The problem
Home care for aging parents is expensive and hard to staff; agencies charge double
What they do
Marketplace matching families with vetted pre-health college students for affordable in-home elder care
Traction Caregiver network doubled to 50,000+ students in 2025; serves thousands of families in 10 states + DC
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 9
- Ops roles
- 2
- Headcount
- ~10-30 (est.)
~6 full-time staff in mid-2025 (N&O); 9 open roles, mostly entry-level in RTP, NC
Latest news
Apr 2026
NIH SBIR funds YayaGuide AI dementia caregiver training with George Washington University ↗Funding
- Last round
- Undisclosed early-stage VC
- Stage
- Seed (grant-funded)
- Date
- Dec 2024
Led by AHA Ventures Social Impact Funds; NIH/NIA SBIR grants
- Hiring+19 open roles on the live job board (3–9 roles = +1)
- Funding recency+0.5Seed (grant-funded) · Undisclosed early-stage VC, Dec 2024 (22 months ago): 12–24 months = +0.5
- Traction+0.75Some growth: Caregiver network doubled to 50,000+ students in 2025; serves thousands of families in 10 states + DC
- Red flags0None found in the last 24 months
- Total2.251 + 0.5 + 0.75 − 0 = 2.25 → Warm-up
Seed rule: seed-stage without strong traction starts in Warm-up whatever the score (Steady by score alone).
Distance (Unproven) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
Unproven · edge: grows with users
Two-sided student-caregiver network is growing, but it is tiny and grant-funded with little disclosed revenue against Care.com, Papa and Honor.
Sources: AHA Ventures: CareYaya showcase (2026) ↗ · News & Observer: CareYaya grows student caregiver network (Jun 2025) ↗
Open ops roles · 2
Last checked Oct 14, 2026