Disrupting Eldercare

Data Provocation: Hospitals are broken and ripe for technological disruption. I have been following General Catalyst’s bold moves lately, including helping found several healthcare companies and most recently acquiring an entire healthcare system in the United States. My hope is that this leads to a vertically integrated re-imagination of healthca

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By 2050, there will be more than 2 billion people over the age of 60 in the world – about 25% of the world’s population. These numbers, combined with a massive increase in tech adoption by older adults, and a growing number of elderly-care providers, mean the Age Tech market is expected to reach $2 trillion.

Over the past decade we have seen a wave of consumer fintech innovation unbundle the traditional bank and financial services platforms as younger customers have poured in to those emerging leaders. But no recent consumer-focused fintech player has built a new, large financial services platform specifically focused on America’s aging population. Giv... See more