Direct-to-consumer orthodontic startup Impress raises $50M to scale throughout Europe

by RJ Shara | May 12, 2021 | Startups

As the well-known phrase goes, “software is eating the world” — and now software application is eating dentistry. Or, possibly more accurately, the arena of orthodontics– the specialty of dentistry that deals with things like braces– is gradually however surely being digitalized. To whit, Impress, a Southern European player in direct-to-consumer orthodontics, has raised […] , a Southern European player in direct-to-consumer orthodontics, has raised a$ 50 million Series A funding round led by CareCapital (a dental division of Hillhouse Capital in Asia ), along with Nickleby Capital, UNIQA Ventures and investors consisting of Michael Linse, Valentin Pitarque, Peter Schiff, Elliot Dornbusch and others. As things stand, most of the timeMany consumers can usually only access cosmetic generally alignment treatments or orthodontic positioning treatments in conventional clinics. Andreas Nemeth, handling partner of UNIQA Ventures GmbH commented: “Impress’s customer-centric focus, as well as its shown ability to blitzscale, attracted us to the business. — TechCrunch “src =”https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/06/3-views-on-the-future-of-the-funding-round-story/embed/#?secret=H3PFj1YEd0” data-secret=”H3PFj1YEd0″width =”800″height =”450 “frameborder =”0″marginwidth =”0″marginheight =”0 “scrolling =” no” — > …