Brazilian healthtech Sanii has secured a follow-on investment of $926,000 from Sororitê Ventures to accelerate its technology-driven home care services for older adults. The new round builds on the $1.48 million the startup raised in 2023 from Seedstars, TipTop VC, Geist Capital, and GVAngels, reinforcing investor confidence in its model. With the fresh capital, the company plans to deepen its presence in São Paulo and expand its platform for in-home elderly care.
Addressing Brazil's Aging Challenge
The investment decision is closely tied to Brazil’s rapidly aging population and the strain this trend is placing on families and the health system. Census 2022 data show that the number of people aged 65 and over surged 57.4 percent in twelve years, and projections indicate that seniors could account for 37.8 percent of the population within 45 years. Against this backdrop, Sororitê Ventures views Sanii as a tech-centered response to an urgent and structurally growing demand.
Building a Comprehensive Home Care Platform
Founded in 2022 by Angelina Clarke, Michael Kapps, and Renato Tilkian, Sanii has built an end-to-end platform that organizes the full lifecycle of home care delivery. Its technology supports recruitment, training, shift and schedule management, remote monitoring,, and back-office operations for caregivers working in patients’ homes. The goal is to bring efficiency and professionalism to a segment that has historically been fragmented, informal and highly dependent on manual processes.
Enhancing Quality of Care and Patient Experience
Sanii positions its service as a way for older adults to remain safely in their own homes while receiving structured and monitored care. The platform aims to improve quality of life by standardizing procedures, tracking visits, and enabling better communication among caregivers, families, and health partners. The company reports more than 38,000 visits per year and 450,000 hours of care delivered, signaling growing traction for its model.
AI and Specialized Care Expansion
With the new funding, Sanii plans to push further into the interior and coastal regions of São Paulo and to strengthen partnerships with hospitals and clinics. A significant portion of the capital will support the rollout of Care IA, a new system built on Google’s Gemini AI, designed to optimize the match between caregivers and patients. The tool will consider profile, experience and specific clinical needs, while also monitoring care quality, detecting patterns and supporting continuous training.
In parallel, the company intends to broaden its portfolio with more specialized services for complex conditions. The roadmap includes dedicated offerings for frailty, Alzheimer’s disease, palliative dementia care, and post-acute recovery after events such as stroke, hip or femur fractures, and prolonged hospital stays. Over time, Sanii wants to evolve into a full home health ecosystem that integrates medicines, vaccines, diagnostic tests, physiotherapy, dental care, and internet-of-things solutions such as cameras with computer vision and sensors.
Investor Vision and Gender Diversity Focus
Sororitê Ventures, which backs startups with gender-diverse founding teams, sees Sanii as aligned with both its impact thesis and financial return expectations. The fund plans to support 22 startups led by teams with at least one woman founder over the next four years, using capital and network to amplify their scale. For Sororitê, Sanii’s data-driven approach to elderly care, combined with its diverse leadership, represents a strong bet on transforming a critical segment of Brazil’s health landscape.
Sanii’s follow-on round marks a new phase in its ambition to reshape elderly care in Brazil through technology and structured home services. By combining AI-powered matching, remote monitoring and specialized clinical offerings, the startup is moving beyond simple caregiver matching toward an integrated home health infrastructure. If it delivers on its expansion and product roadmap, Sanii could become a reference point in the elderly care market in Brazil and potentially across Latin America.