The startup recently announced its Series C. It’s embracing a new approach to fixing the caregiver shortage.
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Abby Care, a startup that trains and pays family members to become caregivers for relatives with complex medical needs, has raised $82 million in Series C funding as it looks to expand its operations and partnerships with health plans across the United States.
The raise is more than double the $35 million secured in August 2025 by the San Francisco-based company, which says the number of patients it serves has grown more than fivefold since then.
Founded in 2022, Abby Care currently operates in eight states: Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. The company works with Medicaid programs and health plans to provide in-home services for children, older adults, and people with disabilities, using a training platform powered by artificial intelligence.
“Abby Care was built around the thesis: when you leverage the person who already knows a family member best and is consistently there for them, and combine that with clinical oversight, technology, and real-time visibility, you can deliver care that is more proactive and preventative than other traditional care models,” founder and chief executive officer Havi Nguyen said in the company’s funding announcement.
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The Series C round was led by digital health investor Transformation Capital, with participation from new investors CVS Health Ventures, Frist Cressey Ventures, and Pivotal Ventures. Existing investors Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, and Sequoia Capital also participated.
Investors say Abby Care’s approach to home health care has gained traction as other providers struggle to find enough professional caregivers.
“A traditional private duty nurse program only fills 65 percent of authorized shifts, which is crazy,” said Justin Brock, general partner at CVS Health Ventures. “It’s really leaving so many medically complex members without consistent coverage… [Meanwhile] you have these tens of millions of family caregivers who are in the home, and a lot of them are already doing care.”