Sandeep Senghera (a practicing dentist) and Jozef Wallis, Toothpick operates an online directory of dentists, allowing customers to find local practitioners, compare prices and service, and to book online. By some estimates, there’s a $6 billion dental industry to be disrupted in the UK alone, with 120 million dental appointments per year, which should make the online booking part a decent business to be in.įounded in late 2011 by Dr. Either way, the space looks set to heat up.Īnd perhaps it shoudn’t be a surprise. There’s also Poland-based DocPlanner, which appears to be (wisely) focusing on Eastern Europe. Meanwhile, another Toothpick competitor has emerged in the UK in the form of Zesty, albeit yet to launch. Interestingly, it comes at a time when U.S.-based ZocDoc, which targets both doctor and dentist appointments, and is backed by the likes of DST and Goldman Sachs, looks to be recruiting a UK General Manager as it readies a launch across the pond. The London-based startup is backed by Passion Capital and various angels, including the founders of AdJug. Flying somewhat under the tech press radar, Toothpick - an ‘OpenTable for dentists’ - has quietly exited Beta, as well as expanding beyond its native UK to the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand.
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