As a business school graduate and doctor, I knew I had to bootstrap my healthcare service company, One Medical, because traditional venture capital wasn't interested. I spent the first two years building it up to be credible and attract tech VC funding. Benchmark took a chance on my vision, sparking a new era of venture capital funded healthcare from Silicon Valley.
In this episode, Vivien interviews Tom Lee, Founder of Galileo, One Medical and Epocrates. Tom is currently the CEO and founder of Galileo, a modern medical group committed to making quality health care affordable and accessible to all.
Galileo raised a Series C round from Foresight Capital, with previous investors including Oak HC/FT, Redpoint, and DNA Capital. Prior to Galileo, Tom also founded One Medical, a national leader in tech-enabled primary care that went public in 2020 and Epocrates, a medical reference app still widely used today. On top of all this, Tom is also a board certified internist who completed training at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital.