How investors are responding to DC tumult
Digital health investors and founders have weighed in. Despite the DC tumult, they're cautiously optimistic and ready to navigate any policy shifts. This quarter's venture activity reflects this optimism, with 71 digital health deals totaling over $1B—on track with previous years. Read our fresh insights into 2017 digital health funding.
At our annual Digital Health CEO Summit, we heard some CEOs say that providers and health plans are delaying expenditures due to healthcare law uncertainty—and that ACA fanfare is a distraction from core issues and policies healthcare startups should focus on. Read what else we learned from 100+ digital health CEOs during the closed-door event.
For our Q1 report, we’re showcasing categories by # of deals in order to avoid over-representing categories with a single, large deal.
Headlines
Digital Health Funding Weathers Health Law Tumults: $1B In Q1 2017
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2014 SCOTUS Case May Be Causing A Decline In Successful Digital Health Patents
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Indecipherable Medical Bills? They’re One Reason Healthcare Costs So Much
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Pharma Company Sponsoring iPhone App To Fight The Opioid Crisis It Helped Start
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Need An MRI? It Pays To Shop Around. Big Time. (Amino)
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Can Telemedicine Speed Up Emergency Room Care?
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Evolent Health Explores Merger With Advisory Board
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Funding
- Online health insurance marketplace Connecture got $17.5M to expand coverage markets
- Cloud management and analytics tool Shyft Analytics raised $7.5M
- Carbon Health got a fresh $6.5M to integrate various healthcare stakeholders
- Digital eye care company Kali Care nabbed $5M