LiveKid acquires Aldea to expand in Latin America

LiveKid, a platform for preschool and nursery management and parent-school communication, has acquired Aldea, a software provider serving early childhood education centres across Mexico, Colombia, and Chile. The transaction marks LiveKid’s second acquisition of 2026 and forms part of the company’s broader consolidation strategy across Europe and Latin America.

Founded in Poland in 2017 by Jakub Pawelski, LiveKid provides an operating system for early childhood education centres, bringing together billing, admissions, staff management, meal planning, e-journals, communications, and reporting in a single platform. For parents, the platform offers a unified application for tuition payments, attendance reporting, messaging, and day-to-day updates, helping replace the paper-based and fragmented workflows that remain common across the sector.

Aldea, founded by Luis Garza Sada and Jorge Dzul, has developed a similar platform focused on the Latin American market. The company has established a strong presence in northern Mexico, particularly in Monterrey, while also expanding operations into Colombia and Chile.

Following the acquisition, LiveKid now serves more than 5,000 education centres and over 600,000 parents across Poland, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Peru, and Argentina. The platform processes more than $400 million in annual payments related to tuition fees and other early childhood education services.

Jakub Pawelski, founder and CEO of LiveKid, said Aldea has built a strong position in parent payments and centre operations, highlighting the team's local market expertise and confirming that Jorge Dzul will continue to lead the company's operations in Mexico.

As part of the integration, LiveKid’s platform will continue to operate under the Aldea brand across Latin America. The combined Mexican team will be based in Monterrey and work alongside LiveKid’s existing teams in Barcelona and Kraków. Luis Garza Sada will join the company’s board to support its continued expansion across the region.

LiveKid plans to accelerate its expansion across Europe and Latin America through further acquisitions and market consolidation.