September 18th, 2012

Care.com Debuts Karoo, A Private Mobile Social Network For Families & Caregivers

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Care.com, the site that helps parents and families find babysitters, nannies, childcare, and senior care professionals, is today releasing a new iPhone application called Karoo which is designed to connect parents with their child’s caregivers as well as record memories. Unlike some of the privacy-focused social networking apps that have launched in recent months, Karoo isn’t just about… → Read More

August 7th, 2012

An E-Round For E-Help: Care.com Picks Up $50M From IVP And More For Further International Growth

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The IPO market may be slowly opening up again post its Facebook contraction, but not all startups in their later stages are jumping. Care.com, the online marketplace for people to find helper for everything from childcare and tutoring to housekeeping, today announced an E-Round of finance worth $50 million, which it will use to continue its growth strategy specifically outside of its home market… → Read More

October 12th, 2011

Care.com Raises $25 Million

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Exactly 12 months after announcing that it had raised $20 million in financing, Care.com this morning revealed in a filing with the SEC (via FormDs.com) that it has secured another $25 million in funding. The round of new funding brings the company’s total capital raised to about $58.5 million.

Investors in Care.com include VC firms New Enterprise Associates, Matrix Partners and Trinity→ Read More

October 12th, 2010

Care.com Raises $20 Million To Connect You To Nannies, Babysitters And Caregivers

Caregiver search portal Care.com has raised $20 million in funding from New Enterprise Associates with participation from existing investors, Matrix Partners and Trinity Ventures. This latest investment brings Care.com’s total funding up to over $36 million.

Care.com allows you to search prescreened profiles of hundreds of thousands of babysitters, nannies, tutors, housekeepers and senior… → Read More