How Hometeam Is Disrupting the Senior In-Home Care Industry - Fortune
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Josh Bruno quit his job, turned down Harvard, and founded Hometeam.
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Don’t let Josh Bruno’s charming smile and young age fool you. He may only be 29 years old, but Bruno is a fierce disruptor with a mission to overhaul the senior in-home care industry.
Bruno witnessed first-hand as his family struggled to find quality care for his 93-year-old grandfather. When the highly-independent, World War II veteran got sick, Bruno and his relatives scrambled to find help, but it only resulted in frustration. “It was a revolving door of caregivers who didn’t really have any context of what was going on,” Bruno says. “Something was clearly wrong in the way the whole system worked.”
Bruno decided to take matters into his own hands. In 2013, Bruno was working as an investor at Bain Capital Ventures when he began volunteering at various elder care agencies to see what the market was really like. For six months, he volunteered at 40 different agencies while still working full-time.
“It caught the attention of some of the partners at Bain,” Bruno says. “Some were very helpful, and some were like, ‘Hey man, are you going to do senior care or are you going to do venture capital?’”
He chose the former. In a matter of months, Bruno quit his job at Bain, turned down a Harvard Business School offer and founded Hometeam.
Hometeam aims to rethink how in-home care is administered to senior citizens. The two-year-old healthcare startup has raised $38.5 million to date with backers including Oak HC/FT, Lux Capital, IA Ventures, and Recruit Strategic Partners. Kaiser Permanente Ventures also just announced a $5 million investment in the company.
How Hometeam Is Disrupting the Senior In-Home Care Industry - Fortune
Courtesy of Hometeam
Josh Bruno quit his job, turned down Harvard, and founded Hometeam.
This profile is part of “The Fortune Entrepreneurs” list. See the full package here.
Don’t let Josh Bruno’s charming smile and young age fool you. He may only be 29 years old, but Bruno is a fierce disruptor with a mission to overhaul the senior in-home care industry.
Bruno witnessed first-hand as his family struggled to find quality care for his 93-year-old grandfather. When the highly-independent, World War II veteran got sick, Bruno and his relatives scrambled to find help, but it only resulted in frustration. “It was a revolving door of caregivers who didn’t really have any context of what was going on,” Bruno says. “Something was clearly wrong in the way the whole system worked.”
Bruno decided to take matters into his own hands. In 2013, Bruno was working as an investor at Bain Capital Ventures when he began volunteering at various elder care agencies to see what the market was really like. For six months, he volunteered at 40 different agencies while still working full-time.
“It caught the attention of some of the partners at Bain,” Bruno says. “Some were very helpful, and some were like, ‘Hey man, are you going to do senior care or are you going to do venture capital?’”
He chose the former. In a matter of months, Bruno quit his job at Bain, turned down a Harvard Business School offer and founded Hometeam.
Hometeam aims to rethink how in-home care is administered to senior citizens. The two-year-old healthcare startup has raised $38.5 million to date with backers including Oak HC/FT, Lux Capital, IA Ventures, and Recruit Strategic Partners. Kaiser Permanente Ventures also just announced a $5 million investment in the company.
