The fund's advisors include Neil Blumenthal, founder of Warby Parker Payal Kadakia, founder of ClassPass Scott Harrison, founder of Charity:Water and Philip Krim, founder of Casper. In 2018, Massoumi and Indiegogo founder Slava Rubin created humbition, a 30 million dollar fund that invests in New York startups.
ZocDoc assisted cities in the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021. In November 2015, Massoumi stepped down as the company CEO and passed the job to fellow co-founder Oliver Kharraz. Zocdoc was recognized as a Best Place to Work both in New York and Arizona for four consecutive years. In August 2015, the company was valued at $1.8 billion. Some of their investors included: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Goldman Sachs, founder of SV Angel Ron Conway, Khosla Ventures, DST, Atomico and the Founders Fund among others. Their services reach 40% of the US population in 1900 cities.
Massoumi got the idea for the company after waiting four days with a ruptured eardrum to try to see a doctor. Zocdoc is a New York-based online booking company that provides patients with the option of booking empty slots in doctors’ schedules using their mobile devices. Massoumi founded Zocdoc together with Nick Ganju and Dr. After finishing Columbia Business School, he became an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company specializing in healthcare and technology. The company closed in 2001, and Massoumi spent six months backpacking through China to figure out what he wanted to do next. At the age of 22, he founded a software company called OneSizeTooSmall. In 1998, he joined the business development team of Trilogy Software where he shared a desk with future Zocdoc co-founder Nick Ganju. While in college, Massoumi worked for Walt Disney Company and served as a staffer for a US Senator. Massoumi was a recipient of the Heffernan Award for Outstanding Service from Columbia University. He also received an MBA with honors from Columbia University in 2003. He then graduated with a BS Degree in Entrepreneurial Management, Finance and Operations and Information Management in 1998 from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Massoumi graduated high school at the Phillips Academy in the class of 1994. He is also the founder of Zocdoc and was the company CEO for eight years. B and the founder of the investment fund humbition. Phillips Academy, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia UniversityĬyrus Massoumi is the founder of telehealth service Dr.
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