Rock Weekly: Doc in a box
August 11, 2014
Thanks to not one, not two, but three separate portfolio companies raking in $28.5M last week, Rock Health startups have now raised a whopping $192M.
Among them is a brand new addition to the Rock Health portfolio, TelePharm, an app that allows pharmacists and patients to connect online, anytime, anywhere. They also just closed a $2.5M Series A. Welcome to the family!
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Headlines
In An Ambitious Move, Walmart Seeks Foothold In Primary Care Services
The New York Times
What I Learned About Healthcare When My Cat Died
Forbes
Online Medical Records May Soon Be A Reality In California
Los Angeles Times
The Battle Against Misdiagnosis
The Wall Street Journal
Mobile Tech On The Africa Health Frontier
Politico
Pay-For-Performance Failed In Year One
Vox
California Experiments With Fast-Tracked Medical School
NPR
Why We Should Know The Price Of Medical Tests
The New York Times
Why Physicians Are Turning To Startups
Forbes
You Can Thank The Recession For Health Spending Slowdown
The Washington Post
Rock Health In The News
TelePharm Raises $2.5M For Web-Based Telepharmacy Platform
VentureBeat
Doctor On Demand Raises $21M And Adds Comcast As A Customer
TechCrunch
Drive Capital Backs Smart Toothbrush Company Beam
The Wall Street Journal
Backed By YC And Rock Health, Aptible Handles Hard Parts Of HIPAA
TechCrunch
That Time I Went To The Dentist In A Trailer Outside Dropbox
Fast Company
Funding
| Company | Amt | Investors | Source |
| Doctor on Demand | $21M | Venrock, Shasta Ventures, Sir Richard Branson | TechCrunch |
| Beam Technologies | $5M | Drive Capital | The Wall Street Journal |
| Figure 1 | $4M | Union Square Ventures | MobiHealthNews |
| CareDox | $2.5M | Undisclosed | SEC |
| TelePharm | $2.5M | John Pappajohn, Bruce Rastetter | VentureBeat |
Get our funding database for the rundown on every digital health deal since 2011.