ZocDoc takes $940K for online doctor appointment booking
ZocDoc, a web site that allows regular people to book doctor appointments, view patient reviews and find physicians online for free, has raised $940,000 of a targeted $1.6 million round of equity, reports VentureWire. The New York company’s backers include Khosla Ventures, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ firm Bezos Expeditions, and Salesforce founder Marc Benioff.
ZocDoc has raised $3 million to date.
Microsoft’s BizSpark initiative offers free servers and software to startups
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With an initiative called BizSpark, software giant Microsoft is making a new pitch for startups to run their business on Microsoft’s tools.
It’s an enticing free upfront three-year package, bundling together software, support and promotion for no upfront cost — requiring merely a $100 payment when you leave the program. It’s an aggressive move by Microsoft to ensure that technology startups at least consider using Microsoft’s tools when they are putting together their initial infrastructure —… Continue Reading
Appointment-scheduling startup ZocDoc gets $3M from Khosla
ZocDoc, the startup that helps users schedule doctors’ appointments online, has raised $3 million from Khosla Ventures.
The New York startup launched last September at the TechCrunch40 conference, and chief executive Cyrus Massoumi says growth has been climbing at an average rate of around 50 percent per month since then, both in terms of users and doctors. There are now 90,000 appointments available on the site, and 35,000 patients have used ZocDoc in the last 30… Continue Reading