CareCar Raises $3 Million in Seed Funding To Scale and Expand Into New Markets, With a Focus on Senior Homecare
Kapor Capital and Impact America Fund Led Funding Round; Cash Infusion Will Enable CareCar to Meet Growing Marketplace Demand
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DENVER, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ CareCar, a tech-enabled benefit manager and value-based healthcare services platform, today announced that the company closed a seed funding round led by Kapor Capital and Impact America Fund, with Concrete Rose participating as a co-investor. The round raised $3 million. CareCar plans to use the funds to accelerate its growth into new markets, with a focus on expanding its services in the fast-growing senior homecare sector.
UWNEMN Executive Director Erin Shay said the results are inspiring.
â2020 was a difficult year in many ways, but these results are a testament to what our communities can do when we pull together to face a crisis,â she said. âIt just goes to show you that on the Iron Range, people take care of each other.â
Funds were raised through local workplace campaigns, online donations, mail donations, fundraisers, and grant writing. They will be used in the coming year to support UWNEMN partner agencies: Advocates for Family Peace, Angel Fund, Arrowhead Center Adolescent Treatment, Camp Chicagami, Care Partners, Ely Community Health Center, Ely Community Resource, food shelves area-wide, Girl Scouts of MN and WI Lakes and Pines, Northern St. Louis County Habitat for Humanity, Northwoods Partners, Project Care, Range Transitional Housing, Salvation Army Hibbing, Salvation Army Virginia, Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank, ServeMinnesota Reading Corps, Sexual Assault P
Dr Arun Mandepanda Thimmiah, a GP at the Abbey Road Surgery in Barrow, gives advice on health issues in his weekly column. This week, he talks about the different types of diabetes and support available for people living with the condition. Diabetes is a lifelong condition that causes a person’s blood sugar level to become too high. There are two main types of diabetes:
type 1 diabetes – where the body s immune system attacks and destroys the cells that produce insulin
type 2 diabetes – where the body does not produce enough insulin, or the body s cells do not utilise the insulin effectively
Grand Valley Bike Month happening next month.
Iâm not what you would call a die-hard âspokesâ person or pedal head, but I do love a good mountain bike bomb or a leisurely cruise through the countryside.
Whether youâre a âcycle-path,â a smooth cruiser or a knobby know-it-all, when it comes to biking, youâll find plenty happening to get â and keep â the wheels turning.
Here are some highlights of this yearâs event:
A Bicycle Resource Fair, to kick of Grand Valley Bike Month, will go from 10 a.m.ânoon, Saturday, May 1, at the Central Library, Mesa County Libraries, 443 N. Sixth St. There will be a variety of bicycle resources and information from local organizations, bike commuting, bike maintenance, Safe Routes to School, safety, health/training tips, helmet fitting, bike registration, helmets for kids and more.