2012 Digital Health Funding Update

A lot has happened since our midyear digital health funding report was released in June.  In fact, the amount of venture dollars pouring into digital heath startups this year just surpassed total funding in 2011. That’s 90 startups receiving more than $2 million...

Big news

For the past two years, the Rock Health team has worked tirelessly with one goal in mind: to disrupt (and wake up) a balkanized, archaic industry that touches every single life on this planet: healthcare. People often ask me why we created Rock Health as a non-profit...

Ideas we’d like to fund

Applications for Rock Health’s fourth class open next week!  You bring the idea and team, and we’ll provide the funding and support to turn your startup into a success.  What do we look for?  Big ideas executed by smart and driven entrepreneurs, to really...

Rocking TEDMED

  I’m back from TEDMED and reflecting on the whirlwind 3-day health geek extravaganza.  I feel renewed, open-minded, and more optimistic about this space than ever. TEDMED recently moved from sunny San Diego to our nation’s capital, a move that had...

SXSW 2012: Top 5 events for health geeks

Next week marks the 20th year of the beloved SXSW festival in Austin, TX.  In the 12 years that our team has been in attendance, we’ve never seen this much emphasis on the health vertical. We’re excited to see this broader convergence of the tech and...