Connected care start-up targets aging-in-place

PCL Health monitors key vitals at home, providing caregivers with peace of mind and supporting aging-in-place.
British start-up PCL Health (formerly Poonyah Care) is on a mission to change the way that the health of older people is monitored and managed at-home. The company has developed a range…Read More

AgeTech fund: focus on over-50s not millennials

Founding partner of 1843 Capital targets AgeTech investment opportunities with $13 million fund.
Connecticut-based early stage investment firm 1843 Capital values diversity highly, and seeks investment opportunities that reflect diversity, both in terms of the companies themselves and the markets…Read More

New investor offers funding to healthy aging innovators

A fifth investor has joined UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), providing matched funding for top small innovators to develop ideas for healthy aging.
The new investor in the healthy aging innovation is London-based Nesta; describing themselves as an “impact investor”, Nesta works on thr…Read More

Huma’s $130m raise will scale its digital health platform

With the goal of bringing proactive, predictive care to all, Huma has $130 million financing from leading health and technology companies.
The investment arms of Bayer, Hitachi, Samsung, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV, Unilever and the PE fund HAT are financing Huma Therapeutics Ltd to t…Read More

Senior living tech is now a must-have

K4Connect co-founder reveals how the senior living operators’ views on technology have changed since the arrival of COVID-19.
Agetech company K4Connect this week unveiled a new report, based on a survey of staff and residents in senior living communities, which highlights the growing importance of t…Read More

Student designs smart mobility aid for dementia sufferers

New smart mobility aid will allow people with dementia to live independently for longer and reduce strain on the care system.
According to Alzheimer’s Research UK, one million people in the UK will have dementia by 2025 and this will increase to two million by 2050 [1]. This increase i…Read More

Honor acquires Home Instead – big news for aging in place

Together, Honor and Home Instead plan to transform care experience for caregivers and older adults by empowering the caregiving workforce and increasing innovation to revolutionise care for the growing aging population.
Honor Technology, Inc has acquired Home Instead, Inc, effective t…Read More

The three pillars for success in aging in place

Metabesity 2021: Eric Kihlstrom explains why design, language and business model are key factors for aging in place and the longevity ecosystem.
Next week sees the return of the Targeting Metabesity annual conference, bringing together a host of speakers from multiple disciplines across the aging…Read More

“World’s first” cultural-matching app for care sector launches

Care receivers can be paired with carer based on religious understanding and culture thanks to AI tech developed during pandemic.
A graduate has created what she claims is the world’s first cultural-matching app for the care sector. Created during the pandemic caused by COVID-1…Read More

Rosita Longevity over 60s health app launches in US

Rosita Longevity, the Mediterranean mobile health app that aims to optimise healthy longevity in the 60+ community launches in the US after raising a $2.8m seed round.
The health app’s current round is led by Ship2B ventures (impact fund from Barcelona through the BSocial Impact Fund c…Read More