by Mollie McDowell | Mar 3, 2014 | Rock Weekly
March 3, 2014 The showdown over mobile medical app regulation heated up last week as Congress introduced a bill to strip the FDA of digital health oversight. Meanwhile, 42% of docs won’t prescribe apps due to lack of regulation. We’re on the hunt for the boldest...
by Mollie McDowell | Feb 24, 2014 | Rock Weekly
February 24, 2014 What are ten things in healthcare cheaper than WhatsApp? For one, MMR vaccines for every child in the world, six times over. Last week, our portfolio companies flooded the airwaves, including Sessions’ acquisition by MyFitnessPal. In case you...
by Sonia Havele | Feb 17, 2014 | Rock Weekly
February 17, 2014 Last week we learned some interesting numbers: An estimated 17M wearable bands will ship this year, Jawbone has a $3B valuation, and Castlight booked $13M in revenue in 2013. We also went ahead and read every word of Castlight’s S-1...
by Sonia Havele | Feb 10, 2014 | Other
February 10, 2014 Over the course of last week, the plot over Apple’s entrée into digital health thickened as job postings for sleep and physiology experts went live. Hailing from the future, ‘digital prophet’ Shingy decreed, “Devices in 2014...
by Mollie McDowell | Feb 3, 2014 | Rock Weekly
February 3, 2014 Funding in January smashed records and the second digital health IPO of the year is already knocking at the door as Castlight Health secretly files to go public at a $2B valuation. We’re now convinced that Apple is setting its sights on digital...
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