# Dental Innovation Alliance

> Dental Innovation Alliance is a VC fund backing Dental and Health Care. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Raleigh, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 73%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dental-innovation-alliance/
- Website: https://www.dialliance.com/

Dental Innovation Alliance (DIA) is a venture capital company that invests in, advises on, and accelerates the growth of early-stage companies that are transforming dentistry through technology.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.8M–$2.1M |
| Series A | $4.5M–$5.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dental | 5 | 45% |
| Health Care | 5 | 45% |
| Software | 3 | 27% |
| Wellness | 2 | 18% |
| SaaS | 1 | 9% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 18% |
| Series A | 2 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 18% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 18% |
| Series B | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 45% |
| Belgium | 1 | 9% |
| Germany | 1 | 9% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mark Friedman | EVP, Operations and Investments | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-friedman-3 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Relu | Relu is a young and driven company that works closely with dental and maxillofacial experts to develop advanced imaging software. It developed a web application that automatically segments 3D medical images using artificial intelligence called the "Virtual Patient Creator." | $1.8M | Seed | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Alta Smiles | Alta Smiles provides patent-pending orthodontic clinical support solutions. It is driven by a mission to make orthodontic and oral care solutions more accessible and convenient through innovation and technology. |  | Seed | Jul 23, 2026 |  |
| Pearl | Pearl is a computer vision company focusing on solving challenging problems in the dental industry. It also recognizes dozens of dental pathologies natural anatomy, allowing practitioners, and existing restorations to assess robust data across their practice, spend more time with patients and prescribe better treatment options. They also built asuite of solutions to automate tasks for dental laboratories.Pearl was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in West Hollywood, CA, USA. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 07, 2024 |  |
| Odne | Lumendo is a medtech startup that develops light-active medical fillers for elegant and time saving surgeries. The fillers allow time-saving surgery for the best patient outcome. These can be used to form implants in any cavity inside the body. Lumendo was founded on 2018 and is headquartered in Renens, Switzerland. | $5.5M | Series A | Mar 13, 2024 |  |
| Odne | Lumendo is a medtech startup that develops light-active medical fillers for elegant and time saving surgeries. The fillers allow time-saving surgery for the best patient outcome. These can be used to form implants in any cavity inside the body. Lumendo was founded on 2018 and is headquartered in Renens, Switzerland. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 15, 2024 |  |
| Cloud Dentistry | Cloud Dentistry is an online interactive platform for dental offices to connect with dental staff in real-time. The platform's messenger allows users to communicate directly. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Houston, Texas, United States. |  | Series B | Oct 25, 2023 |  |
| Dentognostics GmbH | Dentognostics is a reasearch based firm that offers medicine and dentistry innovative and powerful systems for diagnostics, and therapy. |  |  | Aug 09, 2023 |  |
| Dentognostics GmbH | Dentognostics is a reasearch based firm that offers medicine and dentistry innovative and powerful systems for diagnostics, and therapy. |  |  | Aug 09, 2023 |  |
| Relu | Relu is a young and driven company that works closely with dental and maxillofacial experts to develop advanced imaging software. It developed a web application that automatically segments 3D medical images using artificial intelligence called the "Virtual Patient Creator." | $2.1M | Seed | Mar 09, 2023 |  |
| UptimeHealth | UptimeHealth, headquartered in Boston, MA, is a software startup that simplifies medical device service events, purchases, and compliance practices through automation and predictive analytics.The company focuses on providing administrators and operators with simple-to-use software to manage compliance tasks, gain access to actionable data toincrease operational efficiencies, and tap into the largest network of qualified biomed technicians to support their medical devices. | $4.5M | Series A | Jan 26, 2023 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Caduceus Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caduceus-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dental365](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dental365) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [C2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c2-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hatcher+](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hatcher) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Incisive Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incisive-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [McMaster Health Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mcmaster-health-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Dental Innovation Alliance invest in?

Dental Innovation Alliance invests primarily in Dental, Health Care and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Dental Innovation Alliance's check size?

Dental Innovation Alliance typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$2.1M at Seed and $4.5M–$5.5M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Dental Innovation Alliance participates in.

### How do I contact Dental Innovation Alliance?

Public channels for Dental Innovation Alliance include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Dental Innovation Alliance?

The team at Dental Innovation Alliance includes Mark Friedman (EVP, Operations and Investments). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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