Who founded Inspiren?

Inspiren was founded by Michael Wang in 2016.

Who are Inspiren's investors?

Inspiren's investors include Avenir Growth Capital, Insight Partners, Primary Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Story Ventures, Studio VC, Third Prime, Avenir.

How much funding has Inspiren raised?

Inspiren has disclosed $100M raised across 1 round.

Inspiren

Founded 2016 · 171 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors

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Inspiren offers Emergency Call (eCall), a connected emergency response system for senior living communities that combines two-way voice, visual context, and AI-powered condition monitoring with support from nurses and clinical experts. The product is designed to help care staff coordinate and triage emergency responses for residents.

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Founders & leadership

Inspiren was founded in 2016 by Michael Wang.

Michael WangFounderMichael Wang is the founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Inspiren, which builds connected emergency response and AI-powered monitoring systems for senior living communities. A former clinician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital with experience in cardiothoracic surgery and direct patient care, he authored "The Nurse's Guide to Innovation" and studied at Emory University and Columbia University.

Dominique Simoneau-RitchieChief Technology OfficerWith over 20 years of engineering experience, he has led technical teams at Shopify, Lever, Wealthsimple, Affinity, IBM, and BlackBerry, where he built platforms and APIs, including work on the first BlackBerry 10 device on QNX and GraphQL APIs for Shopify.

Stephanie SudburyChief Commercial OfficerShe previously served as President of Udemy Business, where she led a division that scaled from $4M to over $400M in annual recurring revenue, and has built go-to-market and customer success organizations across B2B SaaS companies.

Lynne HamiltonChief People OfficerShe has spent over a decade in commercial and people leadership roles focused on organizational scaling.

Jacky SusskindChief of Staff

Investors · 8

Avenir Growth Capitallisted by Avenir Growth CapitalNew York

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Insight Partnerslisted by Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M

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Primary Venture Partnerslisted by Primary Venture PartnersNew York · $1M – $3M

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Scale Venture Partnerslisted by Scale Venture PartnersFoster City · $5M – $50M

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Story Ventureslisted by Story VenturesNew York · $100K – $1M

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Studio VClisted by Studio VCNew York · $400K

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Third Primelisted by Third PrimeNew York · $500K – $2M

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AvenirreportedNew York

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Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$100M disclosed across 1 round · 2025

$100MSeries BSep 2025 · 5 sources
Insight Partners (lead), Avenir, Primary Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Story Ventures, Studio VC, Third Prime
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Founder mafia

2 people who came through Inspiren went on to found or lead other companies.

Michael WangFounderFounded Prodigy Research +2 John SanGiovanniHead of DesignFounded Visual Vocal

In the news

Inspiren Raises $100M Series B to Lead Senior Living's AI-Driven Futureprnewswire.com · Sep 2025

Frequently asked questions

What does Inspiren do?: Inspiren offers Emergency Call (eCall), a connected emergency response system for senior living communities that combines two-way voice, visual context, and AI-powered condition monitoring with support from nurses and clinical experts. The product is designed to help care staff coordinate and triage emergency responses for residents.
Who founded Inspiren?: Inspiren was founded by Michael Wang in 2016.
Who are Inspiren's investors?: Inspiren's investors include Avenir Growth Capital, Insight Partners, Primary Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Story Ventures, Studio VC, Third Prime, Avenir.
How much funding has Inspiren raised?: Inspiren has disclosed $100M raised across 1 round.