LuxCreo is a digital manufacturing company turning dental clinics and labs into same-day production floors. Its patented LEAP (Light Enabled Additive Production) printers, ActiveMemory polymers, and LuxFlow software combine to deliver FDA-cleared, directly 3D-printed clear aligners, night guards, dentures and crowns - cutting weeks of traditional workflow down to hours.
Cherry is a San Francisco fintech that lets healthcare and wellness practices offer patients buy-now-pay-later financing at the point of care. Founded in 2019 by Felix Steinmeyer and Charles Mourani, the company underwrites loans up to $50,000 in under 60 seconds with a soft credit pull, pays providers upfront, and is used by more than 60,000 practices across dental, medical aesthetics, dermatology, optometry and veterinary care.
Felix Steinmeyer is the CEO and Co-Founder of Cherry, the leading buy-now-pay-later platform built specifically for healthcare and wellness providers. A Stanford MBA with dual master's degrees, he previously co-founded and sold Mason Finance before turning his attention to the underserved gap between patients who need care and their ability to pay for it. Under his leadership, Cherry has grown to serve 60,000+ providers, raised a Series B of $44M in 2022, and in April 2025 achieved a valuation exceeding $2 billion with a Series C round - making it one of the most significant vertical BNPL players in healthcare.
Wisdom is a New York-based AI-powered dental revenue cycle management platform that helps dental practices collect more from insurers, faster. Founded in 2023 by fintech veteran Stoyan Kenderov and billing expert Ashley Bond, Wisdom pairs proprietary AI with dedicated human billing teams to handle the full claims lifecycle — from insurance verification to denial appeals. The company has raised $28M in funding and reports that over 98% of clients see increased insurance billing revenues after joining.
Daniel Bessonov is the co-founder and CEO of Avora, a Y Combinator- and CRV-backed AI platform that deploys intelligent agents for dental operations - automating clinical documentation, coaching providers on case acceptance, and following up with patients. Before Avora, he architected core payment features at Ramp, built UAV encryption at Anduril, and led product intelligence at Wispr AI. A Penn M&T graduate (CS + Finance), he became a Top 25 App Store developer at age 14 and has spent the decade since compressing complex AI problems into products clinicians actually use.