Some doctors expressed concern that a per customer fee would be harder to recoup unless patients return for additional visits. In January 2019, the company announced it changed the pricing model from subscription to referral fee in some markets.

īy 2017, the company reported more than six million patients use Zocdoc every month, booking appointments throughout the United States. In November 2015, Massoumi was replaced by cofounder Oliver Kharraz as CEO, who was the COO since the company's launch. Zocdoc was recognized as a Best Place to Work in both New York and Arizona for four consecutive years from 2010 to 2014.Īdditional rounds of funding in Zocdoc from Goldman Sachs, SV Angel founder Ron Conway, and the Founders Fund among others, resulted in a $1.8 billion valuation by August 2015. įrom 2011 to 2013 the company grew to be in over 30 cities, and by 2014, Zocdoc covered 40 percent of markets in 2,000 cities, and had five million users booking appointments every month. founder Jeff Bezos and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff also invested in Zocdoc in 2008, helping the company expand the service into other cities and healthcare providers. In early 2008, the company received an initial round of $3 million in funding from Khosla Ventures. It began as a service for dentists in Manhattan, and expanded nationwide to include doctors in over 100 specialties. The service was launched during the TechCrunch40 conference (now called TechCrunch Disrupt) in September 2007. Massoumi had experienced a burst eardrum while traveling and struggled to find available appointments of local doctors and that is where the idea for their business started. Cofounders Kharraz and Massoumi met while working as consultants at McKinsey. Zocdoc was founded in New York City in 2007 by Oliver Kharraz, Nick Ganju, and Cyrus Massoumi, who served as the company's first CEO. Established in 2007, the private company had a $1.8 billion valuation by August 2015, the third-highest for a startup in New York at the time. The service is free for patients, and doctors pay to advertise their appointment slots. The platform also functions as a physician and dentist rating and comparison database.

Zocdoc is a New York City-based company offering an online service that allows people to find and book in-person or telemedicine appointments for medical or dental care. Telehealth, Medical appointment booking platform

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