Kizuna was founded by two lifelong friends from Seattle who wanted to build the kind of home care experience they’d trust for their own families.

Both grew up close to their grandparents—who, as it happens, are also friends. Watching their families navigate the care landscape, they saw what worked and what didn’t. Agencies were expensive and impersonal. Hiring privately offered better care, but came with legal and logistical complexity most families aren’t equipped to handle.

They knew there had to be a better way—and set out to build something new: a care collective.

A care collective is a new model for home care—built around independent caregivers, not agencies. It gives families the freedom to hire directly, while still offering the structure, tools, and support to make it work. From matching and onboarding to payments and payroll, a care collective brings everything together in one place, so families can feel confident and in control.

Kizuna was built to be something their own grandparents would feel confident using when the time came: trusted, approachable, and designed to offer families more control, more transparency, and more support. Not another agency, but a simpler, more human way to hire and manage great care.