Startup funding and a new digital health fund.

Rock Weekly
December 5, 2011 

Greetings from Washington DC! Our team is at the mHealth Summit this week, so if you’re here, stop by and say hi.

Headlines:

  • MergerTech raises $50M fund for digital health (Business Times)
  • Health Rally raises $400K to gamify workout routines (TechCrunch)
  • Practice Fusion Founder Raises $1.25M From Greylock and Band Of Angels for new startup (TechCrunch)
  • Mobile Health Report: 44 million downloads of health applications to mobile devices in 2012 (Juniper Research)
  • To self-diagnose, spit on an iPhone (NewScientist)
  • Anthem Healthcare raises $2.9M to build software for hospitals to capture and organize data from disparate systems (Business Journal)
Rock Health in the news:
The case for investing in health IT startups (Forbes)

Our mHealth Summit guide
The mHealth Summit is akin to drinking from a fire-hose. Check out our top picks of what not to miss on your sleepless trip to DC here.
Startup Handbook
A curated list of great legal and financial resources for entrepreneurs, from incorporation to fundraising to hiring. Check it out.