Stevens Family Trust is a family office located in Los Angeles.

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Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health is the leading U.S. early-stage (Seed and following on at the Series A) venture capital fund focused 100% on healthcare. Launched in 2018, Wavemaker 360 invested into the most promising healthcare startups in North America, with LPs from every sector of the US healthcare system.  We are SEEDING HEALTHCARE'S TOMORROW.  We invest in healthcare disruptors and entrepreneurs that see how the industry is transforming itself and want to make a big difference.

Wavemaker 360

32 Ventures specializes in direct investments in early stage companies.

32 Ventures

Tombot

“Imagine a world in which you could love a robotic puppy as much as you love a real live puppy.  Then imagine that robotic puppy could monitor you for safety and health.”   People love puppies.  Puppies are cute, fun, provide a sense of companionship, and perhaps most importantly, a sense of purpose.  More than 1.2 billion live animals – 700 million of which are dogs – are kept as pets worldwide, driving a pet industry expected to exceed $400 billion in 2028 with a CAGR of 5.2%.  However, about 50% of households do not to have live pets due to health issues, allergies, lifestyle, cost, or living situations.  For these people, there is Tombot.   Located in Santa Clarita, California, USA, Tombot is a robotic animal and digital health solutions company.  Our go-to-market users / patients are the more than 200 million people with dementia or pre-dementia mild cognitive impairment.  Peer-reviewed studies show robotic animals can reduce the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia – loneliness, anxiety, depression, hallucinations, violent anger – and reduce the need for dangerous psychotropic medications.   ''A dog for people who can’t have dogs''    While our first product to market is classified as a consumer wellness device and can be sold through ecommerce and other retail channels, Tombot aims for our puppies to be the first robotic animals to be both FDA medical devices and remote safety and health monitoring platforms.   Spotlights:    - Leadership team has a large prior exit in high tech.  - $8M+ in equity funding raised to date, with an additional $2M convertible line of credit for manufacturing startup costs.  Tombot’s lead institutional investor is Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health, the foremost seed stage healthcare investor in the US.  - B2C and B2B business models, featuring recurring subscription and RaaS pricing  - Artistic design services by the Jim Henson Creature Shop.  - Selected by TIME magazine for its list of 100 Best Inventions in 2020.   - Won a 2020 international competition by Aging2.0 for mitigating social isolation and severe loneliness.  - 7,000+ Pre-order and waitlist customers – including 200+ B2B customers such as hospitals, assisted living and skilled nursing facilities - from 86 countries.  - Premier clinical research partners, including Cleveland Clinic, Ensign Group, and Children’s Hospital of LA.  - Beta testing fall in 2024; first customer shipments in 2025  - Projecting outlier investor returns from our current round with a liquidity event in 2027. There are many videos on Tombot’s website and our Youtube channel.

Tombot creates robotic emotional support animals (in the design of puppies) for people who face health adversities such as dementia, stress, anxiety, loneliness, or depression. Tombot puppies are designed to look and behave like real Labrador puppies, with realistic fur, movements, and sounds using recordings of a 12 week-old Labrador puppy. The robotic puppies can respond to touch, voice, and commands, and provide companionship to users. Tombot puppies are also rechargeable, customizable, and updatable through a smartphone app. The company claims that the robotic puppy is scientifically engineered to treat symptoms of mental illness. The company is still developing its robots, but allows individuals to join a waitlist, purchasing a robotic puppy for USD 399 for delivery when released.

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The Tombot Puppy is a super-cute, easy-to-care-for realistic robot companion for your loved ones

Tombot creates robotic emotional support animals (in the design of puppies) for people who face health adversities such as dementia, stress, anxiety, loneliness, or depression. Tombot puppies are designed to look and behave like real Labrador puppies, with realistic fur, movements, and sounds using recordings of a 12 week-old Labrador puppy. The robotic puppies can respond to touch, voice, and commands, and provide companionship to users. Tombot puppies are also rechargeable, customizable, and updatable through a smartphone app. The company claims that the robotic puppy is scientifically engineered to treat symptoms of mental illness. The company is still developing its robots, but allows individuals to join a waitlist, purchasing a robotic puppy for USD 399 for delivery when released.Key customers and partnershipsIn <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinseatonjefferson/2019/05/15/company-introduces-jim-hensons-creature-shop-designed-robotic-puppy-for-dementia-therapy/?sh=3676c8a12c3a">May 2019 </a>, the company partnered with Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, a renowned studio that creates puppets and animatronics for movies and TV shows such as the Muppets, to create the robots while ensuring realism.

Honor provides a platform for elderly persons and their families to find home care providers, and is claimed to be one of the largest on-demand home care networks in the US. The company’s key offerings include Home Care, Family Caregiver Resources, and the Honor Family App and Honor Family Care Network for remote monitoring.In August 2021, Honor announced the acquisition of home care provider Home Instead at an undisclosed value. The merged entity was expected to combine for over USD 2.1 billion home care services revenue.&nbsp; Key customers and partnershipsAs of August 2021, Home Instead had around 90,000 caregivers serving at 1,200 locations across the US and global markets. Home Instead acquired UK-based online platform SuperCarers in June 2020. It connects professional caregivers to elderly people seeking at-home care. Prior to the acquisition, SuperCarers had raised a total of GBP 4.9 million (USD 6.6 million).It also partners with the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications (ORCHA) to provide quality assured apps for psychological wellbeing, physical activity, and mental stimulation.

Honor

Eargo specializes in developing hearing aid and related services. Eargo has four products in its lineup: Link by Eargo, Eargo SE, Eargo Neo HiFi, Eargo 6, and Eargo 7. The company’s products are unique due to its design meant to keep the device invisible when plugged in.The products are priced between USD 749 (Link by Eargo) and USD 2,490 (Eargo 7). The Eargo Neo HiFi comes alongside an app and offers connected smart features such as audio personalization and control. The app allows the user to control the audio to suit their surroundings, customize settings, and contact Eargo's licensed hearing professionals for consultation and support.In October 2020, Eargo was listed as a public company and then acquired by Patient Square Capital In October 2023. Via the acquisition, Patient Square Capital acquired all outstanding shares of Eargo—that were not owned by Patient Square—at USD 2.55 per share. Key customers and partnershipsThe company utilizes a business-to-consumer (B2C) online retail strategy compared to traditional business-to-business (B2B) model deployed by other manufacturers who sell their products through clinics. The strategy has proven beneficial through the Covid-19 pandemic as consumer footfall for brick-and-mortar clinics have declined.

Eargo

K4Connect provides technology solutions to residents and staff members in senior living communities through its K4Community platform. The company was co-founded by Scott Moody who sold his fingerprint sensor technology company AuthenTec to Apple for USD 356 million in 2012, which then became the basis for Touch ID.The platform's offerings include digital voice and video communication, and community updates for residents. It also provides smart home automation through the provisioning of plug and play Alexa devices for residents and supports smart thermostats, smart lights, motion sensors, and sleep tracking devices. In addition, community staff members have access to tools for resident surveys, resident and family management, and communications. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the platform also established an expanded video chat service to facilitate resident-to-resident communication, staff requests, yoga classes, and dining room bookings. Further, in March 2020, it partnered with software communications firm Bandwidth to introduce a hotline for staff and residents as a means of keeping all parties up to date with community information.The platform is built on the company’s patented operating system, FusionOS. The company claims that FusionOS is an advanced multi-modal edge-cloud architecture, the first of its kind in the senior living industry. Residents and staff can access the platform using a smartphone app or pre-provisioned tables in the living communities priced on a per-resident basis.As of July 2020, the platform served over 800 independent and assisted living senior living communities across the US. The platform serves over 29,000 users at more than 125 senior living communities across 27 customers as of February 2020, more than doubling its users from 2018, which it expects to repeat in 2020. The company has established channel partnerships with Allbridge (a data, video and voice solution provider for senior living) in July 2020, and Eskaton (a senior services provider) and White Horse Village (a continuing care retirement community) in May 2019. It collaborated with GlobalLogic (a digital product engineering company) in July 2020 to expedite the development schedule of its K4Community Plus app in response to Covid-19.

K4Connect

CarePredict was founded by Former IBM consultant and tech veteran, Satish Movva, and produces Tempo smart wearables for the elderly community. Using machine learning (ML), the company claims the app can reduce the chance of a fall, and predict urinary tract infections (UTIs) and depression ahead of a clinical diagnosis. The device aims to assist caregivers in taking preventive action by detecting activities and behaviors which are precursors to health declines. The data from the device can also be shared with family members.The company generates revenue from device sales and subscriptions. Independent research conducted in September 2020 indicated that facilities using CarePredict’s wearables reported 40% fewer hospitalizations 69%, lower fall rates, 67% increased length of stay, and a 37% improved staff response rate than facilities that did not use CarePredict.The company expanded its operations in 2018 through its acquisition of WiseWare, a company selling activity-tracking jewelry for older users. In April 2020, it launched the PinPoint contact-tracing tools to mitigate the spread of Covid-19.Key customers and partnershipsIn February 2021, the company announced its partnership with Middle Alabama Area Agency on Aging (M4A). M4A is the agency behind the “Providing Alzheimer's N' Dementia Assistance” (PANDA) project. The company will be the first tech platform to be part of the project and will provide caregivers assistance in remote monitoring and preventive care using its smart wearables.

CarePredict

Eversound develops wireless headphone systems to enhance the level of engagement and social interaction for the elderly living in assisted living or memory care centres. The platform provides a library of programmed content on a variety of topics. The headphone system can be used to communicate with caregivers, during group events, family visits, and for music therapy. The headphones are equipped with a wireless transmitter and volume controls. It connects to external audio sources such as community A/V systems, televisions, and audio devices.The product was unveiled in May 2016. In a subsequent six month study conducted by LCB Senior Living community, group events leveraging the Eversound system resulted in an 18% reduction of residents falling asleep and a 28% increase in engagement during group events. In December 2016, the company expanded to 18 states across the US.In March 2020, as a part of its Covid-19 response, the company launched a live streamed, interactive content service to help seniors combat isolation. Further, as in-person visits at assisted living communities were interrupted due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of Eversound’s visitation package proved to be crucial for socially distanced in-person visits. Key customers and partnershipsAs of December 2020, the company’s product is being used in more than 700 senior living communities across the US. Its clients include senior living communities such as Brightview, Commonwealth, and Oakmont. In addition, Eversound has established partnerships with senior living communities (such as The Arbor Company, Bridges by EPOCH, Christian Horizons, and Kisco) to roll out its devices for family visitations, and programmable and live streamed content.

Eversound

Tech-enabled equipment or companionship services that help elderly people function independently.

Platforms that match seniors with home care providers as well as app-based products to facilitate communication between senior families and caregivers

Tech-enabled products used to diagnose, prevent, and treat conditions common among seniors.

Remote monitoring, medical diagnosis, communication, and coordination between caregivers and families of the elderly.

Platforms that help seniors interact socially and communicate with others.

Platforms that help seniors and their families plan and make arrangements to settle the senior’s estates and affairs in the event of death.

Companies that use GenAI as a core part of their product offering for Age Tech

Offers digital platforms that support the wellness of the senior population

Age Tech providers incorporate GenAI to enhance both seniors’ and caregivers’ experiences

Many devices that help seniors operate independently and receive remote treatment use IoT

Some companies use VR to help treat seniors with conditions such as isolation and dementia

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