INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A growing number of newer dental brands has been attracting money from venture investors who are still kicking themselves for missing
Most notable among these breakout companies is newly public SmileDirectClub, which sells teeth-straightening products directly to consumers
and is beloved by analysts, even though its shares have slipped since its September IPO.Among the many teeth-related startups to more
recently attract private funding is Swift Health Systems, a five-year-old company that makes invisible braces under the brand INBRACE and
just raised $45 million from VCs; Henry the Dentist, a two-year-old, mobile dental clinic that raised $10 million earlier this year; and
Quip, a five-year-old maker of electric toothbrushes and oral care products that has garnered roughly $62 million from investors.Still, a
(Tend says it will get your favorite show queued up before you arrive for your appointment, which you will breezily book online, and whose
Specifically, improving on the patient experience has worked out well for One Medical, a venture-backed, tech-driven chain of 70 clinics
Other individual investors include Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa of Warby Parker; Zach Weinberg of Flatiron Health; and Bradley Tusk of
Doug Hudson was the CEO of SmileDirectClub for three-and-a-half years, beginning in 2013
Before that, he founded two medical care companies that were acquired: Hearing Planet and Simplex Healthcare.Whether that pedigree is enough
In the United States alone, the dental market is now a $137 billion industry, according to the research group IBIS World, and as Hudson
notes in a new Medium post about his latest startup, dentistry has a Net Promoter Score of 1, which is just two points higher than dreaded
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