Medinas
Shut DownMarketplace for medical equipment
A digital marketplace helping hospitals manage, resell, and redistribute used medical equipment.
About
Medinas Health built a software-fueled marketplace for reusable medical equipment, tackling a $765 billion problem in U.S. healthcare waste. The platform helped hospitals value their existing capital equipment, redeploy and track equipment across their systems, and quickly resell, donate, or recycle used devices. Founded in 2017 by Chloe Alpert, Jesse Avshalomov, and Tim Growney, the company graduated from Y Combinator (S18) and raised a $5M seed round led by NFX. Medinas handled everything from initial inventory assessment to shipment and reinstallation, creating a full-service solution for hospital asset management. The company has since shut down.
DailyDropout Take
Medinas caught our attention as a sustainability play in healthcare — tackling the staggering waste created when hospitals discard functional medical equipment. With a YC pedigree, NFX backing, and a marketplace model that handled everything from valuation to reinstallation, the startup showed promise in a massive but overlooked market. Unfortunately, the company was unable to sustain operations and has since shut down.
Discovery signal: Y Combinator S18 graduate, NFX-led seed round, WeWork Creator Awards winner, addressing $765B healthcare waste market
What Makes Them Unique
Medinas combined asset management software with a marketplace model, offering hospitals a single platform to track, value, and resell used medical equipment — eliminating the fragmented, manual process that typically leads to billions in waste.
$5M
Seed Funding
15
Team Size
Target Markets
Founders
Chloe Alpert
Co-Founder & CEO
Founded Medinas to reduce medical equipment waste. Won $1M grand prize at WeWork Global Creator Awards. UC Berkeley graduate.
Jesse Avshalomov
Co-Founder & CPO
Co-founded Medinas Health to build the marketplace and asset management platform for hospital equipment.
Tim Growney
Co-Founder & CTO
Led the technical development of the Medinas platform, building cloud-based inventory management and marketplace infrastructure.
Funding History
Lead: NFX
Investors
Firms
Individual Investors
HCA Healthcare founding family