Sermo: Social network for doctors, where Wall Street pays to listen
David Hamilton writes about Sermo, the social network for doctors, over at VentureBeat LifeSciences.
The company has just raised $25 million.
For $100,000 to $500,000 a year, Wall Street firms are also welcome to listen into the discussion among doctors, so that they can benefit from this fresh source of medical intelligence, David writes. That’s a lot of cash, considering these firms won’t be able to actually identify the doctors or ask them questions. The company competes with SocialMD. See David’s story here.
Next Story: 4Blox, software company for storage, raises cash
Previous Story: Life sciences briefing: Monday, Sept. 10, 2007
About the Author, Matt Marshall
Matt launched VentureBeat in September of 2006, with the realization that no one else was covering the entrepreneurial and tech innovation scene with the velocity or depth that he was. Prior to founding VentureBeat, he covered venture capital for the San Jose Mercury News from 2001 to 2006. In 2002, Matt was awarded "Journalist of the Year" by the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists. Prior to working at the Merc, he was a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in Bonn, Germany from 1995 to 1998, and a writer for the Washington Post in 1994. Matt holds a PhD in Government and an MA in German and European Studies from Georgetown University. In addition to VentureBeat, Matt is also the Executive Producer of DEMO, the leading launchpad event for emerging technologies.
