Zeel
Privately held company | |
Industry | Wellness |
Founded | 2010 |
Founder | Samer Hamadeh |
Headquarters | New York City, New York, United States |
Area served | 40 U.S. cities |
Services | On-demand massage delivery |
Website |
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Zeel is a privately held company based in New York City. The company’s mobile phone application and website allow the booking of licensed massage therapists for on-location massage. It was founded by CEO Samer Hamadeh.
History
Zeel initially launched in 2010[1] as a booking engine for alternative healthcare providers, much like an alternative health version of ZocDoc.[2] Noting the demand for massage on short notice, the company refined its model to provide in-home massages on demand, starting in December 2012. The Zeel app was launched in April 2013, drawing comparisons to Uber.[3] Zeel has been on numerous “Uber for X” on-demand company roundups.[4][5]
Service
The Zeel app allows on-demand massage booking at a customer’s home, hotel, workplace, or event. The massage can take place in as little as an hour after booking, or up to a month in advance. Massages may be booked for start times between 8 am and 10:30 pm, 365 days of the year. Zeel currently operates in 40 cities and metro areas across the United States[5][6] and offers deep tissue, sports, Swedish and prenatal massage techniques. Therapists accept massage bookings and travel to the location of Zeel customers, bringing a massage table, if needed.[7]
The company offers chair massage for corporate clients and group events.[8]
Zeel also has an annual subscription, Massage Zeelot, which includes a monthly massage and a professional massage table.[9]
Security
Zeel vets all massage therapists in its network, who must be licensed in their state of practice.[10] Additionally, Zeel requires all customers to complete ID verification before booking a massage, which it does through either a scan of a government-issued ID or the last four digits of a Social Security number. By doing so, Zeel estimates that it loses 30% of potential customers, but makes its therapists feel safe when traveling to customers.[11]
Sponsorship
Zeel sponsored its first professional athlete in August 2016. The company sponsored American professional tennis player Steve Johnson during his bid at the 2016 US Open Tennis Championship.[12]
Investors
As of March 2016, Zeel has received investments totaling $15 million[13] and have their service available in over 40 cities and metro areas.[6][14] Investors include Corigin Ventures, Lightbank, Prolog Ventures,[15] Emil Capital Partners, Slow Ventures, Partech Ventures, New Atlantic Ventures, Spafinder,[13] Tory Burch co-founder J. Christopher Burch,[16] and journalist and angel investor Esther Dyson.[3]
Business Lines
In November 2016, Zeel launched its newest line of business, Zeel Spa. The Zeel Spa B2B platform allows spas to book massage therapists last-minute for appointments that might go unfilled, either because of last-minute staff absences or unexpected demand, or in advance for blocks of time. Currently, over 70 spas are signed up for the service.[17]
Other business-focused Zeel services include Zeel Concierge, which enables hotels to provide in room massage bookings for guests; and Zeel Corporate Wellness, which brings Zeel Massage to events and workplaces.[18]
Area served
Arizona
California
- Alameda County
- Contra Costa County
- Los Angeles County
- Marin County
- Monterey County
- Orange County
- Palm Springs
- Riverside County
- San Bernardino County
- San Diego County
- San Francisco
- San Mateo County
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Clara County
- Santa Cruz County
- Solano County
- Sonoma County
- Ventura County
Colorado
- Adams County
- Arapahoe County
- Broomfield
- Clear Creek County
- Denver
- Douglas County
- Elbert County
- Gilpin County
- Jefferson County
- Park County
Connecticut
Florida
- Broward County
- Hernando County
- Hillsborough County
- Manatee County
- Miami-Dade County
- Orange County
- Palm Beach County
- Pasco County
- Pinellas County
- Polk County
- Sarasota County
- Seminole County
Georgia
Illinois
Louisiana
Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- Baltimore
- Baltimore County
- Charles County
- Frederick County
- Montgomery County
- Prince George's County
Massachusetts
Nevada
New Jersey
- Bergen County
- Essex County
- Hudson County
- Middlesex County
- Monmouth County
- Morris County
- Ocean County
- Passaic County
- Union County
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Texas
- Brazoria County
- Collin County
- Dallas County
- Denton County
- Fort Bend County
- Galveston County
- Harris County
- Rockwall County
- Tarrant County
- Travis County
- Williamson County
Virginia
- Alexandria
- Arlington County
- Clarke County
- Fairfax County
- Falls Church
- Fauquier County
- Frederick County
- Loudoun County
- Prince William County
- Spotsylvania County
- Stafford County
Washington State
References
- ↑ "Zeel Networks, Inc.: Private company information". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
- ↑ "Zeel Launches As A Booking Engine For Alternative Healthcare Providers". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
- 1 2 "Zeel Relaunches As The Uber For Massage With New On-Demand, Mobile Booking Service". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
- ↑ "There's an Uber for Everything Now". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
- 1 2 "There's an Uber for That". Inc. Magazine. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
- 1 2 "Where We Zeel". Zeel. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ↑ "Zeel Help Center FAQs". Zeel. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
- ↑ "Inside Founder Field Day: Like a Scene Lifted From HBO's 'Silicon Valley'". Recode. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
- ↑ "The most relaxing monthly membership on the planet". Dujour. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
- ↑ "Zeel CEO talks on-demand massage services". Fox Business News. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
- ↑ "Marketplace Morning Report for Monday, July 20". Marketplace.org. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
- ↑ Wilder, Charlotte. "Steve Johnson on the best parts of the Olympics, losing at the US Open and his wild card comments". USA Today. For The Win. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- 1 2 Zakrzewski, Cat. "On-Demand Massage Startup Zeel Grabs $10M". Wallstreetjournal.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ↑ "3 Smart Tips for Disrupting an Entire Industry". Inc. Magazine. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
- ↑ "Taking Massage-On-Demand Nationwide, Zeel Rolls Out In Miami, LA, and SF Bay". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
- ↑ "Christopher Burch". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
- ↑ "Zeel Launches Spa Staffing Division". American Spa. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ↑ "Zeel Launches Spa Staffing Solution". Skin Inc. Retrieved 2016-11-11.