Patrick Spain
Director & Investor @ Occasion
Austin, United States
Patrick Spain is a seed investor at Occasion in Austin focused on Software and E-Commerce. Patrick Spain started First Stop Health because of his own unsatisfactory experience with the healthcare system and his desire to improve that experience for others.Spain is a serial entrepreneur who has founded or cofounded four Web-based companies. Co-founder and long-time chairman and CEO of Hoover’s, Inc., Spain led the company from a smallbook publisher in 1992 to a profitable, publicly traded online business information services company with $31 million in revenue in 2001 with a sale to D&B in 2003 for $119 million.Spain was also the founder, chairman and CEO of HighBeam Research, which he started in 2002 and sold to Cengage Learning in December, 2008. He also co-founded and serves as executive chairman of Newser, a news filtering and summarization service with an audience of over three million readers each month.Spain serves as a board member of Televerde a rapidly growing, socially responsible telemarketing service and InfoArmy a Silicon Valley-based company information service that is using crowd sourcing to revolutionize data collection, quality and delivery. Until recently Spain served on the boards of SmartAnalyst, a research company that serves the pharma industry and GuideStar, the largest and most trusted database of information on the not-for-profit sector. Spain is a member of the Board of Governors of Opportunity International, the largest and best capitalized micro-lender in the world.Spain has worked in the technology industry since 1979 and has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago and a law degree from Boston University. He lives in the Chicago area with his wife and three daughters.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 43%
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Industries Patrick Spain invests in
Stages Patrick Spain invests in
Countries Patrick Spain invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (29%)
- E-Commerce 2 (29%)
- Health Care 2 (29%)
- SaaS 1 (14%)
- Local 1 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (43%)
- Funding Round 2 (29%)
- Angel 1 (14%)
- Convertible Note 1 (14%)
Investments
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First Stop Health
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First Stop Health's mission is to provide delightful healthcare experiences to our members. First Stop Health provides care that people love® with various digital healthcare services and we believe that accessing healthcare should be safe, simple and low cost without compromising quality. Every patient has their own unique healthcare journeyand with our Primary Care, Urgent Care & Mental Health, members have access to an exceptional care team for support and guidance every step of the way. Patients can access First Stop Health virtual care 24/7 via app, website or phone. First Stop Health was named one of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces of 2022-2024, and ranked one of the fastest-growing private companies for the past 7 years by Inc. 5000. In 2023, First Stop Health was also recognized in Crain’s Chicago Business Fast 50 as one of the Chicago-areas' fastest growing companies and as a 2023 Well-Being Trailblazer presented by Archetype and WELCOA. | $650K / Convertible Note / Jan 09, 2018 | |
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First Stop Health
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First Stop Health's mission is to provide delightful healthcare experiences to our members. First Stop Health provides care that people love® with various digital healthcare services and we believe that accessing healthcare should be safe, simple and low cost without compromising quality. Every patient has their own unique healthcare journeyand with our Primary Care, Urgent Care & Mental Health, members have access to an exceptional care team for support and guidance every step of the way. Patients can access First Stop Health virtual care 24/7 via app, website or phone. First Stop Health was named one of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces of 2022-2024, and ranked one of the fastest-growing private companies for the past 7 years by Inc. 5000. In 2023, First Stop Health was also recognized in Crain’s Chicago Business Fast 50 as one of the Chicago-areas' fastest growing companies and as a 2023 Well-Being Trailblazer presented by Archetype and WELCOA. | $1.6M / Mar 01, 2017 | |
Occasion
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Occasion is an online tool that assists firms in connecting with their customers.The platform offers analytics, calendars, integration, management, payment, promotion, publishing, and support services to its clients. Analytics consists of dashboard, google analytics, and sales, trend, export, and tax reports. Calendars consist of calendarsynchronization, display, and personalization. Integration consists of email marketing, accounting, and automation. Management consists of customer profiles, accounts, and online and retail synchronization. Payment consists of taxes, payment gateways, store credit, and automatic taxes. Promotion consists of gift cards, vouchers, discounts, and promotional dashboards. Publishing consists of website sales, personalized URLs, Facebook, and twitter.Occasion was launched in 2013 by Pelle ten Cate, Aksh Gupta, Eric Di Silvestro, and Kieran Klaassen and is based in Chicago. | $1.3M / Oct 25, 2016 | |
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First Stop Health
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First Stop Health's mission is to provide delightful healthcare experiences to our members. First Stop Health provides care that people love® with various digital healthcare services and we believe that accessing healthcare should be safe, simple and low cost without compromising quality. Every patient has their own unique healthcare journeyand with our Primary Care, Urgent Care & Mental Health, members have access to an exceptional care team for support and guidance every step of the way. Patients can access First Stop Health virtual care 24/7 via app, website or phone. First Stop Health was named one of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces of 2022-2024, and ranked one of the fastest-growing private companies for the past 7 years by Inc. 5000. In 2023, First Stop Health was also recognized in Crain’s Chicago Business Fast 50 as one of the Chicago-areas' fastest growing companies and as a 2023 Well-Being Trailblazer presented by Archetype and WELCOA. | $2.1M / Seed / Feb 08, 2016 | |
Detective
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Detective is a digital adoption platform that helps eliminate constant, repetitive questions, cut training and onboarding time, and increase overall adoption of the company's critical software.Trusted by thousands of users, Detective is the most effective way to enable the teams with the support and answers they need, where they need it whenthey need it. | $1.8M / Seed / Oct 23, 2014 | |
WeDeliver
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WeDeliver connects businesses to their customers by providing same-day delivery of goods, real-time tracking and customer feedback. Using a fleet of curated, on-demand drivers powered by algorithmic dispatching, the company ensures the quickest delivery of any product from any business to any customer at any time. | $800K / Seed / Jan 15, 2014 | |
Zeel
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Zeel delivers Massage On Demand:registered: - top-quality massages from licensed, vetted massage therapists to homes, hotels, workplaces, and events in as little as an hour, or up to a month in advance. With Zeel, customers enjoy a massage in the comfort, convenience, safety, and privacy of the place and time of their choosing, 7 days a week, 365days a year, with start times as early as 8 am and as late as 10:30 pm. Services by app for iPhone or Android . Our first service offering is Massage On Demand:registered:. Zeel has been offering Massage On Demand since December 2012, launching the app on April 2, 2013. Massage On Demand:registered: is disrupting the $15B US and $80B global massage market.The Zeel app allows customers to get massage at their home, hotel, workplace or event in as little as an hour, or up to a month in advance. They choose between a soothing Swedish and invigorating deep tissue massage. Customers pay a set price (including tax & tip), charged to their credit card on file. All therapists are fully vetted in person, licensed in their state of practice, insured (minimum of $1M), background-checked and trained by the Zeel team to reach the highest levels of customer service and experience. In September 2013, Zeel launched Massage Zeelot, the first-ever same-day, on-demand massage subscription service. Customers receive at least one in-home, on-demand Zeel Massage per month at a preferred rate, along with a free professional-grade massage table, theirs to keep. | $1.5M / Angel / Jan 09, 2012 |
Co-Investors
About Occasion
Occasion is an online tool that assists firms in connecting with their customers.The platform offers analytics, calendars, integration, management, payment, promotion, publishing, and support services to its clients. Analytics consists of dashboard, google analytics, and sales, trend, export, and tax reports. Calendars consist of calendarsynchronization, display, and personalization. Integration consists of email marketing, accounting, and automation. Management consists of customer profiles, accounts, and online and retail synchronization. Payment consists of taxes, payment gateways, store credit, and automatic taxes. Promotion consists of gift cards, vouchers, discounts, and promotional dashboards. Publishing consists of website sales, personalized URLs, Facebook, and twitter.Occasion was launched in 2013 by Pelle ten Cate, Aksh Gupta, Eric Di Silvestro, and Kieran Klaassen and is based in Chicago.
Occasion Contacts
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Aksh Gupta
CEO and Co-Founder
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Patrick Spain
Director & Investor
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Pelle ten Cate
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What does Patrick Spain invest in?
Patrick Spain invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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