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Staffing firm among three acquisitions by Care.com

July 30, 2018

Human cloud firm Care.com (NYSE: CRCM) — a Waltham, Mass.-based firm that connects families to caregivers for children, seniors and pets — acquired three San Francisco Bay Area-based companies: Town + Country, a household staffing agency in the market; Galore, a marketplace to book classes and after-school children’s activities; and Trusted, an on-demand caregiving app.

Town + Country, launched in 1985 and under the leadership of Carrie and Jens Hillen since 2008, provides permanent and temporary household staffing, as well as backup care for families employed by corporate clients serviced by Care@Work, the enterprise solution of Care.com.

Galore, founded in 2015 by Jeff Levinsohn and Max Haines-Stiles, will soon be rebranded as Care.com Explore. The service enables parents to book an array of activities for children, including after-school classes and programs, camps and events. Through the platform, parents are able to find, book and pay for activities, and service providers are able to manage availability and bookings.

Trusted, founded in 2015 by Anand Iyer and Vivian Chan, is an on-demand transaction-based app that enables parents to find nannies and sitters from curated caregivers registered on the platform, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area. Families use the app to search, message, book and pay the caregivers they hire. Trusted will be rebranded under the Care.com name in the coming months.

Trusted closed this month for up to $8 million, including earnouts; Galore closed in May for up to $1.7 million, including earnouts; and Town + Country closed in January for up to $7 million, including earnouts.

Care.com also reported today that revenue for the second quarter rose 10% year over year to $46.0 million. Total members increased 17% year over year to 29.6 million at the end of the second quarter, and total families increased 19% to 16.9 million.