UGOGO
Company overview
Website:
ugogo.co
Headquarters: Argentina
Countries of Operations: Argentina
Women owned /led: At least 30% women in senior leadership positions
Year of founding: 2021
Number of FTEs
: 5 to 20 FTEs
Legal status of the organization
: For-profit
Company overview
Website: www.lavanderiapp.io
Headquarters: Mexico
Countries of Operations: Mexico
Legal status of the organization
: For-profit
Year of founding: 2018
Number of FTEs
: 5 to 20 FTEs
Women owned / led: Founder
Care economy activities and business model
About the organization:
Ugogo is a technology-enabled home care provider that uses digital and artificial intelligence to improve elderly care services in Latam. Ugogo offers technology-based tools for patient history and personalized care plans drawn up by professionals, among others. They aim to change the care culture and raise awareness around caregivers' burnout while improving the quality of life of the elderly and their families.
Activities in the care economy:
Provision of technology & services that train/upskill domestic & care workers (e.g. technology that links employers to domestic/care workers), Provision of technology, services & policies/practice that improve condition for domestic & care worker (e.g. apps that calculate decent remuneration), Provision of affordable services that provide care & domestic work (e.g. affordable daycare services in rural areas)
Ugogo is a technology-enabled home care provider that uses digital and artificial intelligence to improve elderly care services in Latam. Ugogo offers technology-based tools for patient history and personalized care plans drawn up by professionals, among others. They aim to change the care culture and raise awareness around caregivers' burnout while improving the quality of life of the elderly and their families.
Stage of growth: Small scale roll-out/Early stage
Type of services: Elderly-care (Ages 60 and above)
Number of customers (2020): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2019): Not applicable
Number of customers (2018): Not applicable
Type of services: Elderly-care (Ages 60 and above)
Number of customers (2020): Less than 1,000
Number of customers (2019): Not applicable
Number of customers (2018): Not applicable
Financials
Revenue USD (2020): Less than 10,000
Revenue USD (2019): Not applicable
Revenue USD (2018): Not applicable
Pathways to impact
Challenge addressed:
Lack of recognition and action with regards to unfair distribution of care and domestic work (Recognize), Lack of affordable solutions to reduce amount of time spent on care and domestic work (Reduce), Limited redistribution of care and domestic work to other actors in the care economy (Redistribute)
Pathway to impact - 4 Rs: Recognize, Reduce, Redistribute
Populations affected: Unpaid care workers, Paid care workers, Elderly people
Number of people served (2020): Less than 1,000
Number of people served (2019): Not applicable
Number of people served (2018): Not applicable