Somehow it's been ~18 months since stepping out of my operational role at West Point Optical Group, where I had the pleasure of working for my father, Bill Noble, helping steer the ship that is ~100 franchise retail optometry offices spread across 14 states. Prior to my work on the corporate side, I grew up working in the offices themselves, and aside from a few unrelated internships during college, this business and industry is all I know.
After being fed up with the outdated (or lack thereof!) software that I and other optometric staff - the folks who run the day-to-day of this industry - were forced to used, I had the crazy idea to build Arrellio and provide a solution to the problem. We commercialized our first product last summer, a contact lens end-to-end supply chain and e-commerce solution for optometry offices, and have two more products shipping later this year.
We’ve got a long, long way to go, but I'm excited to announce the closing of our seed round led by Victor Gutwein at M25 with participation from Rex Salisbury at Cambrian and our earliest customers/adopters! As part of this financing, we’ve added both Jeff Kleban and Megan Molony to our board – two amazing individuals that come with unique, meaningful expertise. None of this is possible without our team, and luckily, I’ve been blessed to solve problems and work with, daily, with the best of ‘em! More to come on that front, soon.
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I'll be more active on here moving forward, but, like Coach Prime says, "I ain't hard to find" if you need me!
Columbus-based Arrellio raised a $2.6M Seed led by M25 with participation from Cambrian and industry-leading optometrists:
https://lnkd.in/g7txQtGX
