What Smartcare does

Smartcare is a Lisbon-based, for-profit private company founded in 2022 that specializes in telecare and remote monitoring solutions targeted at elderly end users. The company's stated focus on a single, well-defined demographic (elderly care recipients) positions it within Portugal's eldercare technology vertical, a market supported by demographic aging trends across Western Europe. The company operates an 11-50 employee headcount range and maintains a web presence at smartcare.pt.

The company's product offering centers on telecare and remote monitoring, a category that typically encompasses in-home alert devices, wearable or ambient sensors, and centralized monitoring services that notify caregivers or response centers when anomalies (such as falls or inactivity) are detected. The firm's specific technical architecture, hardware stack, software platform details, and proprietary features are not disclosed in the available data. The company's own web page, when accessed, returned only a loading/verification screen with no substantive corporate, product, or technical content.

Smartcare's revenue model, pricing structure, distribution channels, and customer segmentation are not disclosed in the supplied data. No funding rounds, partnerships, certifications, regulatory registrations, named customers, or management team profiles are available for analysis. As a result, while the firm's market vertical and geographic base are clear, the underlying commercial mechanics, go-to-market strategy, and financial profile remain unverified from the available source material.

Name

Smartcare

Website

https://smartcare.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Smartcare is a Lisbon-based private company founded in 2022 that provides telecare and remote monitoring solutions for elderly end users in Portugal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Elderly Care Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Home Patient Monitoring & Telehealth Devices (Vitals, Fall Detection, PERS) (HSABAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Elder Care, Wellness & Home Health IoT (Fall Detection, Medical Alerts, Sleep/Wellness Sensors) (HSAPAQAJ), Caregiver Monitoring, Check-In & Family Notification Platforms (HSAHAHAE), Smart Home & Assistive Technology Installation for Aging-in-Place (HSABAJAI), Fall Detection, Safety & Emergency Response (PERS, Smart Home Health Sensors) (HLAHACAG)

Keywords

• Telecare services
• Elderly monitoring
• Remote patient monitoring
• Medical alert systems
• Personal emergency response

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisbon

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Core offering

Smartcare provides telecare and remote monitoring solutions aimed at elderly individuals, enabling continuous oversight of their health and safety along with emergency response support from a remote location. The company delivers its monitoring service through a dedicated website (smartcare.pt) and operates with a small team (11-50 employees) based in Lisbon, Portugal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• Medical Guardian: US-focused PERS brand serving older adults with medical alert systems and connected monitoring services. Comparable category and end-user; regional in the US vs. Smartcare's Iberian focus.
• Tunstall Healthcare: UK-headquartered incumbent and one of the largest telecare/PERS providers in Europe, serving municipalities and care agencies with connected care platforms. Highly comparable given Smartcare's stated focus on telecare/remote monitoring for the elderly, though Tunstall operates at much greater scale and breadth.
• Legrand Care (Tynetec, Aid Call): Care-focused division of Legrand offering telecare sensors, PERS units, and assisted-living technology across the UK and Europe. Comparable in category and end-user, but operates as one line within a much larger building-systems incumbent.

Emerging players

• CarePredict: Remote monitoring startup using a wearable to track ADLs and detect early health changes in seniors. Overlaps Smartcare on remote-monitoring for the elderly, but uses a wearable-first approach.
• Vayyar Care: Emerging technology vendor offering radar-based fall-detection and wellness-monitoring devices for seniors aging in place. Compares to Smartcare on the remote-monitoring value proposition, though differentiated by sensor modality (no wearables).
• Lively (Best Buy Health): Consumer-focused PERS/connected-senior-services brand acquired by Best Buy Health, offering medical alerts and remote-monitoring devices to older adults and families. Comparable consumer angle in the same category.

Direct peers

• Careium: European telecare and social-alarm specialist (formerly Doro Care) selling PERS hardware, monitoring platforms, and digital care services to private and public-sector customers. Closely overlaps Smartcare's product category and target end-user.
• TeleAlarm: European provider of telecare systems, PERS devices, and remote-monitoring solutions for elderly and vulnerable people, with installed bases across multiple countries. Direct competitor in the same product category and use case as Smartcare.
• Essence SmartCare: Vendor of remote-monitoring and PERS solutions aimed at enabling elderly users to live independently, combining connected devices with monitoring-service partnerships. Strongest direct overlap with Smartcare on product offering and senior end-user.

Regional players

• Telecare24 / AidCall Services: UK-based regional PERS/telecare monitoring service provider for elderly customers, comparable on monitoring-service delivery but operating in a different national market than Smartcare.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks4 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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