Digital health (M&A)nia
While digital health investment tightened over the past three quarters, it’s been hard to ignore increased momentum around sector mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with more news possibly around the bend. The next few quarters are likely to see M&A activity shape, and possibly shake up, the digital health landscape—consolidating point solutions, improving efficiencies, building out new platform capabilities, and disrupting the status quo. Whether you’re an acquirer, potential target, or enterprise observer, understanding M&A patterns can give you a leg up in reacting to market shifts. Read on for our M&A take—and how to make the most of this market moment.
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Headlines
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Healthcare From The Barber Chair
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Recent Funding
- Nurse staffing marketplace ConnectRN raises $65M to accelerate growth
- Virtual behavioral and mental health provider Valera Health secures $44.5M
- Medical device cybersecurity firm MedCrypt locks in $25M
- Carta Healthcare brings in $20M to scale its AI-based clinical data management solution
- Galen Robotics grabs $15M for its connected surgical robotics solution for ENT procedures
- Senior care-focused health data analytics and visualization firm Intus Care pulls in $14.1M
- Menopausal health services and devices company Joylux closes on $13M
- Neurotrack locks in $10M for its digital cognitive health assessment and monitoring tools
- Virtual-first audiology and hearing care provider Yes Hearing clinches $10M
- Hybrid hospice care services company Guaranteed launches with $6.5M
- Tiny Health finds $4.5M to expand its gut microbiome testing service for parents and infants
- Precision virtual care provider for treatment-resistant depression Options MD lands $2.4M