Brighter is a Santa Monica-based internet and healthcare company that connects dentists, patients, and dental insurers.

The company licenses a consumer-driven dental benefits experience to insurance carriers to help them administer dental plans more efficiently and offer patient-friendly services such as online and mobile provider directories, patient reviews, and a proprietary online appointment scheduling feature, Brighter Schedule.

It was profiled in several national publications, including Good Morning America,[3] ABC World News with Diane Sawyer,[4] The Los Angeles Times,[5] Bloomberg BusinessWeek,[6] Reuters,[7] and TechCrunch.

[9] Companies use self-insured preferred-provider (PPO) dental plans, with access to an online platform to search for local providers, compare, and select a dentist.

[13] Brighter secured about $49 million in investments, with backing from General Catalyst, Mayfield Fund, Benchmark, DAG Ventures, and Tenaya Capital.