a child's health; insurance relevance lies in prevention and payer-funded care.

2026 reality

The catalog domain kiddowear.com no longer resolves (NXDOMAIN, 2026-10-17), but the company operates as Kiddo Health at kiddo.health, presenting a pediatric connected-care platform for provider care teams (biometric tracking of 12+ biomarkers with alerts, family journaling, care navigation, provider dashboard) addressed to health plans, health systems, employers and other partners. The latest dated evidence found is a USD 16M Series A in January 2022.

What changed

By 2022 Kiddo described itself as a pediatric remote-patient-monitoring and care-coordination platform for at-risk children with chronic conditions (asthma, heart disease, autism, diabetes), combining a five-sensor band, parent coaching app, telehealth and clinical decision support, sold through more than seven health systems, benefits providers and foundations including UHC/Optum. The January 2022 Series A was led by Clearlake-backed Vive Collective.

What remains distinctiveAnalysis

one of few pediatric-focused RPM platforms with payer partnerships; its insurance relevance is indirect (health-plan and benefits-provider channel, HSA/FSA eligibility) rather than an insurance product.

Key milestones

2016 Founded as Kiddo (Good Parents Inc.) in San Francisco.[3]
2022-01-04 Announced a USD 16M Series A growth investment led by Vive Collective to expand health-system and benefits-provider partnerships and pursue FDA device certification.[2][4]

Third taxonomy

InsurTech Evolution (2026)

Company status: Independent
Strategic evolutionchange: Unclear
Business model (2026): B2B SaaS / software Service-based
Insurance value chain: Risk prevention Customer engagement
Technology evolution: AI-enhanced IoT & telematics
Market positioning: Non-insurance business
Innovation maturity: Scaling
Current relevance: Limited

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Open questions

No funding, partnership or FDA-clearance news after January 2022 was found; the live kiddo.health site is the only 2026 evidence of operation.
Whether the original 2016-era product targeted consumers (parents) directly, which would make the payer/provider focus a repositioning, is not documented in sources found; strategic evolution is 'unclear'.
Catalog country is null; the company is San Francisco-based. Insurance relevance of this record is indirect.

REVIEW · Fetched kiddo.health on 2026-10-17: site live (Kiddo Health Inc., San Francisco) targeting health plans, providers and employers, but no dated 2023+ news; Series A verified via Business Wire. Corrected owner field; kept strategic evolution 'unclear' and status REVIEWED given thin recent evidence.

Research sources (5)

[1] Catalog domain check: NXDOMAIN · Direct DNS check · 2026-10-17 · observation
[2] Kiddo Announces $16M in Growth Investment to Address the Growing Need for Remote Patient Monitoring and Care Coordination for At Risk Children · Business Wire (company release) · 2022-01-04 · official
[3] Kiddo company profile · Bouncewatch · database
[4] Kiddo announces $16M in growth investment (Vive Collective-led) · Clearlake Capital · 2022-01 · press
[5] Kiddo Health - Pediatric healthcare reimagined · Kiddo Health · 2026-10-17 · official

Documented evidence

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