
DDS Collective
A comprehensive ecosystem designed for dentistry, connecting practices with the people, technology, and solutions they need to grow.
healthcare/health tech (dental/odontology)
Product
- Value proposition
- One collective, four products: a tech-advanced GPO, dental clinical hiring, advisor to tech startups of oral health, venture backing for oral-health founders.
- Target customers
- solo dentists, practice owners, small dental groups
Founders
- Darius Somekhian — Founder, DDS Collective; Fund Manager, oral-health VC
- Shivam Bhatia — Technology Advisor, DDS Collective; Founder & CEO, Clinsight.ai
- Brian Passell, Ph.D. — Practice Culture & Growth Architect, DDS Collective
Categories
Dental technologyHealthcare servicesVenture and advisory services
Products
DDS VendorsDDS RecruitDDS MatchmakerDDS Collective (advisory platform)A tech-advanced GPO
Key features
connects practices with people, technology, and solutionsinnovation events (Dentistry innovation events)practice hiring matched to needs and cultureearly-stage founder/advisor ecosystemprivate access to emerging technologyAI-driven patient intake and front-desk support (Clinsight AI)practice intelligence and performance toolsmarketing and patient-growth technologyKOLs and advisor roles for clinicians
Technologies
AIAI voice and patient-intake agentsAI-powered front-desk supportpractice intelligence softwaremarketing techdiagnostic technology (Medtech)treatment solutions (clinical modalities)therapeutics (oral-health innovations)
News
- Mosaic Dental Collective Selects Denticon as Enterprise Practice Management Platform - Planet DDS · 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Collective X Health Raises $3.2 Million To Close Women’s Health Data Gap · 2026-10-13T16:00:09.000Z
- Colorado dentist to open integrated medical-dental practice - Becker’s Dental Review - DSO + Dental News · 2025-04-08T14:55:41.000Z
- Source Capital Invests in CollectiveCare Dental | pH Partners · 2025-01-02T16:57:00.000Z
- DSOs target new investments, ventures: 4 updates - Becker’s Dental Review - DSO + Dental News · 2026-01-08T19:09:00.000Z
- WoW Women in FemTech I Theresa Lovelin and Kelly Yamamoto, founders of Magnolia Collective — WOMEN OF WEARABLES · 2025-04-29T07:58:11.000Z
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Profile updated Nov 10, 2026. Sources: ddscollective.net, ddsvendors.net, ddsrecruit.net, ddsmatchmaker.net, ddsfoundersfund.com


