Home- and Senior-Focused Mental Health Startup Rippl Raises $32 Million 

The mental health startup Rippl, which is specifically geared toward seniors, has raised $32 million. Led by co-founder and CEO Kris Engskov, the company has a home-based focus. It wants to fix what it calls a “broken” mental health model for seniors, and will target patients with dementia and other neurocognitive conditions. “I think we […]

Senior Care Provider Lifespark Seeking $50 Million In Funding

The Minnesota-based Lifespark is setting up for its planned national expansion with a hefty funding round to match. Specifically, the senior care provider is going after $50 million in growth equity funding, according to Axios. Lifespark CEO Joel Theisen teased the plan in one of his recent conversations with Home Health Care News. “We’re in […]

Why Socially Determined Wants to Further Involve Home-Based Care Companies in ‘Information Gathering’

The core of Socially Determined’s mission is figuring out what influences the decisions people make about their health care. Trenor Williams, the company’s CEO, has a family medicine background whose mother ran Meals on Wheels in the Agency on Aging department in southwestern Virginia. “This is all near and dear to my heart,” Williams said, […]