Rock Weekly: The Funding Doesn’t Lie
June 25, 2012
The funding doesn’t lie: half-way through 2012 and digital health is already in high gear. We’ve seen record investments: 73% more funding in the space than midyear 2011. Read our 2012 Midyear Digital Health Funding Report here.
Other key findings from our report:
– 68 digital health companies have raised over $2M
– 92 investors
– Common themes: physician tools, sensors, home health, and data
– Bay Area dominates funding, with 28% of overall funding
Read reflections on our Midyear Digital Health Funding Report in TechCrunch and MedCity News.
Digital health isn’t just a fad – and, from this week’s news, we know we’re not the only ones who think so.
Headlines
The Real Promise of Mobile Health Apps
Scientific American
Health-Care Technology Will Survive if ObamaCare is Overturned
Wall Street Journal
GE Partners With Facebook, Launches HealthyShare App as Part of Olympics Push
VentureBeat
Wanted: Dropbox for Health Care
Forbes
App Shows Promise for Hacking Eating Behavior
Technology Review
The Measured Man
The Atlantic
Hacking for Health: Working with Technology to Improve Healthcare in Malawi
National Geographic
Rock Health in the News
Rock Health Debuts Second Class, Sends Half of Incoming Batch To Work At Harvard Medical School
TechCrunch
No More Needles: A Crazy New Patch Will Constantly Monitor Your Blood
Fast Company
The Latest on Cellscope’s Smartphone-Based Microscope and Otoscope
Medgadget
Want to Revolutionize Health? Enable Physicians, Don’t Condemn Them
Forbes
Funding and M&A
Valence Health Inks $30M from North Bridge Growth Equity
PE Hub
Shareable Ink Raises $5M
Nashville Business Journal
Austin Ventures Backs ESO Solutions
PE Hub
Agile Diagnosis Raises $2.5M to Develop CDS App for Physicians
MobiHealthNews