Though health tech investment dropped last year, there's still plenty of need for innovation in healthcare, said Peter Micca, audit and assurance partner and national health tech leader at Deloitte.
Micca sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss the consulting firm's recent report on the health tech investment environment and the growing role of platform-enabled ecosystems.
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Latest research finds major shifts in investment strategies in Asia-Pacific vis-a-vis the global digital health scene.
Digital health-focused market intelligence provider Galen Growth and PR firm FINN Partners shared some findings from their upcoming report on digital health venture capital funding trends in the region, drawing inputs from 250 million data points and more than 14,000 digital...
Early-stage health tech funding grew in 2022 even as overall investment dropped, according to Silicon Valley Bank's Healthcare Investments and Exits report.
The analysis found companies raised $3.2 billion in seed and Series A rounds across 485 deals in the U.S., UK and the European Union, just inching above the $3.1 billion raised across 503 transactions in 2021.
Though 2021's funding totals...
Digital health funding took a tumble in 2022, with U.S.-based startups raising $15.3 billion across 572 deals.
Rock Health's report found the year's funding total was a little over half of 2021's $29.3 billion, and just beat out 2020's $14.7 billion. Average deal size was $26.7 million, which didn't surpass either of the previous two years.
"With recession concerns looming, H2 2022’s quarterly...
Biotech and digital health funding soared in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but both sectors slowed down in 2022.
Elena Viboch, partner at General Catalyst, said startups need to focus on the end goal — building technology or therapies that can help patients. She sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss her takeaways from this year and her predictions for 2023.
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After digital health startups scooped up huge amounts of investor dollars last year, the market slowed down significantly in 2022. But it's still a relatively new field, and there's plenty of room for startups that can prove their ability to improve care, says John Beadle, managing partner at Aegis Ventures.
He sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss the growth in partnerships with health systems...
After a year of mega-rounds, skyrocketing valuations and a parade of growing digital health startups, the investment landscape looked a lot more tepid in 2022.
But there are still plenty of opportunities for startups, especially for companies that can demonstrate their value amid a challenging economic environment, said Dr. Sunny Kumar, partner at GSR Ventures. Kumar sat down with MobiHealthNews...
Health tech companies in the U.S. and the European Union have raised about $23 billion so far this year, a downward shift as the market recovers from the massive investment in 2021, according to a report by Silicon Valley Bank.
The report, which tallies funding through Sept. 30 this year, noted the decline was particularly sharp in the third quarter, dropping 39% from Q2 and 67% from the height...
Digital health funding has slowed compared with the massive investment seen last year. But some investors say the downturn could have a positive side for the market.
"It's hard to look at 2021 – which I think in hindsight will turn out to be anomalous – and feel like people were making smart bets, that they were being disciplined, that they were being thoughtful about valuations. I think we're...
Digital health startups raised $2.2 billion across 125 deals in the third quarter this year, marking the lowest-funded quarter since Q4 2019.
The report by Rock Health found digital health funding has reached $12.6 billion across 458 deals so far this year, far below 2021's booming investment landscape. Funding also fell 48% between Q2 and Q3 this year, while the number of deals only dipped 14...
