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By  Emily Olsen 12:16 pm November 22, 2022
Healthcare fintech PayZen raised $20 million in an equity funding round, led by 7wireVentures, and received a $200 million credit facility from Viola Credit. Others participating in the equity raise include previous investors SignalFire, Link Ventures and Picus Capital. Lee Shapiro, managing partner at 7wireVentures and former chief financial officer of chronic care management company Livongo,...
A doctor showing a senior patient how to synchronize their health app in a smartphone and a smartwatch
By  Emily Olsen 12:11 pm January 21, 2022
The digital health sector had a huge funding year in 2021, with Silicon Valley Bank reporting health tech companies scored nearly $40 billion, double 2020's total.  As more of these companies move out of the growth stages, how will healthcare providers get reimbursed for using their technologies? And what's the state of the reimbursement landscape right now? "So I would typify it as better than...
A doctor showing patient how to synchronize health app in smartphone and smartwatch
By  Emily Olsen 01:18 pm January 12, 2022
The digital health industry experienced a big growth year in 2021. According to Rock Health’s third quarter analysis of the space, funding had already reached $21.3 billion across 541 deals. The year surpassed 2020’s full-year funding total after the second quarter. Russ Johannesson, CEO of diabetes and chronic condition management company Glooko, told MobiHealthNews the COVID-19 pandemic...