• June 3rd, 2013

    Brighter Launches A New, Free Version Of Its Dental Service To Bring Affordable Care To The Uninsured

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    It was just about two years ago that Jake Winebaum (who had previously sold Business.com for $360 million) quietly launched Brighter.com, an online marketplace for discounted dental care. Within a few months, Winebaum and Brighter, which had launched with $5 million in its coffers, added another $8 million from Benchmark, Mayfield Fund and a few others. → Read More

    August 15th, 2011

    Brighter Lands $8 Million From Benchmark To Bring Affordable Dental Care To The Masses

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    It was less than three months ago that Jake Winebaum (the same guy who sold Business.com for $360 million) quietly launched Brighter.com, an online marketplace for discounted dental care. As Erick Schonfeld wrote at the time, Americans pay an estimated $55 billion out of pocket each year on dental bills. Dental plans, like their healthcare brethren, tend to take sizable bites out of our wallets… → Read More