Aging & Agetech

ECP Growth, formerly known as Emil Capital Partners, is a growth-stage investment firm dedicated to partnering with entrepreneurial businesses that create innovative products, solutions, and technologies within the consumer value chain. Established in 2011 in collaboration with the Tengelmann Group, a 150-year-old family-owned holding company, ECP Growth leverages deep industry expertise to support companies in navigating complex growth challenges. With the recent close of its $100 million Fund IV, ECP Growth aims to invest in high-potential companies situated at the intersection of significant market transformations and evolving consumer needs. The firm adopts a thematic investment approach, focusing on sectors that enhance human mobility across life stages, deliver personalized health and wellness experiences, and optimize resource efficiency in daily living. ECP Growth typically partners with companies generating over $10 million in revenue, offering investment sizes ranging from $5 million to $20 million. The firm emphasizes businesses that demonstrate a clear path to profitability within 18 months, ensuring both immediate growth potential and sustainable long-term value.

Equitage Ventures Fund I is a $47.3 million early-stage venture capital fund launched in April 2025 by Denver-based Equitage Ventures. The fund focuses on investing in technology and technology-enabled services that address the physical, mental, spiritual, and social needs of older adults. Led by a team of seasoned investors and operators—Russell Hirsch (co-founder of Generator Ventures), Adam Kaplan (CEO of Solera Senior Living), and Daniel Kaplan (AgeTech investor)—the fund aims to reshape how senior care is delivered through innovation and scale. Equitage partners with senior living and skilled nursing operators, home health and hospice agencies, healthcare tech firms, and consumer brands. These limited partners not only provide capital, but also strategic input, distribution channels, and hands-on support to accelerate portfolio growth. The fund focuses on critical areas of need and opportunity, including compliance infrastructure, documentation automation, passive monitoring, dementia and behavioral health, oral health, care navigation, and family caregiving support. Equitage takes a founder-friendly, collaborative approach, often investing between $250,000 and $2.5 million per company, and positioning itself as a long-term partner offering more than just capital. The fund seeks to create meaningful change in senior care by supporting scalable, impactful innovations across the U.S.