Brighter powers the enhanced online directories for major health plans, including Cigna, Aetna, and Delta Dental.
Location: United States, California, Los Angeles
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +1 888-300-4742
Total raised: $49M
Founded date: 2011
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Tenaya Cap... | tenayacapi... |
| 18.07.2021 | General Ca... | generalcat... |
| - | DAG Ventur... | dagventure... |
Funding Rounds 4
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 20.04.2016 | Series D | $21M | - |
| 29.10.2013 | Series C | $15M | - |
| 15.08.2011 | Series B | $8M | - |
| 20.05.2011 | - | $5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 23
| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.07.2016 | 46 digital health companies that raised money in the second quarter of 2016 | As we do every quarter, MobiHealthNews has rounded up our Q2 2016 coverage into a handful of longform stories. This section is on funding. In the second quarter of 2016, MobiHealthNews tracked funding for health tech companies that totaled ... |
| 09.06.2016 | Jake Winebaum explains how cutting his teeth as a serial entrepreneur led him to launch Brighter | Navin Chaddha Contributor Navin Chaddha leads Mayfield. The firm invests in early-stage consumer, healthIT and enterprise technology companies and currently has $1.8 billion under management. More posts by this contributor The renaissance o... |
| 20.04.2016 | Daily funding roundup - April 20, 2016 | Cabify bagged $120M; Brighter raised $21M; Fame and Partners secured $10.2M Beijing-based Yummy Express, China’s O2O solutions provider offering logistics and operations services completed $10 million of Series C Financing, led by ClearVue ... |
| 20.04.2016 | Brighter Raises $21M in Series D Funding | Brighter, a Santa Monica, CA-based healthcare software company, raised $21m in Series D funding. The round was led by General Catalyst Partners with participation from DAG Ventures and existing investors Mayfield, Benchmark and Tenaya. In c... |
| 20.04.2016 | Brighter raises $21 million in push to boost transparency for dental benefits | Brighter’s approach is designed to make it easier for individuals to find dentists, particularly dentists in their network. It is also intended to boost the profile of dental practices and make scheduling and bill collection more efficient.... |
| 20.04.2016 | Brighter raises $21 million for online dental marketplace | Santa Monica, California-based Brighter has raised $21 million in a round led by General Catalyst Partners with participation from DAG Ventures as well as existing investors Mayfield, Benchmark, and Tenaya. Brighter has developed a site tha... |
| 20.04.2016 | Brighter Picks Up $21M For Dental Marketplace | Santa Monica-based online dental marketplace Brighter, founded by serial entrepreneur Jake Winebaum, has raised $21M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by General Catalyst, and also included DAG Ventures, Mayfield, Benchmark C... |
| 18.11.2013 | Report Shows Investors Setting Bar Higher for Digital Health Funding | Digital health funding for October 2013 reached $131 million compared to October 2012 at $85 million, according to the latest October 2013 StartUp Health Insights Funding report. With only a total of 31 deals this past month, the market is ... |
| 29.10.2013 | Smile! Brighter’s alternative to dental insurance keeps your pearly whites from falling out | Oral is important. Hygiene, that is. And Brighter wants to make is as easy and affordable as possible for people to gives their mouths the care they need. The company announced closing $15 million for its online service that acts as an alte... |
| 29.10.2013 | Brighter Raises $15M in Series C | LOS ANGELES, CA, Smple, free alternative to dental insurance, today announced that it closed $15 million in Series C funding >> Click here for more funding data on Brighter >> To export Brighter funding data to PDF and Excel... |
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