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K4Connect, a Raleigh, NC-based mission-centered healthtech company and provider of enterprise operations tech for the senior living communities raises $8.9M in funding co-led by Bryce Catalyst and AXA Venture Partners, with continued support from existing investors, including Intel Capital, Forté Ventures, Topmark Partners, and the Ziegler-Linkage Fund.This latest round brings the company’s total funding raised to $39M and will be used to drive further adoption in
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Elderly Care Startups
Backed by $6M, DUOS Emerges Out of Stealth with Personal Assistant for Aging
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- DUOS, a digital health company, came out of stealth today backed by $6M in combined seed funding from healthcare investor Redesign Health and consumer-focused Forerunner Ventures.
- DUOS provides a personal assistant for aging — a Duo — to help older adults stay healthy and age independently in their own homes. DUOS works with its members and their loved ones, along with health plans and providers, to provide holistic, personalized support.
- In addition,
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Kindly Care Lands $5.4M to Expand Elder Care Marketplace
Kindly Care, a San Francisco, CA-based elder care marketplace, today announced it has raised $5.4 million in Series A funding led by Javelin Venture Partners. The round also included participation from MHS Capital and Jackson Square Ventures. Kindly Care plans to utilize the latest round of funding to fuel additional growth of the company’s vision to provide a simple and safe solution for affordable elderly care, fund development of additional capabilities for the platform, and to support
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Health Invest Finland Raises $1.5M for Smart Wearable Device for Elder Care
Health Invest Finland Oy, a digital health firm has raised $1.5 million in funding led by Finnish funds Kuus Invest Oü, Viavan Oy, and European business angel investors. The company plans to utilize the funding to accelerate the deployment of it’s My+Care™ (MyPlusCare) cloud-based health and wellbeing service solution targeted for the elderly care market globally.According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the number of elder persons (aged 65 years or over) is
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Kaiser Permanente Ventures Pumps $5M in In-Home Care Startup Hometeam
Kaiser Permanente Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Kaiser Permanente, has invested $5 million in New York-based in-home care startup Hometeam, bringing its total funding to date to $38.5 million, Fortune first reports. Hometeam transforms the aging experience by providing families expert caregiver matching, custom iPads, and a care team to promote healthy & active days. The capital will be used to accelerate its medical and technology development as it continues to experience
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