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Two years later, their brainchild has officially launched: Cooper, a support system for parents offering one-on-one sessions, virtual events, and other tools. The startup just raised a $2 million pre-seed round co-led by Difference Partners and Kli Capital. XFactor Ventures and multiple angel investors, including the founder of workout brand SLT, Amanda Freeman, also participated in the funding round. "We still dealt with the headwinds faced by female founders in general and particularly who are creating services that will support women," Slome told Insider. Check out the 15-slide pitch deck Cooper used to raise $2 million in pre-seed funding:
Persons: Gabby Slome, Ariel Boorstin, Cooper, Amanda Freeman, Boorstin, Slome, Ollie, Cooper's Organizations: Difference Partners, Kli, XFactor Ventures, of Psychiatry Locations: New York City
“Living a long life is something that many of us want and could get,” said Jesse Slome, executive director of the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, an insurance education group. “But when we live a long life, the chances of us needing long-term care increase exponentially. Insurance is an option for someLong-term care insurance, a very niche and complex market, has traditionally been an option for those able to buy policies, but it is far from the norm. “The population of seniors who buy long-term care insurance constitutes a segment of the population who are healthier and their longevity is likely different than the nation as a whole,” said Slome. “Our concern is that … it will get even more expensive for those who have had the modest resources to access long-term care insurance to be able to afford it,” she noted.
Persons: , Jesse Slome, Jason Hopper, Ramsey Alwin Organizations: CNN, American Association for, Care Insurance, of Health, Human Services, Insurance, HHS, National Council, Aging, Washington Locations: United States, American, Washington, Pennsylvania, California, New York
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