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Nick Desai On Raising $165 Million To Bring Doctors To Your Home

April 01, 2021

Nick Desai is a multiple-time entrepreneur who has raised over $100M for his most recent startup venture alone. His latest startup, Heal has raised more than $165M from top-tier investors like Humana, Generator Ventures, Inflection Capital, and Jim Breyer.

In this episode, you will learn:

* How Heal works and the problems it is solving
* The future of healthcare
* How success often just relies on not giving up, and embracing the noes

Alejandro Cremades · EP 318 Nick Desai On Raising $165 Million To Bring Doctors To Your Home
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About Nick Desai:
Nick Desai is a serial tech entrepreneur leading vision, strategy, recruiting, and fundraising for Heal.

He's raised over $47 million in venture capital for his four start-ups since 1998. Most recently, Nick Desai was CEO of FitOrbit – the leader in internet-based weight loss coaching solutions funded by Spark Capital and health insurance giantAnthem Blue Cross.

Nick Desai holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UC Irvine and an MS in Electrical Engineering from UCLA. He lives in the Pacific Palisades with his wife and one year old son - who is his pride and joy.
Connect with Nick Desai:

* Crunchbase
* LinkedIn

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FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTERVIEW:
Alejandro: Alrighty. Hello everyone, and welcome to the DealMakers show. Today we have a very, very exciting guest. We have a guest that has done this multiple, multiple times, and in today’s show, he’s going to walk us through his experience, his journey, through the ups and the downs, through the successes and the failures, and you name it. So without further ado,