CEO of Singapore's multi-million dollar homecare start-up shares top tips for success (via CNBCMakeIt)
"Building an app that can mobilize people and then scaling that as a sustainable business, that drives me. It's doing good, while doing well," said Gillian Tee, co-founder and CEO of Homage.After spending 15 years abroad, Singaporean entrepreneurIt was what she called "the perfect storm."and Tee quickly discovered the "pain points" of caring for individuals who need specialized care.
"Let's say you fell and broke your hip, the medical part is quite clear. You have to find specialists, you can go to… [a] public hospital or private hospital," Tee said. "But what happens when you need to come home, when you need to transition back to your community and your home, what is the care plan? What is the right thing to even think about, in terms of proofing the home, mobility aids?"
Homage provides a range of home care services, including daily living assistance, nursing care and home therapy.That's when she decided to start Homage, a company that matches patients who need long-term home care with qualified caregivers. Since 2017 when the company was founded, the startup has raised $45 million, she said naming notable investors such as Golden Gate Ventures Sheares and Healthcare Group — a Temasek wholly owned subsidiary, as well as early stage venture firm 500 Startups.But this is not the 40-year-old's first foray into entrepreneurship. She was a management consultant for"I started off as a software developer and I was just very drawn to it because I liked building things.
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