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DAN RODRIGUES
CO-FOUNDER / CEO
TEBRA TECHNOLOGIES INC.
WHY: Co-founded Scour, a music search engine that was sold in 2000. In 2004, founded company to make medical billing easier for doctors and their staff. In 2022, raised $72M with a $1B valuation. Tebra was derived from “vertebrae” and symbolizes its “backbone role” in medical practices. Almost 1,000 employees companywide.
IN THE NEWS: Recognized in the Healthcare Technology Report’s list of Top 50 CEOs in Healthcare IT, E&Y as an Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, Goldman Sachs as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs, and the Software Report as a Top 50 SaaS CEO in the United States.
NOTABLE: Institutional investor in 2022 round was Newport Beach’s Toba Capital, the largest venture capital firm based in Orange County; it was begun by Vinny Smith, the CEO who engineered the $2.4B sale of Quest Software to Dell.
IN HIS WORDS: “Consumers are paying more and more for their healthcare. They are demanding digital first. Many traditional healthcare practices don’t have the tools and knowhow. Healthcare is one of those industries that has lagged others in the consumer experience. Like Shopify is for e-commerce —Tebra is that operating system for healthcare.”