#135 $1.4bn Startup Tackling Loneliness, Papa (CEO, Andrew Parker)

In 2017, Andrew Parker launched Papa with a 1-800 number, offering 'grandkids-on-demand' in Miami. By 2021, the company was valued at $1.4bn (backed by SoftBank and Tiger Global).

This is a YC-backed gig economy company operating in the regulated elder care market at unicorn scale.

On paper it shouldn't have worked -- and yet it did.

Links

Papa: https://www.papa.com/

Dr Mustafa Sultan: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.musty.io⁠