On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on a TechTO stage in 2025. Every TechTO talk is searchable — ask the archive about Chenny ↗
In their words
My hot take is that timelines on closing your round and securing your term sheet is actually just a lot of posturing... Technically we secured it within a month, but in reality I've known this investor for two and a half years.
In Canada, we only know how to do two things: we can do pilots and $10-million-plus procurements. We're really not good at the middle ground — we either get stuck in pilotitis or we do enterprise large-scale procurement.
When I got my first yes, it was like 60 nos later... I realized I was so focused on the tried-and-true formula that I wasn't actually being really authentic to what we stood for and what our story truly was.
Around the web ×2
Quick answers
What does Gotcare do?
It is a home health provider servicing all of Canada except the far north. Xia describes a double bottom line — impact and profit valued equally — including a mandate to work toward a living wage for frontline workers; Gotcare pays about 15 to 20 percent more than other providers in the field.
How did Chenny Xia become a founder?
At 16 she worked two minimum-wage jobs and was hospitalized at 18 — in a children's hospital — which pushed her to take more control of her earnings. She started a consulting practice, and a final project with a consortium of home-care companies led her and co-founder Carol, an occupational therapist, to stop writing decks and do the thing themselves.
What was her Series A experience like?
Harder than expected: despite an eight-figure provincial contract, many Canadian investors were struggling to close their own funds, so Gotcare looked at larger funds and internationally. The round was led by a French investor she had known for two and a half years; announced the first week of September, the term sheet was signed by the end of that month.