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Sesame
Healthcare marketplace platform
- 101-200 employees
- Healthcare
- B2C
- B2B
- Marketplace
- eCommerce
- MedTech
- Canal Street, New York, NY
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Company mission
Sesame's mission is to provide access to convenient, high-quality, full-scope medical care at affordable self-pay prices - without insurance.
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
18% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Sesame is a healthcare marketplace that allows patients to search, compare, and book appointments - both in-person and online - in one place, while also allowing healthcare providers to get paid in cash, rather than going through the bureaucracy of insurance company dealings.
Sesame’s marketplace has been getting plenty of praise as well as capital investment, and it’s easy to see why. The American healthcare landscape has long been a bone of contention, so allowing consumers the opportunity to shop around is a good idea. The fact that Sesame users don’t have to be paying subscribers to the platform, but can get benefits by being one, is also a great touch.
It’ll be interesting to see how things work out in the long run for the company. While there’s little doubt that Sesame works for the patient, this kind of marketplace always seems to become somewhat unpopular with the businesses it hosts – Booking.com and Uber Eats are examples of this.
For the time being though, it’s proving popular with both sets of end users and working for a good cause. Having received funding from GV (formerly Google Venture), it looks set to grow quite a bit over the next few years.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- A fun and international work environment with teams across the US (New York, Boston, Miami) and Europe
- Flexible vacation policy
- Comprehensive health care coverage options
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2022
$27m
SERIES B
Apr 2021
$24m
LATE VC
Total funding: $76.1m
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Leadership
David Goldhill
(Co-founder & CEO)Served as President and CEO of the Game Show Network, President of TV at Universal Studios, and founded and was CEO of INTH, and CFO of Act III Communications. Also an author, and Chair of The Leapfrog Group.
Michael Hernandez
(Co-founder & President)Spent 5 years as Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Co. Previous Advisor to The White House Office of Management and Budget, Brookings Institution, and the State of Massachusetts on health reform legislation and implementation.
John Fontein
(Co-founder)Former Associate at Goldman Sachs and worked VP and GM roles at GoEuro. Previously founded and sold his music production company, Relabel.