Vimo

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Vimo Inc.

Type	Private
Founded	2005
Headquarters	Mountain View, California, USA
Key people	Chini Krishnan, President & CEO
Industry	Internet Shopping
Products	Health Care Plans
Employees	50 (2006)
Website	www.vimo.com

Vimo Inc. is the nation’s first integrated comparison-shopping portal for healthcare products and services. On January 24, 2006 the company launched a website to allow businesses and consumers to research, rate and purchase health insurance plans and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)[1], and rate and review any doctor in the country.[2] Vimo gained national attention in 2007 for its free service to enable consumers to comparison shop for medical services like heart transplants and out-patient surgeries.[3]

Funded by Bessemer Venture Partners and Trinity Ventures, Vimo began operating as Healthia in 2005, changing its name from Healthia to Vimo on September 20, 2006.

In January of 2007, Vimo became the first Web site to offer a "click to call" service that enables visitors to instantly connect over the phone with a health insurance broker.[4]

1 Key people
2 Vimo Research Group
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Key people

Vimo founder and CEO Chini Krishnan previously served as chairman and SVP of products and services at Valicert Inc., a leader in public-key infrastructure. Vimo co-founder and Vice-President of Products Shankar Srinivasan served as Vice President of eBusiness Services at JP Morgan Chase.[5]

[edit] Vimo Research Group

Vimo also publishes studies about the consumer driven health care revolution and the market for health savings accounts through the Vimo Research Group. Its study on corporate contributions to HSAs received national attention in January of 2007.[6]