HealthSherpa

HealthSherpa
Type Startup
Founded 2013
Headquarters San Francisco, California, U.S.
Area served U.S.
Founder(s) George Kalogeropoulos
Ning Liang
Industry Healthcare Navigation
Website HealthSherpa.com
Alexa rank 72,408 (February 2016)[1]
Current status Active

HealthSherpa is a California based startup focused on connecting individuals with health plans under the Affordable Care Act. The site was initially developed as an alternative to research plans from Healthcare.gov.[2][3][4][5]

Founders and Backers

HealthSherpa was founded by Ning Liang and George Kalogeropoulos, who participated together in the Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y-Combinator. In addition to Y-Combinator, the company is backed by Innovation Endeavors,[6] Kapor Capital,[7] and SGVC[8]

References

  1. ↑ "HealthSherpa.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  2. ↑ "Healthsherpa Helps Thousands Get Insurance Quotes". NPR. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Signing up for Obamacare could someday take as little as 10 minutes". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "S.F. programmers build alternative to HealthCare.gov". CBS. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Trio of young coders build health-care website in days". CNN. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Innovation Endeavors Portfolio". Innovation Endeavors. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Kapor Capital Portfolio". Kapor Capital. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "SGVC Portfolio". SGVC. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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