SAN CARLOS, Calif.—XP Health, a company offering a digital-first vision benefits platform, has announced two key partnerships with leading platforms that access several employers and benefits plans: Employee Navigator and Bennie. According to the announcement, the new partnerships will expand XP Health’s reach to more potential members and make the vision care experience more seamless. The partnerships come on the heels of XP Health’s new $33.2 million Series B infusion round of funding led by QED Investors, along with other investors including Canvas Ventures, Semper Virens, American Family Ventures, HC9 Ventures, Valor Capital Group and Manchester Story.

“Both Employee Navigator and Bennie offer leading platforms that will mesh with our offerings. The vision programs will be branded as XP Health, with Employee Navigator as the conduit to brokers and their clients,” said Ryan VanOverbeke, chief commercial officer, XP Health. “Our pre-packaged vision programs are available instantly in Bennie’s Employer Marketplace and live in the coming months in Employee Navigator's Marketplace, eliminating the complexity and wait times for quoting, empowering brokers to provide top-tier care offerings immediately and seamlessly without the usual back-and-forth.”

XP Health also announced the addition of Silicon Valley executive and investor Jeff Epstein to its board of directors. Epstein was formally executive vice president and CFO of Oracle, and operating partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.

 
 Jeff Epstein.
“Health care is a challenging and exciting sector, and XP Health’s vision care programs are changing the way vision care is offered with new depth of choice for patients and new opportunities for employers to look out for their employees,” said Epstein. “I look forward to bringing my experience with technology and health care to support XP Health’s continued rapid growth and success.”