investors
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In Which Areas of Healthcare Do Investors Want More Startup Activity?
While the digital health sector might feel a little cramped in some areas, there are wide open spaces in others — and investors are ready to funnel money into companies looking to innovate these lesser-discussed aspects of care delivery and healthcare technology. Some of these areas include Medicaid, generative AI and patient-to-patient support.
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Meet the Investor Judges at MedCity INVEST
Startups feature prominently at MedCity INVEST from Pitch Perfect to Ask the Investor. Check out the investors who will be judging the startups at INVEST May 22-24 in Chicago and register today!
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Former Outcome Health Execs Found Guilty of 47 Counts of Fraud
A federal jury found three former Outcome Health executives guilty of 47 counts of fraud. The convictions come after a 10-week trial that investigated the former leaders’ role in a billion-dollar scheme in which the company lied to its customers about how many physicians’ offices their advertisements would appear in.
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VC Viewpoint: Cash-pay Care Delivery Has a Serious Social Stratification Problem
When it comes to her feelings about investing in care delivery startups, it’s a real “mixed bag” for Ulili Onovakpuri, managing partner at Kapor Capital. This is because a lot of them operate on a cash-pay model. She summarized the issue quite succinctly: there’s an incredible amount of innovation happening, but the people who could benefit the most from this type of care will be the last ones to receive it.
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Zoom’s impact on intercontinental startup investment
An INVEST Digital Health panel discussion on investment beyond the traditional hubs of venture capital investment, touched on the role of Zoom in making it easier to maintain relationships with startups across the country in places like Indiana, Utah, Colorado and beyond.
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Are healthcare investors spending too much too fast? Find out at MedCity INVEST March 28-30.
Register for MedCity INVEST at the Ritz Carlton in Chicago and be part of the conversation on healthcare investment trends. Attendees will also be able to take part in networking opportunities and hear health tech, medtech and pharma tech startups pitch to investors.
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Health IT, Startups, Telemedicine
Brave Care nabs $25M to roll out pediatric clinics supported by tech platform
Brave Care leverages its technology and data platform to provide primary and urgent care for children. It provides care remotely and through its five brick-and-mortar clinics, which it plans to expand to 100 in the next few years.
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Health IT, Startups, Health Tech
Cedars-Sinai Accelerator selects 8 new health tech startups
The seventh accelerator class includes startups with a range of offerings, from accessible fitness for aging patients to skeletal reconstruction. Each of the eight companies will receive $100,000 and access to clinicians, researchers and administrators to develop their products and grow their businesses.
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DotCom Therapy snags $13M to expand pediatric teletherapy services
The company, which partners with health systems and schools to provide virtual therapy services for kids, will use the Series A funds to expand. The round was led by New Capital Partners, with participation from LRVHealth and OSF Ventures.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
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Report: Telehealth funding hits record high of $5B
In the second quarter of 2021, the top five deals alone were worth $1.6 billion, representing 30% of the total funding raised. In addition, six telehealth companies joined the unicorn club, including LetsGetChecked and Thirty Madison.
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Health IT, Artificial Intelligence
OM1 gains $85M to expand clinical data networks, AI models
Co-led by Kaiser Permanente, the Series D financing round will enable OM1 to expand its data networks into chronic disease areas, including rheumatology and behavioral health, and advance its AI analytics models.
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HHS to create new tech fund through first VC partnership
HHS is partnering with nonprofit Global Health Investment Corporation to launch a health security fund. The fund will be used to invest in technologies that can help prevent or respond to public health emergencies, like future pandemics.
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7 takeaways from HIMSS 2019
From interoperability to AI to cybersecurity, here’s a roundup of some key insights from this year’s HIMSS conference in Orlando, Florida.
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Startups, Devices & Diagnostics, Patient Engagement
A few of the most interesting startups LAUNCH-ing at Health 2.0
A look at some of the most interesting startups from 2018’s Health 2.0’s LAUNCH! event.
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Investor trick questions and how not to answer them
On the question of exit strategy, when you jump right to the sale of the company, this tells investors you are about the money and not the mission.