IAC to buy online caregiver marketplace Care.com in a deal valued at nearly $500M; Care.com stock is up 13+%
- IAC's deal to buy Care.com comes one day after it detailed plans to spin off all of its shares of online dating company Match Group. — Care.com soars more than 13% on the news …
Care.com, the largest site in the US for finding caregivers, scrubbed ~46,594 or ~72% of day-care centers claiming to have a state license, after a WSJ inquiry
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Stripe offers Instant Payouts to all contractors after early rollouts at Lyft, Care.com, goPanache, to help marketplaces pay contractors more quickly
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Google Capital invests $46.35M in public company Care.com, making it the single biggest shareholder
SAN FRANCISCO — In its three years of existence, Google Capital has been known for its investments in privately held start-ups like SurveyMonkey and Credit Karma.
Care.com Filed Secretly For 2014 IPO, Sources Say
Filing Expected to Raise Around $100 Million — Care.com Inc., an online service for hiring nannies and other at-home caregivers, has filed confidential paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Com...