Our latest investment
Rock Health funds entrepreneurs building technologies making massive improvements in healthcare—not just incremental iterations of the status quo. We’re proud to announce our investment in Virta, an online specialty medical clinic founded by Trulia co-founder Sami Inkinen that is working to reverse type 2 diabetes safely and sustainably, without medications or surgery. Learn more about the phenomenal work they're doing for patients.
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Headlines
Biden Calls On Technologists To Fight Cancer In Powerful SXSW Speech | Full Video
Tweet | Fast Company
Consumer Telehealth May Increase Access, Does Not Decrease Spending
Tweet | Health Affairs
Price Breaks Public Silence On Health IT Policy
Tweet | Modern Healthcare
This Trojan Horse App Sneaks Vital Health Info To Women In Iran
Tweet | BuzzFeed
New Bill Would Let Employers Demand Workers' Genetic Test Results
Tweet | STAT
Rock Health in the News
Novel Intervention Reduces Hemoglobin A1c Level, Medication Use, and Weight in Type 2 Diabetes (Virta)
Tweet | JMIR
Virta Launches To Reverse Type 2 Diabetes With Digital Coaching, Nutrition Plans
Tweet | MobiHealthNews
Medication Adherence: Whose Responsibility Is It Anyway? (Welkin Health)
Tweet | MedCity News
Funding
- Population health management company Alignment Healthcare raised $115M
- Our own Virta Health announced their $37M round to help reverse type 2 diabetes
- Digital thermometer company Kinsa closed a $17M Series B
- Hubble closed $16.5M for its contact lens delivery service
- PokitDok received a $5M strategic investment to develop its blockchain platform