Rock Weekly: Apple’s New Digital Health Hires

 

 

 


June 22, 2013

This week, wearables showed signs of a mainstream debut in the near future, with rumors of wearable devices being built by Acer, Apple, Blackberry, Foxconn, Google, LG, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony — the list goes on.

In other news, Rock Health portfolio company Kit Check announced a $10.4M Series A financing to digitize the life sciences supply chain — covered by MobiHealthNewsVentureBeat, andTechCrunch, among others.

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Headlines

Apple Snaps Up Sensor Talent From C8 Medisensors, AccuVein, Senseonics
9to5Mac

5M Smartwatch Shipments Expected In 2014
GigaOm

Hacking Obamacare: Josh Kushner Targets Health Insurance With Tech Startup
Forbes

Gold Nanoparticle Technology Leads The Way Toward Stretchable, Implantable Electronics
Wired

Cerner Builds Bunker For Health Data
Kaiser Health News

Method Allows For Tissue Design In Three Dimensions
Technology Review

The Hospital Room Of 2020
Wired

NFL Players Medical Records About To Go Online
USA Today

Funding

Name Amt Investors Source
Oscar $40M Thrive Capital, Founders Fund, General Catalyst Partners, Khosla Ventures TechCrunch
Withings $30M Bpifrance, Idinvest Partners, 360 Capital Partners, Ventech TechCrunch
Ayasdi $30M IVP, Citi Ventures, GE Ventures, Floodgate, Khosla Ventures VentureBeat
Kit Check $10.4M New Leaf Venture Partners, Sands Capital Ventures, Easton Capital Investment Group, LionBird Forbes
Curvo $50K Elevate Ventures MedCity News

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