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The Squash Court Startup Quietly Rolling Up America's Med-Spas
Two Harvard MBAs sketched a med-spa roll-up between squash matches. Six years later, Aesthetic Partners runs the back office for 20-plus clinics - and lets every founder keep their name on the door.
The Beauty Roll-Up That Refuses to Erase the Name on the Door
United Aesthetics Alliance is assembling a national network of plastic surgery practices and medical spas without turning them into a single chain. Its wager is that shared capital, recruiting, marketing, and technology can scale - while clinical judgment and local reputations stay local.
Cherry
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.