Home care startup Honor has added an on-demand feature to its caregiver booking portal that allows seniors to request visits on an as-needed basis, enabling rapid responses for patients being discharged from the hospital and in other situations, the company announced last week. The new facet of Honor, deemed Honor Now, guarantees that customers will […]
As cutting-edge tech startups continue to make a splash in the home health sector, their success could perhaps pave the way for mega companies like Google to make a play in the space. But industry professionals have differing viewpoints on what such a future might look like. At a time when investment dollars in senior […]
By transitioning out of stealth mode and announcing an expansion to nine new markets, New York-based Hometeam has become the latest home care startup to make waves as an increasing number of companies vie to transform the industry. Among its new markets will be San Francisco and Los Angeles, meaning that Hometeam will go from concentrating on […]
In case you missed it, here are the top headlines grabbing readers’ attention this week, plus some other notable stories from around the web that caught our eye here at HHCN: Spotlight On: White House Conference on Aging A lot was said about home care during the White House Conference on Aging on Monday, with […]
Home care startup Honor generated a lot of buzz by locking down $20 million from a group of high-profile investors in April. Now, the company that is seeking to disrupt the private duty industry is rolling out to a broader market and will be donating a total of $1 million in free home care across […]
HomeHero, a California-based startup disrupting the way in-home caregivers and clients connect with each other, has secured $20 million in Series A funding and is expanding into new markets. The company, which launched in January 2014, now has raised a total of $23 million. This round was led by Graham Holdings Company with participation from Social+Capital […]
In the latest sign that capital is flowing to innovative home care companies, CareLinx Inc. has secured two new investors to bring its total raise to $5 million, the California-based business announced this week. Founded in 2011, CareLinx manages an online marketplace through which people who need home care can connect with caregivers. It recently passed the […]
In the latest sign that home health technology is entering a more intense phase of development, a home diagnostics startup has secured $35 million from investors, the company announced Monday. The Series B funding comes two years after the Silicon Valley-based company, Scanadu, raised almost $1.7 million from more than 8,500 backers on the crowdfunding […]
A startup that could change how home care providers connect and interact with seniors and their families has secured $20 million in funding, including $15 million from influential investor Marc Andreessen, the company announced today. The service, called Honor, is being likened to Uber, the smartphone app that enables people to call for car rides on-demand. […]
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