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Overview

Silvernest is a home-sharing service that pairs homeowners with roommates, allowing boomers and empty nesters to age-in-place and positively impact the future of aging and homeownership. For more information on Silvernest, please see our FAQ page.

Press Releases

News Coverage

• California's new master plan is a model for other states, and its intergenerational components show this plan has value to all ages.
  Thrive Global, January 17, 2021
• What you need to know about the home-share sites that are helping seniors who are lonely and struggling financially
  KPRC-TV Houston, December 31, 2020
• Meet The Disruptors: Riley Gibson of Silvernest On The Three Things You Need To Shake Up Your Industry
  Authority Magazine, December 30, 2020
• Riley Gibson - President of Silvernest
  IdeaMensch, December 3, 2020
• How Covid-19 Will Change Aging and Retirement
  Wall Street Journal, November 15, 2020
• Seniors: ‘Retirement Roommate’ may give you flexibility to live the life you want
  The Daily News, October 23, 2020
• Healthy Living: Seniors Combat Loneliness with Home Sharing
  9&10 News Michigan, October 21, 2020
• Care 100 List
  The Holding Co., October 21, 2020
• Renting Rooms To The Unhoused In The South Bay
  LAist, October 19, 2020
• South Bay Officials Seek To Reduce Homelessness Through Homesharing Service
  My News LA, October 15, 2020
• Home Sharing: Creating Friendships, Support, and Resources
  Eldercare Illuminated Podcast, October 8, 2020
• Seniors are turning to home sharing as a way to help with isolation and income
  KSAT-TV San Antonio , October 8, 2020
• 5 Resources For The Modern Rental Industry
  Ezvid Wiki, October 2, 2020
• Best Life: The benefits of home-sharing for seniors
  WMC 5 Memphis , October 1, 2020
• Pilot program uses tech to match homeowners with houseless roommates
  KGW 8 Portland, September 30, 2020
• Consider the case for a retirement roommate
  Seattle Times, September 26, 2020
• Home Sharing as a Solution to Housing Shortage: A Discussion with Wendi Burkhardt, CEO of Silvernest
  Capalino + Company, September 17, 2020
• Home-sharing aims to reduce homelessness
  Portland Tribune, September 17, 2020
• We’ve entered an unprecedented market for aging in place
  Rock Health, September 8, 2020
• Post-COVID jobs for seniors
  BEACON Senior News, August 31, 2020
• We Spoke to Wendi Burkhardt of Silvernest on How to Rebuild in the Post COVID Economy
  CEO Speaks, August 19, 2020
• Wendi Burkhardt with and Tracy Chadwell with 1843 Capital Talk Investing in Aging Tech
  Linkedin, August 14, 2020
• How Seniors Can Make the Most of a Tight Budget
  Senior Influential, August 3, 2020
• 10 ways to make up for a late start on retirement savings
  Considerable, July 28, 2020
• Wendi Burkhardt of Silvernest: How We Plan To Rebuild In The Post COVID Economy
  Authority Magazine, July 20, 2020
• Sharing a space: Northcoast Homeshare provides alternate way to meet community housing needs
  Times-Standard, July 18, 2020
• ‘Silver Tech’ Is The Young Hot Growing Tech Trend For Seniors
  Forbes, July 15, 2020
• 10 Ways to Build a Passive Income Stream
  US News & World Report, July 13th, 2020
• What Tech Companies Need To Know About Marketing To Baby Boomers and Beyond in 2020
  Zen Media, July 8th, 2020
• Replacing the nursing home
  Axios, July 2nd, 2020
• As society changes, Colorado investors want to make more impact with their money
  Colorado Sun, June 25th, 2020
• 12 ways to make money renting out your stuff
  Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2020
• Roommate Revolution? It’s About Way More Than Money
  OZY, May 13th, 2020
• Co-Housing Options For Seniors
  Seniors Lifestyle Magazine, April 24, 2020
• Why Home Sharing Is Necessary in America
  House Method, April 1, 2020
• Author Joy Loverde: 'Here Are 5 Things We Can Each Do Help Solve The Loneliness Epidemic'
  Authority Magazine, March 20, 2020
• 22 Entrepreneurs Explain The Essential Skills One Needs To Be a CEO
  CEO Blog Nation, March 18, 2020
• Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Wendi Burkhardt from Silvernest
  GeekEstateBlog, February 19, 2020
• 7 Housing Options for Seniors
  US News & World Report, February 13, 2020
• Silvernest and OATS Celebrate and Improve Aging
  WestView News, January 9, 2020
• Moves to Make Now To Age in Place
  Kiplinger's Personal Finance, January 28, 2020
• Taking a cue from 'The Golden Girls': House sharing has its benefits
  Tampa Bay Times, January 28, 2020
• A Stanford behavioral strategist on three opportune moments to save money
  Quartz at Work, January 22, 2020
• 8 Emerging Trends That Can Help Companies Understand Their Future Consumer
  The IDEO Journal, December 16, 2019
• Boomerlennials: Prospective Attendees Who Are Aging Backwards
  PCMA, December, 2019
• Silvernest CEO Wendi Burkhardt: “Leadership is the ability to inspire others to be better and stronger, which requires vulnerability and openness”
  Authority Magazine, December 9, 2019
• 50 Ways to Make More Money in 2020
  Reader’s Digest, December 5, 2019
• Aging Myths & Misconceptions and How They Translate Into a Missed Market Opportunity
  Debbie Weil, November 22, 2019
• 10 tech startups focused on improving life for older Americans
  Considerable, October 18, 2019
• Home sharing Jennifer Hammer, Director, Strategic Partnerships, Silvernest, Inc.
  Aging Matters on WERA 96.7, October 15, 2019
• 'Silvernest' matches senior citizens looking for roommates
  CBS8, October 5, 2019
• Pros and cons of home sharing
  The Register-Mail, October 1, 2019
• How Home Sharing Offers Seniors Health, Financial Benefits
  Everyday Health, September 27, 2019
• Women Starting Movements with Wendi Burkhardt
  Women Starting Movements, September 19, 2019
• 25 Mistakes Empty Nesters Should Avoid
  Cheapism, September 12, 2019
• Age Tech: The Market Where Everyone is a Potential Consumer
  The Hustle, September 10, 2019
• Aging in Place: What to Consider
  US News & World Report, September 9, 2019
• Survey: Nearly Half of Baby Boomers Don't Have the Cash to Age in Place
  Reverse Mortgage Daily, September 9, 2019
• Savvy Senior: Home-sharing programs can help seniors find renters
  Richmond Times Dispatch, September 8, 2019
• Pilot program aims to connect volunteers with a place to stay
  KTVU-TV, September 5, 2019
• Later life, on their own terms: How more seniors are staying at home
  Christian Science Monitor, September 5, 2019
• Pilot program pairs San Jose empty nesters with young people doing service year
  The Mercury News, September 3, 2019
• Pam Rainey: Crushing mortgages drive some seniors to share home
  Denton Record-Chronicle, August 30, 2019
• Silvernest Matches Homeowners with Housemates to Help Aging Adults Live More Affordably and Find Companionship
  Badcredit.org, August 6, 2019
• Roommates for Boomers: Why Roommates Over 50 Is Trending
  Avail, August 2, 2019
• Is a 'retirement roommate' right for you?
  Erickson Tribune, July 26, 2019
• Step Aside, Millennials — Why Fintechs Are Targeting Baby Boomers & Retirees
  CB Insights, July 25, 2019
• Moderne Ventures Announces 2019 Midyear Passport Class
  PR Newswire, July 22, 2019
• Boomers now represent the fastest-growing segment of adults in the market for roommates
  Considerable, July 11, 2019
• Taking a roommate can make economic sense for homeowners, tenants
  Minnesota Public Radio, July 10, 2019
• Loneliness Is A Serious Risk To Your Parents' Health
  Forbes, July 8, 2019
• A Teach for America pilot with an online home-sharing company addresses the gap between the cost of living and the salaries of key worker
  The Denverite, July 5, 2019
• 30 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur
  CEO Blog Nation, July 4, 2019
• Real-life 'Golden Girls'? Why more seniors are living with roommates
  TODAY show, July 3, 2019
• Older Americans descent into retirement without a golden parachute
  Nation of Change, June 29, 2019
• Five Traditional Industries On The Verge Of An Innovation Boom
  Forbes, June 18, 2019
• Silvernest Brings Affordable Housing to Colorado Educators
  Next for Me, June 13, 2019
• Shelter for an Aging World
  YaleGlobal, June 11, 2019
• Choose from This Slew of Great Side Hustles to Earn Extra Cash
  Kiplinger's Personal Finance, June 7, 2019
• How to Pick Your Retirement Home When There Are More Choices Than Ever
  Barron's, June 3, 2019
• 7 Unusual Ways to Slash the Cost of Retirement
  Yahoo! Finance, June 2, 2019
• 10 steps to make up for a late start on retirement savings
  Ladders, May 28, 2019
• Boommates? Can Homesharing Ease The Nation's Housing Crunch? ft. Wendi Burkhardt
  The DiSpirito Team Real Estate Show, May 26, 2019
• Don't make these mistakes when downsizing your home
  MSN, May 14, 2019
• Binah: Senior Cohousing in San Francisco
  KALW, April 25, 2019
• How One Local Startup Is Thriving in Colorado's Innovative and Progressive Environment
  Longevity Colorado, March 28, 2019
• Sharing economy companies list: From Airbnb and Uber to Omni and Hubble, 15 start-ups disrupting their industrie
  Compelo, March 25, 2019
• Who are the new beneficiaries of the sharing economy?
  The Sociable, March 21, 2019
• Housemate Wanted. Must Lift Heavy Objects
  AARP, March 14, 2019
• No loud music, no dishes in the sink: When boomers become housemates
  The Eagle, March 7, 2019
• 2019 Colorado Startups on the Rise
  Coloradobiz, March 5, 2019
• What a Colorado Tech Startup Learned in Its Own Back Yard
  Stria News, March 4, 2019
• Finance of America Reverse's Kristen Sieffert: Holistic retirement options will save the reverse mortgage industry
  Housing Wire, February 25, 2019
• Why retirees are unretiring
  Bankrate, February 22, 2019
• Top 50 Life Trends in February
  Trend Hunter, February 17, 2019
• A new solution to the student housing crisis: retiree roommates?
  CALmatters, January 31, 2019
• Silvernest Boasts an Affordable & Non-Traditional Experience
  Trend Hunter, January 22, 2019
• 4 big trends for the sharing economy in 2019
  World Economic Forum, January 4, 2019
• 3 Steps To Help Your Retirement Income Last 50 Percent Longer
  Forbes, December 28, 2018
• Housing Debacle
  North Coast Journal, December 27, 2018
• A new option for that big, empty house with Wendi Burkhardt
  The Seniortopia Show, December 21, 2018
• Out of Office with Wendi Burkhardt
  GalvanizeTV Presents, December 18, 2018
• Why Senior Housing Needs to Change to Appeal to Boomers
  Forbes, December 18, 2018
• Honoring Memories in Public Green Spaces
  Next Avenue, December 18, 2018
• Wine, Food and Networking = Fresh Ideas for Changing the Future
  Stria News, December 18, 2018
• Silvernest 'Sharing the Love' — with Guest Wendi Burkhardt
  Boomers Rock Talk Show, December 7, 2018
• Finance of America Reverse Announces Rebranding, Silvernest Partnership
  Reverse Mortgage Daily, November 15, 2018
• For Rent: Senior Citizens Turn To Roommates For Companionship, Cost-Cutting
  National Public Radio, November 6, 2018
• Tech Can Turn An Extra Room Into Extra $$
  Senior Planet, November 2, 2018
• Denver Startup Week: Top Five Takeaways for the Aging Space
  Medium, October 2018
• Humana Launches Program to Encourage Socialization Among Seniors
  Home Health Care News, September 25, 2018
• Silvernest Targets Senior Home-Sharing Market with $3M Cash Influx
  Reverse Mortgage Daily, September 16, 2018
• 4 tech tools that help the elderly manage their money
  Bankrate, September 14, 2018
• Denver startup that connects seniors with a roommate raises $3 million
  Denver Business Journal, September 5, 2018
• Silvernest Raises $3M in Series A Funding
  FinSMEs, September 3, 2018
• Home Sharing and 'Grandkids on Demand' Startups Eye Home Health Synergies
  Home Health Care News, August 29, 2018
• Never Doubting That You Are Going to Build Something Fantastic
  The Entrepreneu, Way, August 2018
• Silvernest: A Home-Mate Yenta
  Sharing Housing, August 18, 2018
• This Company Couples Up Aging Baby Boomers And Younger People—As Roommates
  Colorado Public Radio, August 17, 2018
• Golden Girls
  USA Today Best Years, Fall/Winter 2018
• House Sharing – Social and Financial Solution for Many Seniors
  Senior Care Corne, Podcast, August 2018
• From robots to virtual reality: 4 ways tech can improve seniors' lives
  ITU News, August 3, 2018
• Why Age Alone? Get a Housemate!
  Next Act for Women, July 23, 2018
• Reimagining Retirement Communities — with Guest Wendi Burkhardt
  Power of the Purse Podcast, July 23, 2018
• Surfing the Silver Tsunami - How Silvernest is Changing the Housing Market
  Rockies Venture Club, July 16, 2018
• Three steps to get the mortgage monkey off your back
  Newsday, June 22, 2018
• Home Sharing is One Housing Solution
  AgeWise Kin, County, June 2018
• New Options For The House-Rich, Cash-Poor
  SideHusl, June 2018
• Behavioral Nudges Timed to Certain Days are Effective Motivators
  UCLA Anderson Review, June 6, 2018
• How Can You Ever Retire When Your Son Is Living In Your Basement?
  Forbes, May 31, 2018
• Cohousing: The new Bay Area trend in senior living
  The Mercury News, May 18, 2018
• Affordable housing in the comfort of your own home
  San Francisco Chronicle, May 8, 2018
• Online Service Helps Baby Boomers with Home Sharing
  The Lyon, Recorder, May 2018
• Denver-based home share service connects senior citizens across the country
  KOAA News, April 22, 2018
• Could a tax incentive pry empty nesters from their oversize homes?
  San Francisco Chronicle, March 30, 2018
• App Roundup: Services For Savvy Seniors
  Wired, March 27, 2018
• Wendi Burkhardt: Silvernest
  The Patricia Raski, Show, March 2018
• Denver has more spare bedrooms than ever, but using them to help solve the housing crunch is a challenge
  Denver Post, March 20, 2018
• 4 Easy Ways To Put More Money In Your Pocket
  Forbes, March 14, 2018
• The Gadgets and Services to Help Aging Loved Ones Live More Independently
  Famil, Circle, February 2018
• 10 Tips to Find the Perfect Housemate
  BloomerBoomer, February 2, 2018
• Fallen out of love with your roommate?
  Chicago Tribune, January 18, 2018
• Getting a Roommate in Your Golden Years
  The New York Times, January 12, 2018
• Find a Match to Share Your Home
  Kiplinger's Retiremen, Report, December 2017
• Old News: Innovating eldercare the new old-fashioned way
  Tincture, December 16, 2017
• The Top Seven Startups For Souped-Up Senior Care
  Forbes, December 13, 2017
• New Models of Care Report
  HealthXL, December 11, 2017
• 50 Aging Influencers You May Not Have Heard Of
  Aging In Place, November 2, 2017
• 9 Retirees Share Their Biggest Money Mistakes—and What They Would Do Instead
  Reader's Digest, October 11, 2017
• 5 Affordable Housing Options for Seniors
  U.S. News, September 22, 2017
• Embracing Chaos From Start-Up to Scale-Up
  Forbes, September 6, 2017
• The Power of a 50+ Workforce
  AARP, September 5, 2017
• You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To: A Conversation with the CEO of Silvernest
  Women 2.0, August 30, 2017
• Home Sharing for Seniors
  Channel 2 Daybreak Denver, August 16, 2017
• Wendi Burkhardt: Mother's Necessity Sparks Invention
  Denver Business Journel, August 15, 2017
• Interviews from entrepreneurs and startup owners
  Startup Hound, August 7, 2017
• Could empty nesters help solve Denver's housing crisis?
  7News Denver, July 31, 2017
• Company of Note
  The Financial Revolutionist, July 22, 2017
• This could be the future of housing for Baby Boomers
  60 Starts at 60, July 5, 2017
• This is How to ReInvent Yourself
  Huffington Post, July 3, 2017
• Silvernest raises $1.3 million to connect empty nesters with renters
  Venture Beat, June 21, 2017
• Technology and Innovation For The Growing Gray Wave Of Aging Adults
  Killer Innovations, June 12, 2017
• More retirees living like the 'Golden Girls'
  CNBC, May 20, 2017
• The New Retirement
  NBR, May 12, 2017
• Silvernest is the Airbnb for seniors
  CNBC, May 12, 2017
• Leveraging the 'Shared Economy'
  Boomers Rock Talk, May 9, 2017
• The Intergenerational Imperative: A New Narrative
  MediaPost, April 18, 2017
• Seniors joining the 'gig' economy: Sharing homes, giving rides, even coaching
  Philadelphia Inquirer, April 7, 2017
• OurLife: Builders help seniors who want to ‘age in place’
  Sun Current, March 16, 2017
• Shared housing: an option for the elderly (unabridged)
  NPR All Things Considered, March 3, 2017
• Sharing Your Home: It's the Golden Girls for Real
  Grand Magazine, February 28, 2017
• Rick's Interview with Silvernest
  Crusin' 1430 AM, February 23, 2017
• 7 Ways To Get Ready For Retirement If You're 50 And Haven't Started Saving
  Forbes, February 22, 2017
• The Death Of The American Dream: Is Home Ownership Dead?
  MediaPost, February 20, 2017
• You know you work at a startup when...
  Built in Colorado, January 30, 2017
• There's help to find a potential roommate
  Chicago Daily Herald, January 29, 2017
• Successful Aging: Website companies that can provide valuable connections
  LA Daily News, January 23, 2017
• Picking a potential roommate
  Uclick The Housing Scene, January 20, 2017
• Gigs are becoming lifelines for seniors
  CBS News, January 18, 2017
• Boulder's Silvernest matches boomers with roommates
  Colorado Daily, November 14, 2016
• Tech startup rolls out new online home sharing service
  Home Care Health News, November 8, 2016
• Silvernest interview with Kari Henley- episode 8 smart retirement life
  Age in Place Podcast, November 8, 2016
• Silvernest looks to match baby boomers, empty nesters looking for roommates
  techrockies, October 28, 2016
• More and more older people are choosing to live with roommates
  FOX 31 Denver, September 29, 2016
• The next hottest thing in Silicon Valley: Gerontechnology
  Forbes, September 20, 2016
• RVC's portfolio- 55% female and minority Led
  Rockies Venture Club, September 19, 2016
• Gerontechnology and how we think about aging
  Senior Care Authority, September 12, 2016
• Global Startup search finalists announced
  Aging2.0, August 29, 2016
• Finding resources to help 'elder orphans' avoid isolation
  Star-Telegram, August 26, 2016
• Home sharing for baby boomers (episode 38)
  The Pitch, August 25, 2016
• Here’s the 18th batch of companies from 500 Startups
  TechCrunch, August 1, 2016
• Big updates from Colorado's 50 startups to watch
  Built in Colorado, July 14, 2016
• 10 Colorado tech leaders to know
  Built in Colorado, June 30, 2016
• The sharing economy booms for boomers
  CNBC, June 20, 2016
• A roommate portal for empty nesters
  KUSA 9NEWS, May 31, 2016
• Seniors consider co-housing alternatives
  Minnesota Public Radio, May 31, 2016
• Startup helps with the hunt for houses
  Denver Business Journal, May 4, 2016
• App Idea Awards announce finalists
  App Developer Magazine, April 21, 2016
• Five new technology offerings for aging in place
  Aging In Place Technology Watch, April 19, 2016
• Building an aging alone plan - solving the solo epidemic
  Sixty + Me, March 28, 2016
• How you can get in on the home-sharing economy
  Forbes, March 16, 2016
• Homesharing: the housing crisis meets its match
  American Society on Aging, March 2, 2016
• How to build a business - and make a difference
  ColoradoBIZ, February 25, 2016
• 50 Colorado startups to watch in 2016
  Built in Colorado, January 28, 2016
• How homesharing redefines the meaning of roommates
  ColoradoBIZ, December 12, 2015
• Age in place - and profit in the process
  New Age of Advice, December 10, 2015
• How to find the perfect roommate
  Mother Nature Network, October 23, 2015
• 15 Questions with Robert Egger
  CNN Money, October 23, 2015
• Silvernest uses sharing economy to help keep seniors in their homes
  Built in Colorado, October 21, 2015
• Boulder startup Silvernest launches roommate matching service for baby boomers
  BizWest, October 21, 2015

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Located in Denver, Colorado

For all PR related inquiries please contact Rebecca directly at rebecca@silvernest.com