UrbanSitter - About the company
UrbanSitter is a series C company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2010 by Daisy Downs, Lynn Perkins and Andrea Barrett. It operates as a Find Babysitters through Social Recommendation. UrbanSitter has raised $45.4M in funding from investors like First Round Capital, Canaan and Advance Venture Partners. The company has 110 active competitors, including 16 funded and 3 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Sittercity, Winnie and Wyndy.
Company Details
Mobile app based marketplace connecting parents with babysitters. Parents can find babysitters and now nannies known, reviewed, trusted and recommended by their friends in existing networks (Facebook Connect, Affiliation groups and including LinkedIn in 2014), check for availability and book them in real-time. Babysitters can post their credentials, schedule and availability or browse job postings. Thus users can search for sitters in real-time.
- Website
- www.urbansitter.com/
- Social
- Registered Address
- 268 Bush Street #3944, San Francisco, CA 94104, US
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2010
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$45.4M in 11 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
1st among 110 active competitors
Employee Count
486 as on Jun 30, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
Legal entities associated with UrbanSitter
UrbanSitter is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
UrbanSitter, Inc. CIN: 20191472871 , United States, Active | Jun 05, 2019 | - | - | - |
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UrbanSitter's funding and investors
UrbanSitter has raised a total funding of $45.4M over 11 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 25, 2012. UrbanSitter has 14 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of UrbanSitter:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Nov 13, 2019 | 5606513 | Series C | 8004910 | 7283110 | 7637450 | 8642759 |
Dec 18, 2018 | 1478781 | Series C | 2944067 | 3327282 | 7599705 | 9093476 |
Jan 24, 2018 | 2840201 | Series C | 1018209 | 2155683 | 7381693 | 6333825 |
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UrbanSitter's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of UrbanSitter are Daisy Downs, Lynn Perkins and Andrea Barrett. Lynn Perkins is the CEO of UrbanSitter.
Here are the details of UrbanSitter's key team members:
- Daisy Downs: Former Co-Founder of UrbanSitter. They serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address
- Lynn Perkins: Co-Founder & CEO of UrbanSitter. They serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address
- Andrea Barrett: Co-Founder & COO of UrbanSitter. They serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address
UrbanSitter's Board of Directors
UrbanSitter's board has 11 active members. Daisy Downs, Lynn Perkins, Andrea Barrett, Vincent Caruso, Neal Hansch, Rob Hayes, John Balen, Cynthia Ringo, Melanie Healey, David ibnAle and Jessica Steel are independent board members.Here is the list of UrbanSitter's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent board member | - | Current | 7y 6m | |
atcdtnq | Independent board member | - | Current | 5y 7m |
bnvfapp | Independent board member | - | Current | 5y 3m |
a{qge{v | Independent board member | - | Current | 2y 8m |
tvbzmif | Independent board member | - | Current | 7y 2m |
ecasssf | Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 5m |
uypaipz | Independent board member | - | Current | 5y 9m |
kwrfymz | Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 2m |
oglupbg | Independent board member | - | Current | 4y 4m |
dripqxd | Independent board member | - | Current | 8y 3m |
efnzxvx | Independent board member | - | Current | 8y 2m |
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UrbanSitter's employee count trend
UrbanSitter has 486 employees as of Jun 26. Here is UrbanSitter's employee count trend over the years:
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UrbanSitter's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of UrbanSitter include Sittercity, Winnie and Wyndy. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of UrbanSitter, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | UrbanSitter 2010, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Find Babysitters through Social Recommendation | $45.4M | 59/100 | |
2nd | Sittercity 2001, Chicago (United States), Acquired | Marketplace platform for caregivers | $43.1M | 53/100 | |
3rd | _1583493145935.png?devicePixelRatio=2&height=30&width=30){kind=logo} Winnie 2016, San Francisco (United States), Series A | Online childcare marketplace for parents to find early care and education | $15.2M | 49/100 | |
4th | Wyndy 2007, Birmingham (United States), Series A | App-based marketplace for babysitters | $5.82M | 48/100 | |
5th | Sitter 2015, Denver (United States), Acquired | Connecting families with screened sitters and empowering care agencies with technology | $836K | 47/100 | |
6th | Trusted 2015, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Trusted: Connecting families with vetted babysitters and nannies for quality childcare | $2.1M | 47/100 | |
7th |  SitterTree 2000, Atlanta (United States), Unfunded | Provider of an online marketplace to book babysitters | - | - | 45/100 |
8th |  WeeCare 2017, Los Angeles (United States), Series A | Online marketplace for booking home daycare for kids | $22.3M | 43/100 | |
9th |  College Nannies + Sitters 2001, Broomfield (United States), Unfunded | Online platform to book professional babysitters | - | - | 42/100 |
10th | TOOTRiS 2019, San Diego (United States), Unfunded | On demand childcare solutions provider | - | - | 42/100 |
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UrbanSitter's Investments and acquisitions
UrbanSitter has acquired Sitter. UrbanSitter has not made any investments as of now.Reports related to UrbanSitter
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News related to UrbanSitter
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Parenting benefits company Cleo partners with UrbanSitter to address the US childcare crisisTechCrunch+•May 14, 2020•Cleo, UrbanSitter
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UrbanSitter Raises $10.7 Million - NewsCenter.ioNewsCenter•Oct 03, 2017•UrbanSitter, Advance Venture Partners, Canaan, Aspect Ventures and 5 others
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