Rock Weekly: Drumroll please…

June 10, 2013
Last week we announced our fifth class of startups, selected from the most competitive applicant pool yet.  We also shared the exciting news that we will be moving to San Francisco’s Mission Bay, a life sciences and innovation hub, adjacent to our partner UCSF.  Get the full rundown from the San Francisco ChronicleVentureBeat,MobiHealthNewsGigaOm, and more.

Headlines

Datapalooza: A Concept, A Conference And A Movement
NPR

Tech Experts Brace For Glitches When Health Exchange Websites Come Online
Kaiser Health News

Apple Gets Tough On Medication Dosage Apps
MobiHealthNews

FDA Can’t Hold Back Stream Of Mobile Health Apps
Wired

Smartphone-Assisted Detector Spots Kaposi’s Sarcoma, May Work For Other Viral Diseases
Medgadget

Just 1 Doc In 10 Meets Meaningful Use Criteria
MedPage Today

A Timeline Of Smartphone Enabled Health Devices
MobiHealthNews

Health Apps As Parenting Aids
New York Times

Funding & Acquisitions

Name Amt Investors Source
ResearchGate $35M Bill Gates, Tenaya Capital Bloomberg
Healthnation $14M ABS Capital Partners Chicago Business Journal
Second Genome $11.5M Advanced Technology Ventures, Morganthaler Dow Jones
iVantage $10M Great Point Partners PEHub
Mobisante $4.2M Multiple Xconomy
Edumedics $1.05M Undisclosed SEC filing
OMsignal $1M Real Ventures, Golden Venture Partners PandoDaily
Asthmapolis $850K California Healthcare Foundation Wall Street Journal
HealthKart undisclosed Intel Capital VC Circle
GetWellNetwork undisclosed Ascension Health Ventures PE Hub

 

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