Digital health is showing signs of life despite financial markets that seem determined to bring some of 2023’s volatility into the new year. Stocks are up and down, and bond yields are climbing. Inflation is proving stubborn,...more
1/25/2024
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Digital Health ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Healthcare ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Private Equity ,
Venture Capital
From its inception, digital health has been focused on developing technologies and solutions that offer a higher quality of healthcare to more people at a lower cost. Amidst fluctuations in stock prices, valuations and...more
For digital health startups, the first two months of this year were a welcome departure from 2022, when high inflation and other economic challenges caused investors to press on the brakes and proceed with caution....more
Investing is cyclical. It’s a lesson that has repeated itself over the past two years for entrepreneurs and investors in emerging digital health technologies.
The pandemic brought more urgency to digital health...more
Digital health has been a powerhouse investment sector since it emerged more than a decade ago. Year-after-year, startups consistently demonstrate their innovations bring real-world benefits and our healthcare system...more
Investors are understandably cautious this year as the Federal Reserve tightens monetary policies and financial markets erased the gains from the last 12 months. Public company investors in sectors with enticing upside—like...more
The digital health sector emerged as a juggernaut during the COVID-19 pandemic, with almost $15 billion invested in privately-held digital health companies in 2020 and nearly $30 billion invested last year, according to our...more
2/14/2022
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Digital Health ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Startups ,
Telehealth ,
Venture Capital
In the technology sector, entrepreneurs are often told to “move fast and break things.” But breaking things is something that won’t work in healthcare, so, as an alternative, innovators may consider “moving fast and keeping...more
In prior years, it was almost a foregone conclusion that promising digital health startups would be acquired by other companies before having the opportunity to debut on the public markets. However, that changed in 2019,...more
2/17/2021
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Financial Markets ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Innovative Technology ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Startups ,
Stock Prices ,
Venture Capital
The increased national focus on diversity has impacted all areas of business, including the venture capital and digital health space. Hear what Michael and Megan have to say about diversity throughout the investment pipeline,...more
When investors survey the digital health sector today, they see nearly every number trending upward.
There is more deal volume than VCs have seen in past years, with the third quarter of 2020 outpacing anything they’ve...more
Venture investors are pleased to see digital health companies continue to transform the healthcare system despite unprecedented challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic....more
Despite the changes and uncertainty rippling across the entire venture-backed startup ecosystem, the digital health sector saw its best first quarter since analysts began tracking its performance more than a decade ago,...more
The annual gathering of life sciences executives and investors in San Francisco that many now call “JPM Week” recently concluded, marking the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference’s 38th year....more
1/24/2020
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Biotechnology ,
Bristol-Myers Squibb ,
China ,
Digital Health ,
Genetic Materials ,
Genetic Testing ,
Investment ,
Investment Opportunities ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
UK Brexit ,
US Trade Policies ,
Venture Capital
Fenwick’s eighth annual Digital Health Investor Summit took place against the backdrop of strong and increasingly diverse investment markets, a focus on clinical validation of digital health tools, and a healthcare system...more
11/21/2019
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Emerging Technology Companies ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Startups ,
Telehealth ,
Venture Capital
Just over a year ago, we reported about the rise of the mega-round in digital health investments. At that time, we tallied nine investment rounds valued at more than $100 million in the first half of 2017. ...more
Digital health companies raised just over $730 million through venture, private equity and angel investments in September, according to our latest analysis, bringing the total for the third quarter to approximately $1.3...more
Healthcare software dominates the list of top digital health investments in July. Of the 10 digital health companies that received venture, private equity or angel investments of $10 million or more, six provide software...more
Private investment in digital health rebounded in April after a lackluster March with more than $924 million in venture capital and private equity going into the sector. That tops the $700 million garnered by the sector in...more
Fundraising for digital health continued on its record pace in February with more than $320 million in venture, debt and private equity investment going into the burgeoning sector....more
With venture capital funding of digital health up 45 percent in 2012, according to Rock Health, we're hearing a lot about mobile health apps and healthcare IT. You may be asking yourself what is digital health? Hear my take...more