Sosido

What Sosido does

Sosido Networks Inc. (Sosido) is a privately held, Vancouver-based company that operates a closed online knowledge-sharing network for healthcare professionals. Founded in 2011 (per company history), the platform is designed to accelerate clinical and research knowledge exchange among clinicians, nurses, researchers, and association members. Healthcare associations, hospital departments, and research networks join Sosido to obtain a branded private community in which their members' PubMed-indexed publications are automatically tracked, weekly or monthly email digests aggregate publications, Q&A, and curated journal abstracts, and members can post clinical questions in a private forum. Individual HCPs access the network free of charge through their affiliated organization.

The platform is built around three core technologies: an automatic publication tracker that continuously scans PubMed for member-authored papers and sends congratulatory emails without member input; an email digest system delivered via MailChimp/Mandrill that aggregates member publications, Q&A activity, and curated journal abstracts into weekly or four-weekly summaries; and a private Q&A forum supporting email-based participation and, since a June 2023 rewrite, automatic email-link login, threaded replies, and file/image attachments. The platform is hosted on Microsoft Azure and exposes branded community pages (app.sosido.com/communities/) with customizable logos and color schemes. A bibliometric reporting add-on provides administrators with publication volumes, Q&A activity summaries, most-read content, and email open/click metrics.

The business model is B2B subscription, paid by healthcare organizations on behalf of their free individual members. Customer-segments include professional healthcare associations (e.g., CARO-ACRO, CANO/ACIO, SIOP, Cell Therapy Transplant Canada), hospital and academic departments (e.g., Princess Margaret Cancer Centre DMOH, CHUM Radiation Oncology, Labatt Family Heart Centre at SickKids), and research institutes (e.g., Lady Davis Institute). Revenue is supplemented by pharmaceutical industry sponsorships that fund specific specialty communities (Novartis Canada for CALYX, Menarini Australia for CNSA, HLS Therapeutics for VESL, CCPE for ARISE/ARCH). The company operates with 1-10 employees, has no disclosed institutional funding, and reports 40+ specialty healthcare communities, 22,000+ clinicians and researchers, and 1M+ annual email digests.

Name

Sosido

Legal name

Sosido Networks Inc.

Website

https://sosido.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sosido is a Vancouver-based, subscription SaaS platform that helps healthcare associations, hospital departments, and research networks share clinical and research knowledge via automated PubMed publication tracking, private Q&A, and weekly email digests serving 22,000+ clinicians.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Professional Knowledge-Sharing Platform

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Site & Investigator Platforms (Site Payments, Feasibility, Activation) (HLACAOAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Medical Writing & Clinical Documentation FSP (HLAGAOAC)

Keywords

• Healthcare knowledge sharing
• Medical professional networking
• Publication tracking software
• Clinical research community
• Email digest platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Association/Group Subscriptions: Healthcare associations and groups pay for Sosido's platform services. The platform is free for individual healthcare professionals, with the cost borne by their professional associations or research groups.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sosido operates a web-based knowledge-sharing network where healthcare associations, research networks, and hospital departments subscribe to create branded private online communities for their members. The platform automatically tracks member publications via PubMed indexing, delivers weekly or monthly email digests summarizing publications, Q&A activity, and community news, and provides a private secure Q&A forum for clinical discussions. The service is free for individual clinician members; sponsoring organizations pay the subscription.

Product overview

Sosido is a unified platform for healthcare professional knowledge-sharing, consisting of a core network infrastructure with several integrated modules: the Email Digest system (delivering weekly/monthly summaries of publications, Q&A, and news), the automatic Member Publications Tracking system (scanning PubMed to feature member research), the private Q&A Forum (enabling clinical discussions among community members), Community Pages (branded spaces for each healthcare group), Resources (educational video content), Automatic Login (seamless access from email links), and Bibliometric Reporting (data insights for community leaders). The platform serves 40+ specialty healthcare communities with over 22,000 clinicians and researchers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sosido Knowledge-Sharing Network Subscription-based private online community platform sold to healthcare associations, research networks, and hospital/academic departments. Each community receives automatic PubMed-based publication tracking, weekly or monthly email digests summarizing member publications, Q&A activity, and community news, a private secure Q&A forum with image/file attachments and threaded replies, branded community pages, and bibliometric reporting for community leaders. The platform is free for the individual clinician and researcher members; the sponsoring organization pays the subscription. The network spans 40+ specialty healthcare communities covering oncology, cardiology, pediatrics, transplantation, and other medical fields, with over 22,000 clinicians and researchers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1M+ email digests sent to HCPs annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Novartis CanadaminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 May 2024Novartis Canada provides financial support for the CALYX community on Sosido, an online learning community for Canadian physicians with interest in complement-mediated diseases. This is an industry sponsorship arrangement where pharmaceutical companies support healthcare education communities.
• Council for Continuing Pharmaceutical Education (CCPE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 June 2020CCPE sponsors the ARISE community (Achieving Resilience In Sustained Engagement) and ARCH community on Sosido, both focused on resilience promotion for pharmaceutical industry professionals and Canadian healthcare professionals respectively.
• Menarini AustraliaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMenarini Australia provides financial support for the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia (CNSA) community on Sosido, enabling oncology nursing professionals to access the platform.
• HLS TherapeuticsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHLS Therapeutics provides financial support for the VESL community of practice on Sosido, which supports Canadian healthcare professionals in cardiovascular health.
• Canadian Podiatric Education FoundationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Canadian Podiatric Education Foundation provides grant support for the Canadian Podiatric Medical Association (CPMA) community on Sosido.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Medscape: Large, established HCP content platform owned by WebMD offering news, clinical reference, and continuing medical education. Comparable as a broader destination for HCPs consuming clinical content.
• QuantiaMD (acquired by Figure 1): Physician collaboration platform that merged with Figure 1, offering case sharing and peer discussions. Comparable as a physician-focused professional community platform.
• Veeva Vault: Enterprise life sciences platform with research, clinical, and commercial applications including medical content and HCP engagement. Comparable as a broader incumbent in healthcare professional and research technology.

Direct peers

• ResearchGate: Academic and scientific research network where researchers share and track publications. Comparable to Sosido's automatic publication tracking from PubMed and member publication feeds.
• Figure 1: Medical knowledge-sharing platform where healthcare professionals share and discuss clinical cases. Comparable to Sosido's Q&A and clinical knowledge exchange functionality.
• Doximity: Largest US-based professional network for physicians, offering curated news, clinical workflow tools, and a member community. Directly comparable to Sosido as both target HCPs with private, professional networks featuring publication/clinical content and Q&A.
• Sermo: Global physician community platform offering clinical case discussions, surveys, and peer collaboration. Comparable to Sosido as both serve HCPs with private Q&A forums and community-based knowledge sharing.
• Skipta: Private social network for verified healthcare professionals with specialty communities. Comparable to Sosido's vertical community-led model for HCPs.
• Within3: Platform for healthcare professional collaboration, including moderated discussions and insight gathering for life sciences clients. Comparable as both serve healthcare research communities and offer pharma-sponsored engagement.

Regional players

• Coliquio: German physician community platform serving HCPs in Europe with clinical content and peer discussions. Comparable in product offering to Sosido but focused on the German-speaking market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sosido-networks
• Xx.com/sosido

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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