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Founded2025
Employees3
About
Modernizing dental oral healthcare through Innovation and connections. DDS Founders Fund invests in technologies shaping the future of dentistry, from digital platforms to automation and patient-centric solutions. DDS Founders Fund is a dental technology-focused investment management firm. We partner with innovators modernizing dental healthcare through digital transformation, automation, and advanced diagnostic tools. Our team brings decades of combined experience in dental operations, healthcare technology, and investment management.
Product
- Value proposition
- We bring dental industry knowledge, operating experience and thoughtful research to the people shaping the future of oral health.
- Target customers
- founders, clinicians, industry collaborators, general business inquiries
Founders
- Darius Somekhian — Fund Manager
- Rob Naka — COO and Compliance
- Zach Doray — CTO and Value Creation
- Chris Kelly — Operational Lead
- Darie Ofek — Fund Counsel
Categories
investmentventuredental industryprivate equity
Key features
deep dental industry relationshipsdisciplined researchrelationship mapping of companies and activitiesfocus on dentistry sectorreal-world problem-driven approach
Partnerships
Cloud DentistryBalanced PharmaPrahsysOrisDXBackstage
News
- Healthcare VC firm Initiate has a new $45M and has already founded five startups internally | TechCrunch · 2024-11-18T18:30:38.000Z
- Arkin family’s A-Squared Ventures launches $40M fund for digital health startups | Ctech · 2025-11-06T07:48:22.000Z
- Deerfield secures $600M+ for third healthcare venture fund to seed new companies · 2025-05-05T11:00:53.000Z
- HealthKois unveils $300-mn VC fund to bet on healthcare startups · 2025-06-06T10:12:19.000Z
- Announcing Dria Ventures Fund I - by Megan Maloney · 2025-09-16T19:12:44.000Z
- Fellowship Spotlight: The Emergent Fund — VC Include · 2025-11-10T22:51:48.000Z

