Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

This followed late-year 2020 activity, including the $10 million in funding for tech training company GetSetUp. And note the $18 million of funding for Papa from Comcast Ventures to combat social isolation in older adults and launch tech-enabled health offering called Papa Health.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 5, 2023

Additionally, the company has been criticized for its high price tag. Allurion's venture capital investors believe that the company has the potential to become a major player in the weight loss market. In addition to venture capital funding, Allurion has also received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Venture interest in Aging in Place – is it a turning point? RockHealth, the “first venture fund dedicated to digital health”, has declared this year a turning point in the market of offerings for older adults (aka baby boomers, particularly those 65+). But is telehealth viable for the oldest?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

We get pretty excited when a new venture firm starts up in the US that focuses on older adults. That makes at least three US VC firms, including Generator Ventures and Linkage Ventures, that acknowledge the older adult technology market, let alone fund early stage entrants.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Past venture capital investment in home care technology boggles the mind. Consider Care.com – total funding through its 2016 IPO of $156 million (mostly direct-to-consumer) – with Alphabet/Google as of 2016 as the last round and largest shareholder of the company. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care.

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Medicare 120

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2018

The first five are finalists in the 2018 Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit Business Plan competition. The Business Plan Competition features companies pitching their ideas to a diverse panel of judges for feedback, funding and a $10,000 prize. Two sets of pitches, ten finalists across the competitions. Ohmni Robot.

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Digital Health Global

AUGUST 11, 2023

Final Call for Proposals to be Considered for Funding, Mentorship and Partnership Opportunities PLEASANTON, Calif.–(BUSINESS The 15 selected finalists will then present their solutions to an innovation panel for the chance to win cash prizes as well as the opportunity to secure funding, partnerships and mentorship.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 6, 2020

A new venture capital firm formed that is focused on the older adult market. Primetime Partners adds a $32 million fund to the miniscule list of VCs both admitting interest AND actually investing in the segment. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , medication management , social isolation , covid-19 , Aging, ageism.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2022

January 21, 2022) "CoterieTM, a joint venture with Related Companies and Atria, will see the first installation of Amazon Echo Shows at its new Cathedral Hill luxury senior living community in San Francisco. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , senior living. Learn more.

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Telehealth 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 25, 2018

AARP funded a report, Caregiving Innovation Frontiers , in 2016, but has not doubled back to see what happened to all of the great ideas there. Tech-enabled home care was a venture capital bust -- but imagine, turning to one failure and giving them more money to manage tech for the rest.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2018

Ten Technologies from the Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit. Two competitions, both sets of presentations in one day. The first five are finalists in the 2018 Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit Business Plan competition. category tags: hearing loss , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Seniors , dementia care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Venture interest in Aging in Place – is it a turning point? RockHealth, the “first venture fund dedicated to digital health”, has declared this year a turning point in the market of offerings for older adults (aka baby boomers, particularly those 65+). But is telehealth viable for the oldest?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Ten technologies from the 2018 Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit (June, 2018). The first five are finalists in the 2018 Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit Business Plan competition. category tags: hearing loss , Voice First/AI technology , wearables, smart watch , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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HIStalk Interviews

DECEMBER 17, 2018

We are venture backed and we’re going to grow and become a bigger company, but we’ve got a lot of growing to do in the mean time. With the venture rounds, our investors have been super supportive. Neither of us had worked with hospitals. Having scale really helps. They believe in what we’re doing.

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