Usound
Company overview
Website:
www.usound.co
Headquarters: Argentina
Countries of Operations: Argentina
Women owned /led: At least 30% of women in board of directors
Year of founding: 2014
Number of FTEs
: 20 to 50 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:
uSound is an Intelligent Hearing System that transforms smartphones into listening devices for hearing assistance. The device's cutting-edge technology is interactive and can learn and grow from the user's needs, helping to improve people's quality of life for essential communication and other benefits. uSound also contributes to preventing future hearing loss by dynamically adjusting the intensity of sound frequencies to an optimal level according to the patient´s demands.
Activities in the care economy:
Provision of affordable services that provide care & domestic work (e.g. affordable daycare services in rural areas)
uSound is an Intelligent Hearing System that transforms smartphones into listening devices for hearing assistance. The device's cutting-edge technology is interactive and can learn and grow from the user's needs, helping to improve people's quality of life for essential communication and other benefits. uSound also contributes to preventing future hearing loss by dynamically adjusting the intensity of sound frequencies to an optimal level according to the patient´s demands.
Stage of growth: Mass roll-out/Expansion
Type of services: Care for persons with special needs (disabled / differently abled persons)
Number of customers (2020): Not available
Number of customers (2019): Not available
Number of customers (2018): Not available
Type of services: Care for persons with special needs (disabled / differently abled persons)
Number of customers (2020): Not available
Number of customers (2019): Not available
Number of customers (2018): Not available
Financials
Revenue USD (2020): Not available
Revenue USD (2019): Not available
Revenue USD (2018): Not available
Pathways to impact
Challenge addressed:
Lack of recognition and action with regards to unfair distribution of care and domestic work (Recognize)
Pathway to impact - 4 Rs: Recognize
Populations affected: Persons with special needs or with illnesses
Number of people served (2020): Not available
Number of people served (2019): Not available
Number of people served (2018): Not available