With A Federal Grant, Philly’s OneClick.chat Looks To Stave Off Social Isolation In Seniors

Dillon Myers and Alan Gibson

Philly-based entrepreneur Dillon Myers kept hearing the same line from users: The best thing about his startup’s video platform was being able to log in with one click.

That’s the short story of how Potluck, a Philly-based video-chat startup, took on its new name, OneClick.chat. The mission, Myers said, remains the same: connecting people through the company’s web-based video chat platform.

Last fall, the company raised a pre-seed round worth $225,000 to work on its platform. Now, backed by a $150,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health, the four-person startup will join a study alongside the University of Illinois to evaluate the impact that video chat can have on social isolation among older adults.

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