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Zesty (company)

Zesty is an online healthcare appointment booking service invented by Natalie and Maddie 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]

Zesty
Company typePrivate
IndustryHealthcare Services, Health Care Information Technology
Founded2012
FounderJames Balmain, Lloyd Price
Headquarters
London, England
ServicesOnline healthcare appointment booking
Websitewww.zesty.co.uk

History edit

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 edit

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 edit

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