Deconstructing the Fitbit IPO and S-1

Deconstructing the Fitbit IPO and S-1

by | May 11, 2015 | Research

Fitbit is the latest iconic digital health company planning to IPO, with a drastically different operating history than another iconic company from last year’s group. Quote from Health Innovation Summit (2013). Beginning early last year, whispers of Fitbit’s...

Healthcare reform puts consumers in charge

by | Apr 15, 2015 | Research

By Teresa Wang and Sarah Jacobson Given the legislative landscape, it’s no surprise that healthcare consumer engagement, which we define as consumer tools for the purchasing or selection of healthcare services or health insurance, has consistently been in the top 6...

Digital health funding in Q1 2015 over $600M

by | Apr 6, 2015 | Research

In 2014, digital health saw a record year of funding with over $4B, more than doubling funding in 2013 and matching the total of the previous three years combined. The big question entering 2015 was whether or not this growth would continue and it’s still too early to...

The State of Women in Healthcare: An Update

by | Mar 23, 2015 | Featured, Research

Exactly a year ago, we decided to publish the gender data on founders at Rock Health. Despite women being the majority of our team and our board, only 30% of our portfolio companies had a female founder (today, we are at almost 34%). Because we’d like to help our...

The shifting center of care

by | Mar 10, 2015 | Featured, Research

By Sarah Jacobson and Teresa Wang The center of care is shifting. Digital health has an enormous opportunity to reduce hospital readmissions and keep costs down by extending care beyond the clinical setting and into a patient’s home. At-home patient management...