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The Employee Benefit That Only Sends a Bill When Care Shows Up
CorporateCARE Solutions is betting that family care works better as infrastructure than as a perk - and that employers should pay for the hours their people actually use.
Cariloop
Cariloop is a Dallas-area health and wellness company that helps working caregivers manage the demands of caring for children, aging parents, and other loved ones. Sold to employers as a benefit, its Caregiver Support Platform pairs each family with a dedicated, licensed Care Coach and a secure portal for storing documents, finding and booking care providers, and navigating medical, financial, and legal questions. Founded in 2012 by Michael Walsh and Steven Theesfeld, the company has supported more than 300,000 families and raised roughly $43 million across seed through Series C rounds.
LifeCare
LifeCare is a Shelton, Connecticut-based provider of employer-sponsored work-life benefits, best known for its Backup Care Connection service and the LifeMart employee-discount marketplace. Founded in 1984, the company helps large employers and federal agencies support their workforce with last-minute child, adult, senior and pet care, along with senior-care management, tutoring, and everyday savings. LifeCare has served tens of thousands of client organizations covering roughly 100 million members and, since October 2020, has operated as part of Care.com (an IAC company) under the CareBenefits umbrella.
Vivvi
Vivvi is a New York-based child care and early learning company that partners with employers to make high-quality care affordable and flexible for working families. Founded in 2018 by Charles Bonello and Ben Newton, it operates a growing network of early learning campuses for children from six weeks to five years old, and layers on employer-sponsored offerings such as backup care, in-home care, virtual tutoring, and its Care Cash reimbursement program. The model turns child care into a recruiting and retention benefit for companies while giving parents full-day, year-round, research-based programs.