Ann Arbor-based DaySmart Acquires Sawyer in Brooklyn, N.Y.

DaySmart Software in Ann Arbor, a provider of business management software, today announced the acquisition of Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Sawyer, which specializes in business management software for the children’s activities market.
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DaySmart in Ann Arbor is expanding its recreation-focused business software and services with the acquisition of Sawyer in Brooklyn, N.Y. // Photo courtesy of DaySmart

DaySmart Software in Ann Arbor, a provider of business management software, today announced the acquisition of Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Sawyer, which specializes in business management software for the children’s activities market.

The acquisition is meant to expand DaySmart’s offerings within the recreation market to include scheduling and payments solutions for K-12 extracurricular activities. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Since its founding in 2015, Sawyer has focused on simplifying finding after school and extracurricular activities.

Its two-sided model, offering software solutions for customers to run and grow their business, as well as a marketplace for parents to locate kids’ activities in their area, provides a unique solution to a segment of the recreation market otherwise not offered today.

“With the addition of Sawyer, DaySmart offers the broadest range of recreation-focused business software and services in the market,” says Pat Shanahan, CEO of DaySmart. “We are delighted to welcome the Sawyer team to DaySmart and serve our customer base together.”