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Care.com is a public corporation headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts (just outside of Boston), that helps families find child care, senior care, special needs care, tutoring, pet care, housekeeping, etc. The site has 9.7 million members across 16 countries,〔Kyle Alspach, "(Care.com sets IPO share range at $14-$16; could raise up to $86M )," ''Boston Business Journal'', January 10, 2014.〕 and attracts 6.4 million unique visitors a month, with a new job posted every 30 seconds.〔Rebecca Grant, “(Care.com raising $80M IPO to capture early (and massive) care market ),” ''Venture Beat'', December 12, 2013.〕 It has raised $111 million in venture funding〔Brian Womack, "(Care.com Raises $50 Million in Fifth Round of VC Funding )," ''BloombergBusinessweek'', August 7, 2012.〕 and went public on January 24, 2014.〔Jordan Graham, "(Experts: Care.com IPO shows Boston’s Web savvy )," ''Boston Herald'', January 24, 2014.〕 ==History== 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.〔Beth Pitts, "(Sheila Marcelo, Founder & CEO, Care.com, on Raising $111m )," ''The NextWomen magazines'', February 5, 2013.〕 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.〔Susan Chaityn Lebovits, "(Tapping Web of caregivers )," ''Boston Globe'', December 9, 2007.〕 When Care.com launched in 2007, it helped customers find babysitters, tutors, pet care and senior care.〔Dan Kaplan, "(Care.com, one-stop shop for child, pet, and elderly care )," VentureBeat, August 1, 2007.〕 The site has since expanded to offer other services, such as housekeeping〔Cindy Atoji Keene, "(Online solutions for real life hassles )," ''Boston Globe'', May 19, 2013.〕 and care for military families〔Michael Schindler, "(Care.com Helps Solve Military Family Needs )," ''Seattlepi.com'', May 20, 2013.〕 and special needs children and adults.〔Kyle Alspach, "(Care.com files confidentially for IPO next year (report) )," ''Boston Business Journal'', November 25, 2013.〕 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.〔Kyle Alspach, "(Care.com sets IPO share range at $14-$16; could raise up to $86M )," ''Boston Business Journal'', January 10, 2014.〕 The site also helps people find job opportunities in their area by posting a free profile and applying to openings.〔Daryl Nelson, "(Care.com: Is it the Craiglist of the future? )" ''ConsumerAffairs'', January 21, 2013.〕 The company offers a babysitting rate calculator that helps parents calculate what to pay their sitter.〔April Rueb, “(Paying Your Babysitter ),” ''Parents Magazine'' blog, April 17, 2011.〕 Care.com is also offered as an employee benefit by 150 companies and organizations,〔Michael B. Farrell, "Care.com, a site for caregivers, aims at Wall Street," ''The Boston Globe'', November 26, 2013.〕 such as Google and Facebook.〔Serena Saitto & Lee Spears, “(Care.com Said to Pick Morgan Stanley as Lead Bank for IPO )”, ''Bloomberg.com'', August 7, 2013.〕 It expanded its online marketplace into the United Kingdom in April 2012,〔Olivia Solon, “(Carer marketplace Care.com launches in UK )”, ''Wired UK'', April 19, 2012.〕 followed after by Canada.〔Jamillah Knowles, "(Online care-giving firm Care.com scores $50m round to fuel international expansion )," The Next Web, August 7, 2012.〕 The company debuted Karoo, a private mobile social network that connects families and caregivers, in September 2012.〔Sarah Perez, “(Care.com Debuts Karoo, A Private Mobile Social Network For Families & Caregivers ),” TechCrunch, September 18, 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.〔Andrew Karpie, “(Care.com’s New Online Recruiting Platform. Why Should We Care? ),” ''Staffing Industry'', February 8, 2013.〕 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.〔Robert Goldfield, "(Child care for working parents just got a little easier )," ''Portland Business Journal'', June 3, 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Care.com」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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