Zesty (company)

Zesty
Private
Industry Healthcare Services, Health Care Information Technology
Founded 2012
Founder James Balmain, Lloyd Price
Headquarters London, England
Services Online healthcare appointment booking
Website www.zesty.co.uk

Zesty is an online healthcare appointment booking service based in London, England.[1][2][3][4] Lloyd Price and James Balmain founded Zesty in 2012.[5][6] Price is the company's COO and Balmain is the company's CEO.[7] In May 2013, the company launched its service in London.[2]

History

Lloyd Price and James Balmain developed the idea for Zesty's healthcare appointment booking service after experiencing difficulties identifying and locating dental services.[8] In August 2012, Price and Balmain began researching and developing a business plan.[5][8][9] Zesty secured a seed funding round led by Mangrove Capital Partners, a venture capital firm based in Luxembourg, in January 2013.[2] That May, Zesty launched its service in beta in London, England.[2][10] The service locates available appointment slots by searching postcodes or specified boroughs.[1] Zesty initially targeted private and National Health Service (NHS) dental markets.[2]

In July 2013, Zesty launched a web application compatible with smartphones and tablets.[11] That month, the company partnered with Qinec, a practice management software provider, to improve accessibility to healthcare appointments.[11][12][13] The company secured $2 million in additional seed funding in April 2014.[3][14] The funding round was led by T A Ventures and ABRT Fund.[10] The following month, Zesty expanded its service to include other types of healthcare professionals from private and public practices.[15] In September 2014, The Huffington Post named Zesty one of “London's 7 Fast-Growing & Disruptive Health Tech Startups.”[5]

Operations

Zesty is based in London, England.[1] In April 2014, over 2,000 healthcare providers, including private and NHS dentists, private doctors, private physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors and podiatrist, were registered on the company’s booking service.[2][8][16][17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "E-ppointments". Economist. August 13, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Natasha Lomas (April 10, 2014). "U.K. Healthcare E-booking Platform, Zesty, Adds Another $2M+ To Its Seed Funding". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "London startup: Doctor appointments made easy". Workspace Group. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  4. ↑ Ben Maximilian Heubl (July 13, 2014). "The UK wants Digital Health Now! The King’s Fund International Digital Health and Care Congress". Medcrunch. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 Lora Schellenberg (September 18, 2014). "London's 7 Fast-Growing & Disruptive Health Tech Startups". Huffington Post. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Zesty recognised as a world-leading startup". Ident News. September 26, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ "COO Lloyd Price on how Zesty are transforming access to Healthcare in London". Silicon Roundabout. April 22, 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 Tom Phelan (October 10, 2014). "Startup of the Week: Going private with Zesty". IT Proportal. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  9. ↑ Ben Heubl (August 6, 2014). "When Wearable Health Trackers Meet Your Doctor". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  10. 1 2 Brenden Maynard (June 11, 2014). "Healthcare appointment service Zesty to add other UK cities, targeting mainland Europe". Webrazzi. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  11. 1 2 Ben Woods (July 19, 2013). "Zesty: the dental startup with ‘denture capital’ and an eye firmly on UK healthcare". Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  12. ↑ Robbie Hughes (July 21, 2013). "Qinec & Zesty join forces to join up healthcare in London & the UK". Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  13. ↑ Ben Maximilian Heubl (March 21, 2014). "A Match Made In Heaven: How A British Health Tech Startup Combined With Qinec, A Practice Management Software (PMS) Provider". Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  14. ↑ Charmaine Li (June 3, 2014). "Health 2.0 in Europe – Here’s 35 startups to watch". Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  15. ↑ Ben Woods (May 28, 2014). "Healthcare startup Zesty expands beyond dentistry in London, rest of UK to follow". Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  16. ↑ Huw Jenkins (May 30, 2014). "Zesty teams up with NHS to provide online booking service". Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  17. ↑ Stephen Graves (June 4, 2014). "How Zesty wants to get you to the quack, quicker". Retrieved December 9, 2014.
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