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Keragon - here's how it all started (Spoiler: This is not your typical Silicon Valley story)
I met my cofounders 18 years ago during our military service and then studied together at Imperial College London. After uni, we started a company in the mobile adtech space and 3.5years later it was acquired by Glispa and then Market Group.
After the vesting period ended, my cofounders and I decided to take some time off to focus on things we haven't had the chance to do over the 7 year grind. Even though there was a big overlap with Covid and restricted traveling, we managed to reflect, heal (yep, post-exit trauma is real) and eventually regrouped after 12 months.
For the first time in a while, we held long sessions again - this time about career and life goals, and whether even considering working together on another play. Surprise surprise - our masochist part prevailed and we decided to jump again into the battlefield. However, unlike our first company, we weren't driven by a specific problem nor were passionate about a unique insight. This time, we decided to explore, agreeing on 3 core principles for our new venture:
1. pick any industry, but adtech
2. pick a broken space we could build a sector-defining company
3. life's too short to work with a-holes
Healthcare quickly became the winner - as newcomers we dedicated half a year to researching how our skillset could give the most value in this space. And that's how we found ourselves hustling again: we reached out to 100s of healthcare professionals over 6 months, out of which 338 agreed to jump on a call to help us map the problems of the industry through their eyes - most of you are now LinkedIn friends, thanks for being part of the journey 🙏
We compiled and ranked a long list of problems - even though infrastructure is never the most glamorous play, we ended up picking this critical problem that was coming again and again and was right in our wheelhouse - healthcare providers are struggling with manual, repetitive, processes, and spend their limited time saving files instead of saving lives.
And that's how Keragon was born.
Incredibly grateful for focal (Daniel Darling), who were the first to believe in Avocarrot back in 2014 and are now co-leading the round of Keragon along with the amazing people at Afore Capital (Gaurav Jain), and also very lucky to have the backing and deep healthcare expertise from 25m Health - Lifepoint Health® (Thank you Ryan Macy and Merrill Anovick). Also big thanks to all our 👼 (Elliot Cohen, Giorgos Zacharia, Marina Hatsopoulos, Alexis Pantazis, Emilios Markou, Andreas Stavropoulos)
Keragon is a first of its kind. And we're excited for what's coming!
▶ If you're a healthcare professional, looking to automate your day-to-day work - reach out, we can help.
▶ If you're a rockstar software engineer or growth hacker who wants to make a difference in healthcare - come and join us.
cc George Eracleous George Makkoulis Panos Papageorgiou
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