Rock Weekly: The Pentagon wants to merge you with robots
March 10, 2014
Digital health took SXSW by storm (literally) as Anne Wojcicki laid out her vision for the future of preventative medicine, ThriveOn took home the gold at the SXSW Accelerator, Bill Nye declared that technology, science, and startups are intimately related, and we brought the bacon, booze, and biosensors to SXSWearables.
Rock Health is on the hunt for the best digital health companies. Join our portfolio and build something useful. Here are some ideas we’d like to fund.
Headlines
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When Facts In The ER Are Scarce
NPR
FCC Creates Task Force To Expand Telemedicine
MedCity News
The Pentagon Basically Wants To Merge You With A Robot
Daily Beast
Google Pledges To Help Developers With Wearable Devices
Re/code
Gadgets Are Remaking How Doctors Treat Patients
Wired
How The FDA Can Improve Regulation Of Mobile Health
MobiHealthNews
Nintendo Wants In On Digital Health
VentureBeat
Wearable Tech Finally Embraces Fashion
The New York Times
Buying Cancer Insurance Through A Chat App
Quartz
Rock Health In The News
Venture Funds See Growth In Healthcare Startups
CNBC
Can Engaging Primary Care Doctors Reduce Healthcare Costs?
MedCityNews
Web-Enabled Toothbrushes Join The Internet Of Things
The Wall Street Journal
Funding
| Company | Amt | Investors | Source |
| RainDance Technologies | $16.5M | GE Ventures, Northgate Capital | TechCrunch |
| Clinicient | $15M | Catalyst Investors | FinSMEs |
| goBalto | $5M | Aberdare, West Health, EDBI, Qualcomm Health | MobiHealthNews |
| Health Outcomes Sciences | $5M | Kansas Bioscience Authority, Grayhawk Venture Fund II | FinSMEs |
| Amiigo | $1.75M | Undisclosed | SEC |
| iRx Reminder | $250K | Undisclosed | VentureWire |
| Clinovo | $150K | Undisclosed | MarketBrief |
| NextGxDx | Undisclosed | Voyent Partners, Nashville Capital Network | peHUB |
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