Business & Tech
Waltham Child Care Firm Buys Brookline Business
Care.com, of Waltham, has purchased Brookline-based Parents in a Pinch.
A Waltham company that helps businesses and parents obtain child care services has purchased Parents in A Pinch, a Brookline child care service, according to the Boston Globe.
Through the web, Care.com, of Waltham, matches families and corporate clients with caregivers to 7 million users in 15 countries, according to the Globe. Parents in A Pinch currently provides backup child care services to parents if regular caretakers can’t show up.
Parents In A Pinch will move its 15 employees to Care.com’s Waltham office and has no plans for layoffs, according to the Globe. Parents in A Pinch co-founders Barbara Siegel and Davida Manon will continue to the run the firm.
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Also, the deal will have Care.com offer more services to companies such as Google and Facebook. Also, Care.com will offer its services to existing Parents in A Pinch clients.
Other terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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