Bedtime to business time: The Bay Area couple who built Jade & Kai while their children slept

Janaiah McClure and her husband, Maurice, always knew they wanted to start a business. Both came from families filled with entrepreneurs, and they loved the idea of building something of their own. But it wasn’t until the birth of their second child, son Mala’kai, in January 2022 that their ideas began to take shape. Like his older sister, Jade, Mala’kai struggled with eczema, a common yet challenging inflammatory skin condition affecting 10% to 20% of children worldwide, according to the…