On the road to impact

Leading an early-stage digital health startup is a bit like driving a car at night—you know where you’re going, but can only see what’s within the cones of your headlights. Rock Health Advisory launched a survey to shed light on “mile markers” that can be helpful for early-stage founders at the wheel in today’s rapidly evolving digital health environment, as well as for their investors and enterprise partners. We're excited to share insights from the 2023 Rock Health Digital Health Startup Benchmarking Survey, which provides some guideposts across measures like profitability, customer acquisition cost, lifetime value, and business expenses. Check out our latest piece which dives into top takeaways from the survey.

Headlines

Designing For The New Frontier: Reflections From Rock Health Summit 2023
Three takeaways on person-centered care RockHealth.org

Venture Capital Firm General Catalyst Wants To Buy A Health System
Early news from HLTH reports the launch of Health Assurance Transformation Corporation STAT

Commure, Athelas Plan To Merge Boosted By $70M Investment
The infrastructure-minded merger may hint at an M&A upswing Fierce Healthcare

SCAN Launches Female-Focused MA Plan
Plan offers members a women’s health advocate and $0 estrogen therapy MedCityNews

WellTheory, A Platform To Help Manage Autoimmune Disease, Unveils Enterprise Offering
Rock Health port co aims at 15% of workforce with invisible illnesses Fierce Healthcare

Recent Funding

  • Main Street Health pounces on $315M to bring value-based care to rural communities
  • Mental health provider marketplace Headway scores $125M
  • Newly-merged Commure secures $70M to grow the reach of its operating system for providers
  • Elligo Health Research pulls in $40M for its clinical trial enablement and recruitment solution
  • Health Data Analytics Institute nabs $31M for its analytics solution for providers and payers
  • No-code admin automation tool for providers and pharmacies Plenful launches with $9M
  • Ounce inks $5M to provide wraparound care services to affordable-housing residents in D.C.
  • Atalan Tech raises $2.5M for its early warning system for clinician burnout and turnover
  • LANGaware grabs $2M for its speech-based diagnostic for mental health and cognitive decline