CNBC February 17, 2019
Christina Farr

  • Devices like the Apple Watch and Nest are increasingly be used in health.
  • As more aging Americans choose to live independently, their kids want to monitor them with technology.
  • There’s still no single platform to bring it all together.

Greg Yap is a venture capitalist looking for the next big thing in digital health. At age 45, he’s also the father of young kids and the son of an aging mother, who lives nearby in an independent living facility.

On days he can’t visit his mom and doesn’t hear from her, he still wants to know how she’s doing. So he’s combining his personal concerns as a son with his job as an investor and experimenting...

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