CareQuest Innovation Partners and MATTER added industry partners and more than $1 million in available investment capital to SMILE Health, a program to identify and accelerate early-stage startups at the intersection of oral health improvement and health equity advancement.
Since its launch in mid-March, SMILE Health has attracted 14 industry organizations spanning the medical, dental, consumer goods, venture capital, and insurance industries as well as academia to serve as key partners. Recognizing the focus of SMILE Health, this diverse group of organizations and leaders will support the first cohort of startups looking to accelerate new solutions to provide accessible, equitable, and integrated oral health in a manner that is Simple, Minimally Invasive, Integrated, Low-barrier, and Equitable — or SMILE.
The partners include (in alphabetical order):
- 42 North Dental
- Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
- Demos Capital LLC
- DentalMarketIQ
- DentaQuest
- Enable Dental
- MouthWatch
- P&R Dental Strategies
- Procter & Gamble/Crest Oral-B
- Revere Partners
- Seae Ventures
- USAble Life
- Washington Dental Service
