US-based home care provider CareLinx raised $5m on Tuesday from investors including Ziegler Link·age Longevity Funds, the venture capital firm co-launched by senior care provider Link·age, and Generator Ventures. Founded in 2011, CareLinx raised $1.5m the following year from undisclosed private investors and will use the fresh funding to expand its workforce and implement a national marketing initiative.

Shell Technology Ventures and Statoil Technology Invest, the respective corporate venturing units of petroleum company Shell and energy company Statoil, invested an…