D2C dental care startup Snazzy raises $2.2 million

• ByTejika Bajaj     |    December 9, 2021

The direct-to-consumer (D2C) dental care startup Snazzy recently announced that it has raised $2.2 million in its recent round of funding led by Y Combinator, Form Capital, Goodwater Capital and ANIM Fund.

The round also saw participation from various prominent angel investors and entrepreneurs like Cred’s co-founder Kunal Shah, Bobby Goodlatte (Stripe and coinbase angel investor), Verod Capital partner Eric Idiahi, and others.

As per the recent statement of the company, Snazzy is likely to utilize the recently infused capital to accelerate its growth and expand across different markets. The team aims to use the funds to strengthen its team across engineering, sales, marketing, operations and dentistry which in turn would fuel its growth.

Founded in 2020 by IIT Hyderabad graduates – Ayush Pateria and Keshav Chouksey – Snazzy said, it is on a mission to make the first-of-its-kind cosmetology brand with its software and offline presence, delivering safe, easy, and affordable cosmetic treatments to India.

The company follows a vertically integrated model by manufacturing aligners and leveraging tele-dentistry to provide treatments via its network of orthodontists, helping individuals save more than 70 percent of the amount required on an average in clinics, it said. With a focus on middle-class families in India, Snazzy has, since its inception, built a stronghold in Hyderabad, Delhi, and Bengaluru, and is soon expanding PAN India, it added.

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