Gillian Tee founded Rocketrip, a travel startup backed by Y Combinator. After about 15 years abroad she moved home to Singapore.
In 2016 she founded Homage, a marketplace where families book prescreened caregivers and nurses. The seed round of $1.2 million came from 500 Startups, Golden Gate Ventures and SeedPlus.
In July 2018 Homage raised a $4.15 million Series A from Golden Gate Ventures and HealthXCapital. A Series B led by EV Growth followed, in double-digit millions of dollars.
On 3 September 2021 Homage announced a $30 million Series C led by Sheares Healthcare Group, part of Temasek. Total funding passed $45 million. Homage had more than 6,000 prescreened care professionals, operations in Singapore, Malaysia and Australia, and revenue that more than tripled in a year.