{"id":45154,"date":"2015-05-11T09:01:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T08:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/?p=45154"},"modified":"2021-05-18T14:40:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:40:08","slug":"99-rightclinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2015\/99-rightclinic\/","title":{"rendered":"99. RightClinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Founder: <\/b>Dr. Ganesh Rao<br>\n<b>Founded: <\/b>March 2010 (launched March 2015)<br>\n<b>Website: <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightclinic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.rightclinic.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frustrated that he could compare car insurance online but not health clinics, when &ldquo;surely your health is a lot more important&rdquo;, Dr. Ganesh Rao quit his job at the NHS to set up RightClinic &ndash; an online marketplace run by doctors to compare and book health-related appointments.<\/p>\n<p>The website currently features independent reviews and price comparison for laser eye and cosmetic surgery clinics, taking a commission for every booking. After starting the business with &pound;50,000 in poker winnings, Rao was rejected by all five investors on <em>Dragons&rsquo; Den<\/em> when pitching for &pound;100,000, however he later went on to secure &pound;250,000 from VC firm Forward Partners in March 2015 &ndash; increasing the amount raised and doubling the business&rsquo; valuation.<\/p>\n<p>The company currently works with big national chains including Optical Express and Ultralase as well as more than 300 independent clinics across the UK, and claims to have created &pound;1.2m in new business from bookings through the platform. At an estimated &pound;10bn, Rao says he&rsquo;s only scratched the surface of this hugely lucrative market, and will use the next 12 months to expand into other sectors including eye tests, chiropractors and fertility clinics.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founder: Dr. Ganesh Rao Founded: March 2010 (launched March 2015) Website: www.rightclinic.com Frustrated that he could compare car insurance online but not health clinics, when &ldquo;surely your health is a lot more important&rdquo;, Dr. Ganesh Rao quit his job at the NHS to set up RightClinic &ndash; an online marketplace run by doctors to compare [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91469,"featured_media":45159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-179"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>99. 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