| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.03.2024 | Aircall appoints New CPO and CTO | Aircall, the customer communication and intelligence platform, announced the appointments of Tom Chen, Chief Product Officer (CPO) and Alan Talanoa, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), who will grow and strengthen its small and medium-sized bus... |
| 26.06.2023 | Now Is Time to Prepare Older Adults for Disruptive Weather | OMAHA, Neb. (PRWEB) June 26, 2023
This year, the U.S. has seen a record number of tornado strikes. The severity of destructive weather, such as tornadoes, hurricanes and wildfires, can be especially difficult for older adults.
The impact of... |
| 26.01.2023 | Bracing For the Cold: Tips to Keep Older Adults Safe this Season | OMAHA, Neb. (PRWEB) January 26, 2023
From watching the first snowfall through the window to curling up with a cozy blanket by the fire and sipping hot chocolate, there’s a lot to love about winter and the magic it brings to those of all age... |
| 12.12.2022 | Deck the Halls: Senior Safety Solutions to Implement this Holiday Season | OMAHA, Neb. (PRWEB) December 12, 2022
The holidays are a great time to visit with aging loved ones you haven’t seen in a while and join in holiday fun and traditions. It can also be an opportunity to ensure they are healthy and aging safely... |
| 05.12.2022 | Holiday Giving: Gift Ideas to Brighten the Lives of Older Adults in Your Life | OMAHA, Neb. (PRWEB) December 05, 2022
Holiday shopping is officially in full swing, which means it’s time to start thinking about what gifts to give loved ones this season. While presents are the highlight of the holiday for younger family ... |
| 25.10.2022 | Protecting Your Fives Senses as You Age: Local Business Provides Tips for Older Adults | OMAHA, Neb. (PRWEB) October 25, 2022
From hearing loss to blurred vision, aging adults often experience changes in their five senses. This sensory loss can significantly affect daily activities and pose certain risks for older adults. For e... |
| 12.09.2022 | Reframing Results: The Importance of a Dementia Diagnosis | OMAHA, Neb. (PRWEB) September 12, 2022
An estimated 6.5 million Americans ages 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and many are undiagnosed. Stigma and uncertainty lead many to avoid seeking medical attention for their symptom... |
| 25.08.2022 | Fair Square Medicare Just Raised Its Series A. Here’s How It And Other Digital Health Platforms Are Guiding Seniors Through The U.S. Healthcare Maze | Daniel Petkevich is an American entrepreneur pursuing the American dream following his parent’s immigration from the old Soviet Union. But, while his entrepreneurial story could shape up to be the quintessential experience that every immigr... |
| 24.08.2022 | Rethinking Retirement: Why Older Adults Are Reentering the Workforce | OMAHA, Neb. (PRWEB) August 24, 2022
Unsettled by the pandemic, many workers found themselves looking at their jobs from a fresh perspective, while others left the workforce entirely – a phenomenon known as the ‘Great Resignation.’ In fact, ... |
| 28.07.2022 | Caring Through the Storm: How to Prepare Older Loved Ones for Severe Weather and Emergencies | OMAHA, Neb. (PRWEB) July 28, 2022
Tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires and other severe weather events can cause significant emotional, physical and financial distress, which is why it’s important to prepare and not let it take you by surprise.... |
| 31.05.2022 | Reviving the Lost Art of Letter Writing: Benefits of Becoming a Pen Pal with an Older Adult | OMAHA, Neb. (PRWEB) May 31, 2022
The digital world offers many ways to stay connected with each other. Social media allows us to share pictures and keep in touch. Video calls help us celebrate special occasions with distant family and frien... |
| 17.03.2022 | Why aren’t VCs funding more startups focused on menopause? | In recent years, “femtech” has attracted increasing attention and venture funding, with dozens of startups springing into existence, from digital health apps to, more newly, regenerative medicine companies.
Most of those deals tie to infert... |
| 21.02.2022 | Caring for our Future: How Professional Caregiving is Evolving for a New Generation of Older Adults | OMAHA, Neb. (PRWEB) February 21, 2022
The caregiving industry has grown extensively over the last several years, accelerated by the increasing aging population as the first baby boomers turn 75. Even more, the pandemic forced many older adu... |
| 13.10.2021 | Digital health news, funding roundup in the prior week; October 11 | CVS Health turning drugstores into super-clinics; BetterUp raises another round for $5B valuation
Headlines from last week:
A number of 2021 healthtech companies are trading below their IPO price, with reduced market caps. More healthtech c... |
| 06.10.2021 | Facebook’s outage becomes a boon for other social media startups | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 06.10.2021 | Facebook’s outage becomes a boon for other social media startups | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 06.10.2021 | Daily funding roundup - October 5, 2021 | Sure raised $100M; Honor landed $70M; Pandion secured $30M
Masterworks: Masterworks is a New York-based company that sells fractional shares of fine art to retail investors. Masterworks has raised $110 million in Series A funding. The round... |
| 05.10.2021 | Honor Technology Closes $370M Debt and Series E Equity Round | Honor Technology, a San Francisco, CA-based senior care network and technology platform, raised $70m in Series E funding and $300 million in debt financing.
The round, which brings Honor’s total equity funding to date to $325m and values th... |
| 05.10.2021 | Honor Technology Nabs $370M |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Honor Technology today announced it has raised $70 million in Series E funding and $300 million in debt financing.
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| 26.08.2021 | Pandemic Retirement Surge Opens Doors for Second Careers | “We find that those who discover a second career in retirement are some of the most valuable contributors across our franchise network,” explains Jeff Huber, Home Instead CEO.
OMAHA, Neb. (PRWEB) August 26, 2021
The number of retirees in th... |
| 16.08.2021 | Bringing Older Adults Back to the Dinner Table | OMAHA, Neb. (PRWEB) August 16, 2021
Now more than ever, we recognize the importance of human connection, but few realize how a lack of connection affects our daily behaviors, especially for older adults. In fact, a survey from Home Instead,... |
| 11.08.2021 | Giant Food Announces the Launch of the 17th Annual Pediatric Cancer Fundraising Program; Goal to Raise $2 Million in Honor of September's Childhood Cancer Awareness Month | |
| 02.06.2021 | Prosus to acquire Stack Overflow for $1.8 Billion | Congratulations to Stack Overflow, founders Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood, CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar and team on the company's acquisition by Prosus for $1.8bn.
A top 50 website globally, Stack Overflow is the go-to destination for develop... |
| 28.10.2020 | Honor closes $140M Series D to help independent agencies coordinate in-home care | |
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| 27.10.2020 | Honor raises $140M to grow home-care network | To meet that goal, Honor raised $140 million in series D funding, led by investment firms Baillie Gifford and T. Rowe Price Associates. To date, the company has raised more than $255 million in funding.
“We believe investing is about identi... |
| 27.10.2020 | Honor Secures $140 Million to Fuel Growth and Advance Home Care Industry | |
| 19.08.2020 | In Honor of Its 100th Anniversary, NVNA and Hospice Launches Grace Campaign To Raise $4.5M by 2021 | |
| 03.02.2020 | Venture investing in elder tech | Will Robbins Contributor
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| 21.10.2019 | 10 tech startups focused on improving life for older Americans
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| 15.11.2018 | Home care startup Honor finds success in new business model, pivoting away from direct-to-consumer care | Honor was one of a host of companies founded to address that issue. Boosted by by $115 million in funding from investors, the company initially started as a direct-to-consumer platform for families to find home care aids, but has now redire... |
| 17.07.2018 | Kindly Care scores $5.4 million to vet and place caregivers, then help families pay them correctly | There are roughly 45 million unpaid eldercare providers in the United States, according to the 2016 U.S. Census Bureau. It’s tough on these family caregivers, many of whom are working women who are also raising their own children.
There are... |
| 23.05.2018 | Honor Raises $50M in Series C Funding | Honor, a San Francisco, CA-based home care company, raised $50m in Series C funding.
The round, which bring total funding to $115m, was led by Naspers Ventures, with participation from existing investors.
The company intends to use the fund... |
| 22.05.2018 | In-Home Care Startup Honor Lands $50M to Grow Network of Home Care Agencies | Honor, an in-home care startup has raised $50 million in Series C funding led by Naspers Ventures, with participation from existing investors, bringing the company’s total funding amount to $115 million. The latest round comes as the larger... |
| 22.05.2018 | In-home care coordination network Honor announces $50M Series C | Home care technology company Honor has brought in $50 million in Series C financing, the company announced this morning, bringing the company’s total funding to $115 million. The funding round was led by Naspers Ventures, with additional pa... |
| 22.05.2018 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, May 22 | A PRIVACY MESS
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| 22.05.2018 | Honor raises $50M to expand caregiver support as CMS adds flexibility for home care services coverage (Updated) | “We’re taking our technology and operational capabilities and making it available to select partners,” Sommers said. “We are going to companies and providing our technology to them for workforce management and recruiting.
She broke down Hon... |
| 23.04.2018 | 8VC has closed its second early-stage fund, seemingly with an eye on logistics and biotech | 8VC, the early-stage, San Francisco-based venture firm founded in 2015 by serial entrepreneur Joe Lonsdale and four other general partners, has closed it second early-stage venture fund with $640 million in commitments, says one of its inve... |
| 04.10.2017 | How the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals brought Rocio Lopez into the startup world | Ruben Harris Contributor
Ruben Harris is a professional cellist and a recovering investment banker who now leads partnerships in San Francisco for Honor, a healthcare startup focused on seniors. He is also a founder of the Breaking Into Sta... |
| 31.05.2017 | How sales took Ysiad Ferreiras from gang violence in the Bronx to Silicon Valley | Ruben Harris Contributor
Ruben Harris is a professional cellist and a recovering investment banker who now leads partnerships in San Francisco for Honor, a healthcare startup focused on seniors. He is also a founder of the Breaking Into Sta... |
| 21.05.2017 | How culinary school and gaming helped former teacher Mannah Kallon land a career in coding | Ruben Harris Contributor
Ruben Harris is a professional cellist and a recovering investment banker who now leads partnerships in San Francisco for Honor, a healthcare startup focused on seniors. He is also a founder of the Breaking Into Sta... |
| 11.04.2017 | How Free Code Camp has attracted 1 million students and harnessed coding education for nonprofits | Ruben Harris Contributor
Ruben Harris is a professional cellist and a recovering investment banker who now leads partnerships in San Francisco for Honor, a healthcare startup focused on seniors. He is also a founder of the Breaking Into Sta... |
| 23.03.2017 | How Everette Taylor went from a homeless college dropout to chief marketing officer at Skurt | Ruben Harris Contributor
Ruben Harris is a professional cellist and a recovering investment banker who now leads partnerships in San Francisco for Honor, a healthcare startup focused on seniors. He is also a founder of the Breaking Into Sta... |
| 22.03.2017 | At 50, Dev Bootcamp’s Michael Jay Walker quit his day job to learn coding with kids in their twenties | Ruben Harris Contributor
Ruben Harris is a professional cellist and a recovering investment banker who now leads partnerships in San Francisco for Honor, a healthcare startup focused on seniors. He is also a founder of the Breaking Into Sta... |
| 19.03.2017 | Stevon Cook went from public housing to empowering public schools through tech training | Ruben Harris Contributor
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| 14.03.2017 | Lauren Hockley, Co-founder of Careseekers | website twitter facebook
Lauren is a marketing specialist with a Masters of Commerce from Sydney University. Her career started out in advertising. She then moved into film, where she directed and produced a documentary in Cambodia on child... |
| 10.03.2017 | How The Last Mile helped Kenyatta Leal walk from prison in San Quentin to a job in tech | Ruben Harris Contributor
Ruben Harris is a professional cellist and a recovering investment banker who now leads partnerships in San Francisco for Honor, a healthcare startup focused on seniors. He is also a founder of the Breaking Into Sta... |
| 28.02.2017 | Breaking Into Startups: How a 16-year-old dropout became a senior engineer at Slack | Ruben Harris Contributor
Ruben Harris is a professional cellist and a recovering investment banker who now leads partnerships in San Francisco for Honor, a healthcare startup focused on seniors. He is also a founder of the Breaking Into Sta... |
| 23.02.2017 | How a political strategist and former NAACP advisor became Silicon Valley’s Olivia Pope | Ruben Harris Contributor
Ruben Harris is a professional cellist and a recovering investment banker who now leads partnerships in San Francisco for Honor, a healthcare startup focused on seniors. He is also a founder of the Breaking Into Sta... |
| 15.02.2017 | AARP dangles $10K prize in front of startups to help aging population | A team of impetuous 20-something-year-old startup founders may not automatically reach out to the AARP to bring its products to market. Ignoring the aging population isn’t the sharpest move, however. With its Innovation Champion Award, AARP... |
| 13.02.2017 | Breaking Into Startups: How Divine broke the cycle of recidivism to become a leader in criminal justice reform | Ruben Harris Contributor
Ruben Harris is a professional cellist and a recovering investment banker who now leads partnerships in San Francisco for Honor, a healthcare startup focused on seniors. He is also a founder of the Breaking Into Sta... |
| 09.02.2017 | From teen mom to tech maven, Rita Henderson has broken the mold | Ruben Harris Contributor
Ruben Harris is a professional cellist and a recovering investment banker who now leads partnerships in San Francisco for Honor, a healthcare startup focused on seniors. He is also a founder of the Breaking Into Sta... |
| 06.02.2017 | Breaking into startups: Idalin Bobe’s journey from North Philly to ThoughtWorks | Ruben Harris Contributor
Ruben Harris is a professional cellist and a recovering investment banker who now leads partnerships in San Francisco for Honor, a healthcare startup focused on seniors. He is also a founder of the Breaking Into Sta... |
| 05.10.2016 | Honor Pilots In-Home Care Partnership with Walmart in Dallas-Fort Worth | Honor, a digital health startup connecting consumers with in-home caregivers, seniors and their families is expanding its service with a pilot partnership with Walmart in two stores in Dallas-Forth Worth, TX.
Honor currently operates in the... |
| 05.10.2016 | Senior Care Startup Hometeam Just Scored an Advantage Over Its Rivals | Josh Bruno wants his senior home-care company to be around for a long time. And today, he took a big step toward making that happen.
Since launching in 2014, Hometeam has used a proprietary software to match caregivers with seniors in need ... |
| 08.08.2016 | Home Care Company Honor Raises $42M in Series B Funding | Honor, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of home care for older adults, raised $42m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Thrive Capital with participation from 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz, and Syno Capital.
The company, which has raised ... |
| 08.08.2016 | Honor Raises $42M to Connect Consumers with In-Home Caregivers | Honor, an in-home care startup has raised $42 million in Series B funding led by Thrive Capital along with participating investors 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz and Syno Capital. The latest round brings the total funding raised to date up to $62... |
| 08.08.2016 |
Honor Finds $42M For Senior Home Care Efforts
| Honor, the in-home, senior care startup which launched its services in LA in April, has raised $42M more in a funding round, the company said this morning. The Bay Area startup--which only offers services so far in San Francisco and in LA--... |
| 08.08.2016 | HONOR Raises $42 Million in Series B Funding Round | Honor (www.JoinHonor.com), one of the fastest growing companies offering high-quality home care for older adults, announced today it has raised $42 million in Series B funding led by Thrive Capital. Additional investors include 8VC, Andrees... |
| 08.08.2016 | HONOR Raises $42 Million in Series B Funding Round | Honor (www.JoinHonor.com), one of the fastest growing companies offering high-quality home care for older adults, announced today it has raised $42 million in Series B funding led by Thrive Capital. Additional investors include 8VC, Andrees... |
| 08.08.2016 | Honor CEO sees expansion to Dallas-Fort Worth market as critical test for caregiver business | Sternberg said of its move to add Thrive as an investor that he liked the technology entrepreneur experience of the firm’s management, particularly its healthcare entrepreneur experience in New York. Sternberg has said that he wants Honor t... |
| 05.08.2016 | Honor raises $42 million led by Thrive Capital for on-demand senior care | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
In-home care startup Honor, backed by famed investors Andreessen Horowitz, Max Levchin, and Jessica Alba, is adding another noteworthy ... |
| 05.08.2016 | Honor raises $42 million led by Thrive Capital for on-demand senior care | In-home care startup Honor, backed by famed investors Andreessen Horowitz, Max Levchin, and Jessica Alba, is adding another noteworthy name to that list: Thrive Capital.
The Slack, Warby Parker, and Jet.com investor is leading a new $42 mil... |
| 25.07.2016 | Why Twitter’s Ex-Head of Media Left the Tech Industry for a Biotech Startup | Updated on July 28, 2016
“In Silicon Valley, everyone talks about Google (GOOGL), Facebook (FB), Snapchat, Twitter (TWTR) — and they are missing it.”
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| 12.05.2016 | Mitch Kapor: Driving for Uber is "a great second job" | At Vator Splash Spring, the EFF and Kapor Center co-founder discusses the social impact of Uber
We kicked off Vator Splash Spring this morning with a fireside chat between Mitch Kapor (co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Kapor... |
| 28.02.2016 | How Smart Founders Can Take Advantage Of The Platform Shift | Brian Feinstein Contributor
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| 18.02.2016 | Meet the 29-Year-Old Disruptor Turning the Senior Care Industry on Its Head | This profile is part of “The Fortune Entrepreneurs” list. See the full package here.
Don’t let Josh Bruno’s charming smile and young age fool you. He may only be 29 years old, but Bruno is a fierce disruptor with a mission to overhaul the s... |
| 17.02.2016 | Exclusive: Kaiser Permanente Ventures Invests $5 Million in Healthcare Startup Hometeam | Kaiser Permanente Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of California-based health care provider Kaiser Permanente, is backing two-year-old healthcare startup, Hometeam, with a $5 million investment, Fortune has learned.
Kaiser Perman... |
| 08.02.2016 | And The Winners Of The 9th Annual Crunchies Are… | Silicon Valley is getting dressed up tonight to celebrate startups, their founders and CEOs, VCs and angels, and the products they make during our 9th Annual Crunchies awards show at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House. Tonight’s sho... |
| 20.01.2016 | Honor adds benefits for professional caregivers to make profession more attractive | “When we started we were told the average carepro churn would be 60 percent to 100 percent annually because that is what is normal in this industry. In our experience, nothing could be further from the truth,” he said.
Sternberg noted that ... |
| 04.01.2016 | Hometeam raises $27.5M to expand professional caregiver matchmaking service | Hometeam compares its software to a matchmaking service. It matches families with experienced caregivers and helps caregivers plan days to improve the quality of life of older adults.
Caregiver startups have been a popular area for digital ... |
| 02.01.2016 | The 9th Annual Crunchies Finalists announced | The 9th Annual Crunchies Awards Show is round the corner. Let’s meet the finalists.
The 9th edition of the Annual Crunchies Awards also referred to as The Oscars of Startups and Technology, is quickly approaching. On Tuesday, February 8, 2... |
| 28.12.2015 | Announcing The 9th Annual Crunchies Finalists | After a multitude of worthy nominations, TechCrunch is proud to announce the 9th Annual Crunchies Awards finalists. Take a peek below at the full list of finalists for each award category.
There are 12 categories that recognize a variety of... |
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| 07.11.2015 | Digital health investment and usage trends: 5 must-read stories from MedCity News this week | Reporters Stephanie Baum and Neil Versel were joined this week on MedHeads by Shahid Shah, author of the Healthcare IT Guy blog, co-founder and CEO of Netspective Communications, and a MedCity News contributor.
Also, here are five noteworth... |
| 03.11.2015 | Large Series A financings are a worrying digital health investment trend | As soon as a large Series A is closed, entrepreneurs will have a strong temptation to spend this money faster than is prudent which can quickly lead to inefficient, and sometimes wasteful, spending. This pressure to spend could come from wi... |
| 14.10.2015 | Honor Shifts Closer To An On-Demand Model By Offering Elder Care Within Two Hours Of A Request | Honor, the San Francisco-based company that is tackling the issues posed by a rapidly aging American society, is shifting closer to an on-demand model with Honor Now. The new product will bring customers a care coordinator either to them or... |
| 14.10.2015 | Honor launches caregiver on demand service for seniors | Sternberg also talked about its new service at the Louisville Innovation Summit in a discussion with Jody Holtzman of the AARP.
The caregiver on demand service will only be offered in the San Francisco Bay area, the only region where Honor ... |
| 22.09.2015 | Wellthy Provides Respite For Patients And Families Coping With Long-Term Health Conditions | Getting diagnosed with a chronic illness is stressful enough, but it is just the beginning of a difficult journey. Arranging appointments, researching new treatments, and filing insurance paperwork are just a few of the things patients and ... |
| 16.09.2015 | Envoy raises $3M for its on-demand senior care service and expands to San Antonio | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
As our lives get busier, who will take care of the elderly members of our family? If you’re a fan of the on-demand economy, then Envoy ... |
| 16.09.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| 16.09.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Lightspeed raises $61M to expand its point of sale to retailers and restaurants worldwide
As more mobile point-of-sale syste... |
| 16.09.2015 | Envoy raises $3M for its on-demand senior care service and expands to San Antonio | As our lives get busier, who will take care of the elderly members of our family? If you’re a fan of the on-demand economy, then Envoy might be just the thing. It’s a family concierge service for seniors and family caregivers, and today it ... |
| 23.07.2015 | Hometeam Emerges From Stealth To Bring Better In-Home Care To Seniors | Hometeam, a New York-based startup providing in-home care to seniors, is publicly launching today after operating in a stealthy beta for two years.
Powered by $11 million in funding from Lux Capital, IA Ventures and Recruit Strategic Partne... |
| 13.07.2015 | Home Care Startup Honor Donates $1M in Free In-Home Care Across 10 Cities | The problem of insufficient elder care is one of the biggest issues facing the nation, so much so that it’s now one of top priorities for the White House and the President. Today at the White House Conference on Aging, Seth Sternberg, CEO o... |
| 13.07.2015 | Web-based caregiver service for seniors: Honor kicks off $1M initiative to be in 10 cities | A statement from the company’s blog to support the initiative read:
“Entrepreneurs have found it difficult to innovate in the senior space, and investors have not poured in enough dollars because of long-held misperceptions about older adul... |
| 07.04.2015 | AARP: Consumer has to be at the center of product development and testing for digital health | UnitedHealthcare and Pfizer are both sponsors, but Holtzman said the group is in talks with other companies about adding more sponsors to the project.
Pfizer Vice President of Worldwide Innovation Wendy Mayer explained in emailed responses ... |
| 02.04.2015 | Senior care is getting modernized with the help of the tech elite for new company Honor | The number of seniors is increasing rapidly as the baby boomer generation ages. Many would like to have more options for in-home care for their loved ones, as opposed to costly and less comfortable alternatives.
By taking a marketplace mode... |
| 02.04.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| 02.04.2015 | An Ex-Googler Launches An In-Home Care Startup Called Honor And Raises $20 Million | Seth Sternberg, who sold a messaging service to Google for around $100 million, is launching a new startup centered around in-home care — and has raised a ton of money to build it.
Honor, a combination of an online service that connects in-... |
| 02.04.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Via raises $27M to expand shared SUV ride service to new cities
Via offers SUV rides to groups of passengers with compatible... |
| 02.04.2015 | Honor Raises $20M in Funding | Honor, a San Francisco, CA-based online service that connects in-home caregivers, seniors and their families, raised $20m in funding.
The round was led by Andreessen Horovitz, which made a $15m investment, with participation from Adrian Aou... |
| - | Honor adds benefits for professional caregivers to make profession more attractive | This post has been updated from an earlier version to clarify comments from Honor CEO Seth Sternberg
It’s only been six months since caregiving service startup Honor made its concierge service for professional caregivers available to San Fr... |
| - | Senior care is getting modernized with the help of the tech elite for new company Honor | The number of seniors is increasing rapidly as the baby boomer generation ages. Many would like to have more options for in-home care for their loved ones, as opposed to costly and less comfortable alternatives.
By taking a marketplace mode... |
| - | Honor CEO sees expansion to Dallas-Fort Worth market as critical test for caregiver business | Seth Sternberg, Honor CEO
Honor has closed a Series B round to support its first major expansion beyond California cities in what will be a critical test for the caregiving startup. In a phone interview, Honor CEO and Co-founder Seth Sternb... |
| - | Home care startup Honor finds success in new business model, pivoting away from direct-to-consumer care | When San Francisco-based startup Honor was launched in 2015, the need for innovation in the home care industry was clear – and it has only grown starker since.
The country’s demographic data shows the issue. By 2035, there will be 78 millio... |
| - | Honor launches caregiver on demand service for seniors | This story was updated from an earlier version
Honor, a digital health startup that launched an online caregiver booking service earlier this year, has added a speedier offering to provide on-site assessments for seniors discharged from the... |
| - | Web-based caregiver service for seniors: Honor kicks off $1M initiative to be in 10 cities | Honor, a company that is trying to re-invent the way seniors are cared for at home through an online concierge care platform has moved out of the Beta stage and is making its service available to San Francisco this week. To support the move... |
| - | Digital health investment and usage trends: 5 must-read stories from MedCity News this week | We talked this week on MedHeads about the enormous growth we’re seeing in the digital health landscape – but the market’s divided between smaller players seeking clinical validation and mass market activity trackers like Fitbit and Jawbone.... |
| - | Hometeam raises $27.5M to expand professional caregiver matchmaking service | Hometeam continues to build momentum for its aging in place approach to senior care, an area that will continue to be a big theme in 2016. It has raised $27.5 million in a Series B round led by Oak HC/FT. The fundraise is designed to speed ... |
