Onēva

Onēva is a software technology company that provides the Onēva Concierge Care Platform to bring 100% background-checked in-home care to their employees as an employer voluntary wellness benefit, including infant care, childcare, adult care, elder care, special needs care, overnight care, driving and errands, massage, housekeeping, and pet care. Both employees and their extended families use the platform and the OnēvaMe mobile app to view, choose, select, and pay for verified caregivers in as few as 11 clicks.

Enterprises get no-brainer, easy-to-use, zero-cost, unique benefit from a seven-year old Delaware C corp with a granted patent, excellent compliance with laws and regulations, and long standing mentorship and pilot program with Microsoft Benefits.
Employees get fully verified 100% background checked caregivers, including Covid vaccination and test status, 24x7 concierge support, and OnēvaMe, our mobile app that re-books your favorite background checked caregiver in as few as 11 clicks for peace of mind and courteous, efficient service.
Caregivers get a free professional marketing video, a large verified customer market, the ability to set their schedule, rates, and pick their customers, and 24x7 concierge support.

• Enterprise Sales-$20,000
• Customer Onboard Staff SF & Seattle-$50,000
• Caregiver Onboard Staff SF & Seattle-$75,000
• Platform Enhancements-$30,000
• Video equipment-$20,000
• Computers-$12,500
• Seattle Office Rent/Furniture-$12,500
• Recruiting-$75,000
• Legal - Patent-$15,000
• PR - SF and Seattle-$18,000
• Sports Marketing-$15,000
• Security-$20,000
• Repay debt-$105,784
• Video, digital &physical collateral-$40,000
• Intermediary fees-$26,215

Anita Darden Gardyne, CEO & Co-founder
Anita is an East Bay success story. Growing up in Richmond, CA, she graduated from John F Kennedy High school on a Friday and started working at AT&T’s Engineering department on the following Monday. Gardyne went on to complete a BA with Double Majors in “Economics” and "Economics in the Black Community" from UC Berkeley while she interned as a Voice Network Engineer at Bank of America’s Telecommunications department. Gardyne received her MBA from its Haas Business School in 1988.

Bob Gardyne, CTO, Head of Product, & Co-founder
Bob graduated with a BSEE/CS from UC Berkeley in 1984 and a launch into Silicon Valley at the start of the PC revolution. Bob designed PC graphics cards, MPEG 2 encoder chips and PC digital cameras before designing a 1152 port optical switch at startup Xros that was bought by Nortel in 2001 for $3.25B.