Jul 30, 2026 – 5.00pmThe chief executive of digital doctors’ booking platform HotDoc has resigned after 14 years, stepping back from the start-up he founded from a home office and grew into a multimillion-dollar business with a network of more than 5000 medical clinics.The move comes five months after Potentia Capital acquired a majority stake in HotDoc, valuing the company between $250 million and $300 million. Under the deal, AirTree Ventures and Geoffrey Sayer of Acclivis Group retained minority stakes in HotDoc.Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.Angira Bharadwaj is a co-editor of Street Talk. She covers IPOs, capital raises, mergers and acquisitions and other breaking news in Australia’s capital markets. Previously, she covered financial services, state, and federal politics. Send tips to @angirab.60 on encrypted messaging platform Signal.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
HotDoc founder Ben Hurst steps away after 14 years
Hurst, who has resigned as chief executive of the Potentia Capital-backed digital doctors’ booking platform, says he “has fallen out of love with the job”.
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