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Portrait

“Can a personalized-dermatology brand become the operating system for the entire modern medical-wellness clinic category?”

Founded2017
HQSan Diego, CA
Latest roundSeries A, $23.3M
IndustryVertical SaaS / Healthcare
The story

Portrait started in 2017 as a direct-to-patient personalized dermatology service (DermDocs / Portrait Health Care) delivering custom skincare formulations. It has since pivoted to a vertical SaaS platform for medical wellness clinics — selling EHR, scheduling, payments, charting, inventory, medical oversight, compliance, and marketing to 1,200+ med spas, weight-loss, derm, plastic surgery, functional-medicine, and IV hydration clinics. The embedded-finance surface area today is modest: payment processing and purchasing/pricing power are offered inside the platform, but no sponsor banks, card issuers, or BaaS vendors are publicly disclosed.

Last 12 months
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Product timeline
2017
Founded as a personalized dermatology care company offering custom skincare formulas via proprietary software.· launch
2022
Expanded into an all-in-one platform for med spas, aesthetics, wellness, and surgery clinics (EHR, scheduling, payments, inventory, marketing, compliance).· pivot
The stack
0 layers disclosed in Portrait’s embedded-finance stack
Accounting gap: significant

Portrait — frequently asked

Where is Portrait headquartered?

Portrait is founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Diego, CA.

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