Pikmykid, led by Pat Bhava, is redefining school safety by building a full student journey platform – from the moment children leave home to when they safely return. What began as a solution to simplify chaotic school dismissal has evolved into a comprehensive K-12 operations and safety ecosystem used by thousands of schools.

Pat’s journey began after a personal moment at his daughter’s school, where he noticed major inefficiencies in student pickup and transformed that insight into a nationwide edtech platform. 

Today, Pikmykid connects parents, schools, and administrators through real-time visibility into transportation, attendance, hall movements, extracurriculars, and emergency response – creating a unified system for managing student flow throughout the school day.

Since its early days, Pikmykid has:

• Expanded from a single school in Florida to 7,000+ schools
• Grown across all 50 U.S. states and 7 international markets
• Built a full student lifecycle platform covering dismissal, safety, and school operations

• Managed everything from hall passes and after-school programs to emergency alerts

Looking back at his time in the StartEd, Pat highlights two game-changers:

1. Navigating the Ecosystem: "StartEd gave us inroads into the BOCES system, which became a massive component of our GTM strategy."

2. The Peer Power: "EdTech is hard. Finding a cohort of founders facing the same K-12 challenges gave us the confidence to keep going."

What’s Next:

➣ Focused on seamless integration for the next stage of growth 

➣ Maximizing revenue against committed targets

➣ Ensuring a strong outcome for the team and successful transition post-deal 

Advice for Founders:

“Stay close to real problems – the biggest opportunities come from solving something you’ve personally experienced.” ✨