Cayaba Care
Accessible maternal health care
- 21-100 employees
- Healthcare
- B2C
- Social Impact
- Femtech
- West Parkside, Philadelphia, PA
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Company mission
To ensure families have access toa local and comprehensive networks of maternal support that improves maternal health outcomes and alleviates the stress and isolation of the maternal journey.
Our take
While the USA has an extremely advanced healthcare system, maternal mortality rates are the highest of all developed countries. Inequality in access to maternal healthcare means that mothers, particularly from Black, Indigenous and Hispanic communities, are two to three more times likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women.
Cayaba Care was founded in 2020 to help reverse this - by providing care for pregnant women in underserved communities at no or little cost. By providing a single point of contact for patients and carrying out regular in-home and virtual visits it aims to greatly increase health outcomes for people who are not currently being served by the US healthcare system.
The company has also raised significant funding, which will allow it to expand its service starting with New Jersey, with several other states in its sites. With this expansion will come hiring in health, sales and tech as it seeks to develop its technology to better reach underserved communities.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2024
$4.4m
EARLY VC
May 2022
$12m
SERIES A
Total funding: $19.6m
Leadership
Adaeze Enekwechi
(CEO)Graduated from the University of Iowa with a PhD in Health Management and Policy. Previously a Chief Member at Chief, and Executive in Residence at The Health Management Academy, and an Advisor Evidation Health. Also spent nearly 6 years at The George Washington University as a Research Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management and nearly 2 years at the White House Office of Management and Budget as an Associate Director of Health Programs.