/PRNewswire/ Oath Care, the expert-moderated community that helped connect parents virtually during the pandemic, launches first-ever "All The Feels" (ATF).
Oath Care just raised $2 million to develop a social, health-focused app that groups expectant and new parents
Being an expectant mom can be frightening, as can mothering an infant or toddler. The answers don’t come automatically, and while there’s no shortage of books and websites (and advice from grandparents) about how to parent at every stage, finding satisfying information often proves a lot harder than imagined.
There are online social groups that deliver some of the social and emotional support that new parents need, no matter where they live. There are many dozens of mom communities on Facebook, for example. However, it’s because there’s room for improvement on this theme big groups can feel isolating, bad information abounds that Oath Care, a young, four-person San Francisco-based startup, just raised $2 million in seed funding from XYZ Ventures, General Catalyst, and Eros Resmini, former CMO of Discord and managing partner of the Mini Fund.
Oath Care, a San Francisco, CA-based social company focused on healthcare, raised $2m in funding.
Backers included XYZ Venture Capital, General Catalyst, Muse Capital, and Eros Resmini, former CMO of Discord and managing partner of the Mini Fund.
The company will use funds to hire and accelerate product development in preparation for its public launch later this year.
Co-founded by Camilla Hermann, CEO, and Dr. Michelle Stephens, co-founder, pediatric clinician and research scientist in early childhood stress physiology Oath is building a social, community-based network and mobile app that combines intimate connections and shared parental experiences with healthcare specialist support and guidance through group chat and 1:1 video calls. Starting with small groups for moms, Oath’s technology intelligently matches women in “circles” of 6-10 women based on criteria such as stage of pregnancy/age of child, location, and career. Circles are led by a trained facilitator and