Building a Healthtech Startup

About The Talk

Healthtech is one of the fastest growing industries, with billions of dollars in capital going towards funding healthtech startups in the past few years (with even more attention and funds now because of the ongoing pandemic).

But building in the space is definitely tough, as healthtech startups face challenges that many other companies don’t – they have to deal with established giants like hospital systems, insurers, drugmakers, while navigating regulations and laws that make it difficult to enter the market.

Through all these hurdles we’ve seen companies make our lives better by offering easier access to doctors, medicine, insurance, and more.

To get a better look at the industry, we’re excited to chat with Patrick Quigley, Co-founder & CEO of Sidecar Health, a startup that offers personalized, affordable health insurance.

We’re excited to discuss how Patrick has grown Sidecar Health, and what are some of the nuances that come from building in the healthcare and insurance industries.

We’ll learn about how they launched, fundraised, and developed their platform has set the pace to grow more than 10-fold in 2020.

Our Guest

Patrick Quigley

Co-founder & CEO of Sidecar Health

As CEO, Patrick is responsible for building and leading the Sidecar Health team to achieve their mission: to make health insurance more affordable and access to great health care more attainable in the US. Prior to co-founding Sidecar Health, Patrick was CEO at Katch, who helped carriers enroll new members in individual health plans producing over $3B in annual premiums. Since launching last year, Patrick has led Sidecar Health in nearly tripling its membership and raising $18M in two rounds of funding and has set the pace to grow more than 10-fold in 2020. Patrick holds an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. in engineering from Duke University.

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