WellClicks, a startup that promises to match consumers with the right health providers, has raised $1 million, according to a regulatory filing.
The funding comes from seven investors, according to the document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the name of parent company CreateHealth Inc.
WellClicks isn’t looking to raise any more cash at the moment, said Chief Operating Officer Mark Prondzinski, a co-founder of the company. “We have met our current capital needs,” he said.
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WellClicks aims to connect consumers with a wide variety of health and wellness providers that most closely fit with their stated preferences, such as gender, language spoken, location and types of insurance accepted. The company offers “matchmaking” services for primary care, dentists, eye care, acupuncture, massage therapy and a variety of other specialties. Providers who have signed up for the service are able to offer patients the ability to schedule appointment times from the WellClicks site.
Consumers use the site for free while providers pay a monthly fee for the listing. So far about 40 hospital and clinic groups have signed up for the service, Prondzinski said.
The service is only available in the Southwestern area of Minnesota’s Twin Cities, but the company plans to expand to more of the area this year and hopes to add other regions in the future, Prondzinski said.
WellClicks doesn’t offer consumer reviews of providers, but is considering adding the feature.
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The company was founded in 2007 and has five employees. WellClicks was spun out of Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia, Minn., which uses the CreateHealth parent company to pursue “new, innovative concepts in healthcare” that lay outside its core competency of running hospitals and clinics, Prondzinski said.