Rock Weekly: 10 healthcare things cheaper than WhatsApp
February 24, 2014
What are ten things in healthcare cheaper than WhatsApp? For one, MMR vaccines for every child in the world, six times over.
Last week, our portfolio companies flooded the airwaves, including Sessions’ acquisition by MyFitnessPal. In case you missed it, you can find another Rock Health deluge at HIMSS this week — catch The Activity Exchange, Amplify Health, drchrono, Factor 14, Mango Health, Moxe Health, and Wellframe at the healthcare bonanza.
We’re excited to announce ten companies showcasing at our SXSWearables brunch at SXSW next week! Join us for mimosas, fine fare, and Misfit Shines — oh and there may or may not be a monkey in attendance.
Headlines
How To Bring The Price Of Healthcare Into The Open
The Wall Street Journal
NASA’s Robot Is Learning To Be A Doctor
IEEE Spectrum Review
Wearable Gadgets, Privacy And Insurance On Collision Course
The Seattle Times
The Markets Go Mad For Obamacare
Bloomberg
This Surgeon Successfully 3-D Printed And Implanted A Pelvis
Slate
Computers Select Personal Medicine
BBC
Fitbit Recalls Force Wristband Due To ‘Skin Irritation’
USA Today
Half Of Mobile Health App Users Use Fitness Apps
MobiHealthNews
Rock Health In The News
3 Hot Startup Opportunities In Healthcare
Inc.
What’s Next For Sensors In 2014?
MedCity News
South Shore Hospital Taps Wellframe For Mobile-Enabled Cardiac Rehab
MobiHealthNews
Including Patients In Digital Health Design
MedCity News
Mayo Clinic Docs Spin Out Digital Health Company & Secure $1.1M
VentureBeat
Funding
| Company | Amt | Investors | Source |
| MindBody Online | $50M | Montreux Equity Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, Catalyst Investors, W Capital Partners | The Wall Street Journal |
| Voalte | $36M | Bedford Funding | Tampa Bay Business Journal |
| Quanttus | $19M | Khosla Ventures, Matrix Partners | MobiHealthNews |
| Neuronix | $5.5M | Undisclosed | Globes |
| Transcriptic | $2.8M | IA Ventures, Google Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Data Collective, Boost.vc | TechCrunch |
| Ambient Clinical Analytics | $1.1M | The Social+Capital Partnership, Rock Health, Mayo Clinic | VentureBeat |
| Benchling | $900K | SV Angel, Founders Fund, YCombinator, Draper Associates | TechCrunch |
| MedWhat | $560K | Startcaps Ventures, Stanford Hospital, Stanford University | MedCity News |
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