UK-based elderly caretech company Birdie has announced that is has raised £8.2 million led by international venture capital firm Index Ventures and with participation from Kamet Ventures.
The investment will be used to expand the business and invest in product innovation.
WHY IT MATTERS
The pandemic has brought on a social care crisis across the globe. The number of people over 65 will double by...
Papa, a Miami-grown startup using technology to coordinate in-home senior companionship, has notched $18 million in new funding. The Series B round was led by Comcast Ventures, but also included names like Canaan, Initialized Capital, Sound Ventures, Pivotal Ventures with Magnify Ventures, Operator Partners and others.
WHAT IT DOES
Papa's platform connects college and nursing students with...
Sixty seven percent of seniors want to access healthcare service from home, although 66 percent of seniors do not think current available technology is sufficient for them to do so, according to an Accenture survey of 354 US seniors, aged 65 and over who are receiving Medicare benefits. The survey was fielded between May and June 2014.
Accenture pointed out that according to data from the US...
