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ZocDoc Raises $3 Million Series A Venture Capital Round
NY-based Appointment planning and physician review service ZocDoc has announced today that they have raised $3 million in a Series A round of funding. The round was led by Khosla Ventures and David Weiden from Khosla Ventures will join the ZocDoc board. This is Khosla Ventures first investment in the consumer healthcare industry.
ZocDoc helps you book doctor appointments online and find immediate openings. You can also check out Yelp-style doctor reviews. The service is currently only available in NYC but the founders say San Francisco is coming in 2009. Check out our ZocDoc coverage including video demo, launch of dermatologists, What I’d like to see is pricing information when services are outside an insurance plan.
While ZocDoc isn’t as "sexy" as some of the other startups out there, it is one of the most useful out there today. I continue to be impressed with the service and how they are expanding into more healthcare practices. Last week I booked my first doctor appointment using ZocDoc and will have a full review after my appointment tomorrow.
I see why ZocDoc is useful on the local market and I honestly hope the initiative will catch internationally as well. We need similar services in Europe too. My only question to you, Allen: what is a “sexy” startup?
A "sexy" startup are the ones that bloggers will post and talk about all day. These typically have no business model either :)
I totally agree. Almost everyone could use ZocDoc.
Question is though, how easy is it for doctor’s to standardize on their system? Most doctor’s in Germany for example use a system that looks like it’s been around for 10 years. Like a MS DOS type of thing. They also need to be able to scan your insurance card which holds your medical record etc..
How would they feed in people who do not use ZocDoc? That’s probably the biggest obstacle for ZocDoc there is.
Also, don’t want to really beat on privacy, but I sure as hell hope they are not sharing their data. ;) That kind of data is pretty confidential.
@Allen: Did ZocDoc explain somewhere how their system works with the people who walk in, and or use the telephone to make an appointment – oldschool?
Aha! I thought you somehow meant design… :) I think ZocDoc has a lot of potential and there are luckily enough bloggers interested in things that matter rather than in what’s hot or “sexy”
Of course I am not only a blogger, but a twitter-type of startup is not sexy in my book. As I said, I think the ZocDoc model should extend to Europe as well, although the market here still needs to be educated to use such services.
nope not the design :)
these type of useful but unsexy startups don’t get the coverage they should – that’s why i try to bring them to you
You are so right, Allen. Thanks for the inspiration… :)
from what i could tell – the doctor had a printout (looked like a fax?) with the zocdoc logo on it – so my guess is thats how he got my info from zocdoc. then there’s no issue with integration as you mention. the doctor had a basic dell laptop on the front desk though :)
i can’t wait for the day that they get rid of these hard files – such a waste on all sides