orthodontics
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Kjeld Aamodt
Kjeld Aamodt is a UCSF-trained orthodontist who turned a faculty research interest into a transcontinental clear-aligner company. He founded Uniform Teeth in San Francisco in 2018, merged it with Barcelona-based Impress in 2022, and now serves as co-founder and CEO of Impress US while continuing to teach at UCSF.
Chris Boudreaux
Chris Boudreaux is a fintech professional and co-founder associated with Cherry (withcherry.com), a San Francisco-based healthcare financing platform trusted by over 60,000 medical providers across the United States. Cherry enables patients to access flexible, interest-free payment plans for elective medical procedures - dental, plastic surgery, medspas, and veterinary care - while giving providers same-day upfront payment. Based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Boudreaux operates at the intersection of financial technology and healthcare access, helping expand Cherry's reach across the healthcare provider ecosystem.
Nichole Garcia
Nichole Garcia is Co-Founder and President of OrthoFX, the doctor-delivered clear aligner startup she built with two former Invisalign executives. With a BS in Biochemistry from UCLA, an MBA from Pepperdine, and a diploma from Oxford, she spent two decades running global divisions at Philips Oral Care and Align Technology before co-founding OrthoFX in 2017. The company raised $17M total - including a $13M Series A led by SignalFire in 2020 - to commercialize a proprietary FXTetra polymer that delivers 50% faster treatment, paired with an AI-powered remote monitoring platform called FXOnTrack.
Ren Menon
Ren Menon is the cofounder and CEO of OrthoFX, a Fremont-based dental technology company reinventing clear aligner therapy. A former Invisalign executive with over two decades in the clear aligner space, Menon launched OrthoFX in 2019 with co-founders from Align Technology and Philips Oral Care to offer doctor-delivered, AI-monitored clear aligners at roughly half the cost of Invisalign. The company has raised $17 million across three rounds - most recently a $13M Series A led by SignalFire - and has developed proprietary polymer technology including its HyperElastic FXTetra material and the FDA-cleared AirFlex aligner system. OrthoFX operates a hybrid D2C/B2B model, combining direct consumer access with professional orthodontist delivery, underpinned by the FXOnTrack AI platform for remote patient monitoring.