INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Alternative and holistic healthcare seekers in the Los Angeles area have a new service they can turn to in WellSet, the listing platform
acupuncturists, massage therapists, functional medicine practitioners, craniosacral therapists, nutritionists, life coaches and holistic
offer.The company takes a 30% referral fee for its first booking and a 3% booking fee for future appointments booked through its platform
It also provides backend services like intake form management, insurance management and other logistical offerings, according to co-founder
Tegan Bukowski.Co-founder Sky Meltzer and Bukowski began working on the company two-and-a-half years ago, according to Bukowski
A former Yale-educated architect who worked for the starchitect Zaha Hadid, Bukowski founded the company because of her own experience with
session booked on the platform, once WellSet launches in their city
So far the company has roughly 7,000 practitioners on the service and enough providers to launch in at least five major markets
Its deliberate rollout strategy will see the company opening its virtual doors in New York and San Francisco in the coming months.The Los
Angeles-based company was founded by Bukowski, who serves as co-founder and chief executive officer
Rounding out the team is Hanna Madrigan, a former Pinterest employee who now serves as the chief operating officer.The company is backed by
investors including Kleiner Perkins, Broadway Angels (a female-focused Silicon Valley investment firm) and Kelly Noonan Gores, writer,
well.Increasingly, holistic healing and functional medicine are seen as viable options for certain types of chronic conditions
other conditions may be covered by the government and private insurers.
