An interview with Michael Esquivel, Partner at Fenwick by Richard Hsu...more
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
Artificial intelligence and healthcare are hardly strangers, as machine learning programs have been aiding in the diagnosis of disease, drug discovery, the streamlining of clinical workflows and the analysis of medical data...more
7/13/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Bias ,
Digital Health ,
Google ,
Healthcare ,
Innovative Technology ,
Life Sciences ,
Machine Learning ,
Microsoft ,
Startups
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
Every year, Rock Health surveys the digital health landscape, noting the changing trends related to adoption by providers, patients and payers of these innovative new technologies....more
3/28/2023
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Data Protection ,
Digital Health ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Life Sciences ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Patient Access ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
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
There are more investors in digital health today than there have ever been, but the questions they are posing to company founders before writing a check are tougher than they were just a year ago....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
As the financial markets continue to struggle, digital health companies are conserving resources, slowing hiring and minding their burn rate given the uncertainty around the current economic slowdown and whether the economy...more
7/13/2022
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Tech ,
Digital Health ,
Google ,
Healthcare ,
Innovative Technology ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Life Sciences ,
Microsoft ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Startups
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
At the end of Q3, aggregate funding raised by digital health startups in 2021 surpassed $20 billion. Although 2021 continues to be a record-breaking year for digital health startups, investors gently tapped the breaks in Q3....more
11/24/2021
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Clinical Trials ,
Digital Health ,
Financing ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Healthcare ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Mental Health ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Startups ,
Telemedicine
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
At the end of Q1 2021, our friends at Rock Health noted the record-breaking $6.7 billion raised by digital health startups and declared the sector “all grown up.” The additional $8 billion raised in the second quarter of this...more
Last year the digital health sector smashed all previous records for both fundraising and consumer adoption of novel technologies. So far, 2021 is already on track to outshine last year’s impressive numbers. Digital health...more
Recently, my fellow corporate partner Allison Cooper moderated a webinar, “A Conversation with the Women Building Digital Health’s Future,” during which she had the privilege of interviewing three amazing women CEOs of...more
4/27/2021
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Digital Health ,
Diversity ,
Health Care Providers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Innovative Technology ,
Life Sciences ,
Patient Access ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
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
As we look to the future of healthcare and digital health, it’s clear that the new front door for care is in the home. Notably, traditional retail companies and others are considering offering home-based services. For this...more
Rock Health called the landmark Teladoc-Livongo deal a starter pistol for the virtual care platform race. Beyond it being the largest digital health acquisition to date, what significance does this deal hold for the...more
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
During the past several months, companies in the digital health space have risen to address the COVID-19 pandemic and surging demand for virtual care. Investors have also responded, pouring record amounts of funding into the...more
Digital health companies and investors had a remarkable 2020, as fundraising totals broke records and deal volume significantly outpaced previous years. Moreover, the increase in investment activity has triggered more exit...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
Virtual healthcare staked out exciting new ground with the recently announced $18.5 billion merger of telemedicine pioneer Teladoc Health and chronic disease management company Livongo....more