CareYaya, a platform that matches people who need caregivers with healthcare students, is working to disrupt the caregiving industry. The startup is looking to enhance affordable in-home support, while also helping students prepare for their future healthcare careers.
The startup was founded in 2022 by Neal Shah, who came up with the idea for the startup based on his own experience as a caregiver for his wife after she became ill with cancer and various other ailments.
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𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦, 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵.
CareYaYa now has over 25,000 students on its platform from numerous schools, including Duke University, Stanford, UC Berkeley, San Jose State, University of Texas at Austin.
@thewebrecluse what a wonderful idea.
@thewebrecluse I’m doing this now informally for my mom. What a great idea for a company
@Siriusfarm absolutely a brilliant idea. I only just heard of it now. Maybe they will eventually have services in your area to help assist?
During this time, Shah was a partner at a hedge fund and had to wind down his fund to become a full-time caregiver for two years.
To get additional care for his wife, Shah hired college students who were studying healthcare to be caregivers for his wife. Shah learned that other families were doing the same thing informally by posting flyers at local campuses to find someone who was qualified to look after their loved one.
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