Ramping up early education with parent-led micro schools, The Village rakes in €3.4 million
Summary
With a notable shortage of affordable childcare options, women are disproportionately impacted and often left with the impossible task of deciding between prioritising their career or childcare.The women-led Warsaw-based The Village Network aims to improve childhood experiences for enhanced development, to support parents, and, support early educators.The Polish platform has now raised 3.4 million to create an all-in-one marketplace to encourage child development. The funding was backed by Movens Capital, 500 Startups, Tilia Impact Ventures and Credo Ventures.The women-run company offers edtech products, an application for running nurseries, preschools and schools, and The Village marketplace.So how does the model work? The Village Network creates quality centres for childcare that are empathy and creativity centric. We are already achieving the snowflake effect, when some parents learn about the villages from others, enrol their children in them and open their places. That is why we build edtech products and create a marketplace.Aside from forming quality childcare and education, the startup is focused on supporting womens professional development and fostering gender equity in parenthood and entrepreneurship.