Care.com
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| Traded as | : CRCM |
| Headquarters | Waltham, MA, United States |
| Key people | Sheila Lirio Marcelo (CEO), Dave Krupinski, Donna Levin, Zenobia Moochhala, Steve Boulanger, Caroline Sheu, Erica Scheik. |
| Revenue | $59 million |
| Employees | 543 |
| Slogan(s) | There for you |
| Website | http://www.care.com |
| Launched | May 2007 |
Care.com is a public corporation headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, that helps families find child care, senior care, special needs care, tutoring, pet care, housekeeping, etc. The site has 22 million members across 19 countries, and attracts 6.4 million unique visitors a month, with a new job posted every 30 seconds. It has raised $111 million in venture funding and went public on January 24, 2014.
Sheila Lirio Marcelo helped start the college savings site Upromise and was vice-president and general manager of TheLadders.com. Marcelo came up with the idea for Care.com when she had trouble finding someone to help care for her first child. Then her father had a heart attack while he was caring for her second child, and she had difficulty finding care for him in addition to child care.
When Care.com launched in 2007, it helped customers find babysitters, tutors, pet care and senior care. The site has since expanded to offer other services, such as housekeeping and care for military families and special needs children and adults. Users can search, post jobs and look at caregiver profiles for free. Then they can pay a monthly, quarterly or yearly subscription fee to contact caregivers and get background checks. The site also helps people find job opportunities in their area by posting a free profile and applying to openings. The company offers a babysitting rate calculator that helps parents calculate what to pay their sitter.
Care.com is also offered as an employee benefit by 150 companies and organizations, such as Google and Facebook.
It expanded its online marketplace into the United Kingdom in April 2012, followed after by Canada. The company debuted Karoo, a private mobile social network that connects families and caregivers, in September 2012.
In December 2012, Care.com launched Care.com Recruiting Solutions to help care-related businesses hire caregivers and fill staff openings through the site.
In June 2013, Care.com and Knowledge Universe, a company that runs child care centers throughout the country, announced a partnership, where Care.com corporate clients will have access to KU's facilities for backup care.
In August 2012, Care.com acquired Breedlove & Associates, a provider of household payroll, tax and compliance services for caregivers and families. Based in Texas, Breedlove is the nation’s largest nanny payroll firm, processing more than $20 million in payroll per month for over 10,000 clients.
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