Elder
A true alternative to the care home
- 101-200 employees
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Marketplace
- Social Impact
- Age-tech
- Shoreditch, London
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Company mission
To reinvent what it means to age. Elder pioneers solutions that improve quality of life and peace of mind for individuals and families everywhere.
Our take
Elderly care has traditionally been delivered in residential care homes, which require people to be taken out of their own homes and moved into an unusual environment. Elder is introducing a technology-driven solution to a previously undisturbed market. It believes that getting older shouldn’t mean giving up choice and independence – even when you need care.
Social care remains one of society’s biggest challenges around the world and the big companies involved are nearly all legacy providers, leaving significant scope for disruption.
Elder is setting out to provide a personalised and genuine approach to senior care that can also scale. Elder is able to dispatch a carer, matched based on individual needs and personality, to any location in the UK within 48 hours. It is now focused on improving its live-in care experience and expanding across the UK.
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Benefits
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- 6 weeks work from any where in the role (this can be used along side holiday entitlement)
- Parental leave at full pay for both parents
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays) + 1 day per year for the 1st 5 years (total of 30 days)
- Hybrid working
- Equipment (Apple Mac or Pc)
- Health Insurance - (Dental, Mental, Physio, Vision)
- Growth and development
- Inspiring learning and CSR
- Rollover holiday time
- Pension scheme
- Team and company socials
- Referral scheme
- Mental health support
- Free drinks and snacks
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2020
$10.1m
SERIES B
Dec 2017
$4.1m
SERIES A
Total funding: $25.1m
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Leadership
Pete Dowds
(CEO)Background as a lawyer with 5 years experience at DLA Piper in M&A/VC law. Previously co-founded Mopp.com, a home services company, which he scaled to tens of thousands of customers over 3 years before selling to Handy in 2014