Business & Tech

Waltham Child Care Firm Buys Brookline Business

Care.com, of Waltham, has purchased Brookline-based Parents in a Pinch.

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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