UrbanSitter raises $6 million Series A to expand digital babysitter bookings

Oct. 15, 2012 - 4:30 AM PDT Oct. 15, 2012 - 4:30 AM PDT

For UrbanSitter, the San Francisco-based startup that handles babysitter booking and payments, America’s parents are ready to take their childcare jobs to the web. The company raised a $6 million series A round to continue existing growth into new markets and expand on mobile platforms. Read more »

Babysitting 2.0: credit-card payments and online bookings

By Eliza Kern

Jun. 20, 2012 - 6:16 AM PDT Jun. 20, 2012 - 6:16 AM PDT

For young, urban smartphone owners, there are few areas of life that haven’t been changed by the mobile revolution. So when Erica Zidel started looking for babysitters for her three-year old son around 2009, the young mom was frustrated by the seemingly archaic babysitting industry. Read more »

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