AI Startup Zingage Raises $12.5M to Transform Home Healthcare with Smart Scheduling and Operations Tools

AI startup Zingage has raised $12.5 million in seed funding to accelerate the shift of healthcare delivery into homes. The New York City-based company, co-founded by Victor Hunt and Daniel Tian, is building AI-driven tools to streamline operations for home healthcare agencies, which provide care in patients’ homes rather than in hospitals or care facilities. Hunt, the CEO and a former co-founder of real estate tech company Astorian, said the idea for Zingage came from personal experiences. His mother needed home care after an assault, and his grandmother ran a home healthcare business. Tian, Zingage’s CTO and a former engineer at Ramp and TikTok, struggled to secure consistent care for his grandfather, who had Alzheimer’s. According to Hunt, many home healthcare agencies are overwhelmed by manual, offline logistics, making it difficult to match caregivers with patients efficiently. Meanwhile, caregivers often face unstable schedules and struggle to earn a living wage. Zingage aims to solve these challenges by automating back-office tasks and improving caregiver engagement. The company’s two main products are Zingage Perform and Zingage Operator. Zingage Perform is an engagement platform designed to boost retention by gamifying work—similar to a mobile game—rewarding caregivers for taking on extra shifts or committing to long-term roles. Zingage Operator, launched out of beta about two months ago, automates key operational functions such as intake, scheduling, billing, shift coverage, urgent request handling, and visit documentation. Zingage has 14 employees, two-thirds of whom are engineers, and currently serves 400 agency clients managing around 50,000 caregivers. The seed round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from TQ Ventures, South Park Commons, and executives from Ramp. The startup is part of a growing trend of AI companies targeting home healthcare. Factors driving this shift include the decline of the traditional family support system, the rising importance of preventive care, and the increasing desire among older adults—the fastest-growing demographic in the U.S.—to age in place. Zingage envisions a future where all levels of care, from basic companionship to skilled nursing and remote patient monitoring, are delivered at home. The company believes this transition can reduce hospitalizations, improve health outcomes, and extend lifespans.