Sitter Inc. raising seed round to expand reach of baby-sitter-finding app

BOULDER — Startup Sitter Inc., is aiming to raise an $850,000 seed round of funding to expand the reach of its “Uber-meets-LinkedIn” platform for finding baby sitters.

The Boulder-based company disclosed in a regulatory filing last week that it has so far raised $140,000 in the round.

Co-founder and CEO Kristen Stiles said the funding will be used to grow the company’s team from its current size of three employees to seven within the next 12 months. The free Sitter app is already available nationwide, but Stiles said the company will be zeroing in on additional local markets with the new cash.

“We…