Kinetic
Kinetic is an end-to-end healthcare transportation platform serving the non-emergency medical transportation industry. Founded in 2017 after Sufi Choudhury was asked to fix a friend's chaotic Excel spreadsheet, the company pivoted during COVID to expand from payments/RCM to include a scheduling platform, growing from 35 customers (pre-COVID) to 250+ customers and approaching $8M ARR by 2023.
Key Takeaways
- •Used word of mouth, partnerships, cold email as primary growth channel
- •Reached product-market fit in 18 months
- •Got first customer via Word of mouth and in-person outreach. Sufi traveled across the country visiting transport companies in person to validate the product and build credibility.
- •Most effective channel: Enterprise sales to health plans and health systems, plus word-of-mouth advocacy from brokers
- •Monetizes with subscription pricing
- •Built initial product in 18 months
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Why They Built It
To solve the broken non-emergency medical transportation system where Medicaid patients waited 72+ hours for rides and transport companies waited 60 days to get paid. Sufi was motivated by growing up on Medicaid and witnessing the inefficiencies firsthand.
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