Founders often dream about the IPO moment—the bell-ringing, the headlines, the validation. But what’s often overlooked is what ownership actually looks like by the time you get there....more
6/19/2025
/ Business Ownership ,
Corporate Governance ,
Digital Health ,
Dilution ,
Entrepreneurs ,
Equity Compensation ,
Equity Partners ,
FinTech ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Return on Equity ,
Shareholders ,
Technology Sector ,
Venture Capital
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
/ Capital Markets ,
Digital Health ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Healthcare ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Private Equity ,
Venture Capital
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
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
/ Capital Markets ,
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
/ Capital Raising ,
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
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
/ Digital Health ,
Financial Markets ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Innovative Technology ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Startups ,
Stock Prices ,
Venture Capital
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
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
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
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
/ Digital Health ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Startups ,
Telehealth ,
Venture Capital
Rock Health reported that $4.2 billion was invested in digital health companies during the first half of 2019. This places the sector on pace to exceed 2018’s record total annual investment of $8.2 billion....more
In our 2018 year-end review of life sciences and tech IPOs, we noted that life sciences offerings totaled 67 raising an average of $133 million while there were 45 technology deals raising an average of more than $380...more
With 58 U.S. biopharma IPOs in 2018, the biotech industry entered the new year with confidence. By all appearances, the longest and largest biotech IPO window in history was not going to close anytime soon. ...more
Fenwick’s Sixth Annual Digital Health Investor Summit started on an upbeat note with Rock Health’s Megan Zweig sharing the venture fund’s mid-year funding report. After the uncertainty brought by the 2016 presidential...more
10/12/2017
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
B2B Organizations ,
Digital Health ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Information Technology ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
R&D ,
Startups
A few months ago, following our fifth annual Digital Health Summit, the attendees made some predictions about product development and investment in the rapidly growing sector. Now that we are more than halfway through the...more
9/2/2016
/ Acquisitions ,
Digital Health ,
Fitbit ,
Fitness ,
Healthcare ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investors ,
Life Sciences ,
Mergers ,
mHealth ,
Popular ,
Startups ,
Tracking Systems
What a difference a year makes. Last year, we noted that 2013 was a blockbuster year for digital health investments with almost $2 billion of private capital going into the sector. We highlighted the 10 largest deals of 2013,...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