The Digital Health M&A Wave Is Finally Here
Digital health is entering a more mature phase in 2026 as consolidation accelerates through targeted M&A, driven by the need for scale, artificial intelligence and pressure from payers, investors say.
Digital health is entering a more mature phase in 2026 as consolidation accelerates through targeted M&A, driven by the need for scale, artificial intelligence and pressure from payers, investors say.
Corvus, a Chicago-based startup aiming to simplify the surgical referrals process, announced its launch. The company’s AI platform helps healthcare teams manage inbound surgical referrals more efficiently, ensuring patients are routed to the right treatment while also optimizing operating room utilization.
In a landscape where complexity has long been the norm, the power of one lies not just in unification, but in intelligence and automation.
During a panel discussion at the MedCity INVEST Digital Health conference, investors shared what they're looking for from AI startups and what their red flags are.
UPMC Enterprises and Redesign Health launched a new startup named Glimmer Health. The company partners with primary care providers to improve pain management using a personalized, holisitic approach.
Cedars-Sinai and Redesign Health launched a new innovation center seeking to build digital health startups from the ground up. These startups will focus on four main areas: care access, personalized medicine, provider workflows and care coordination.
TrampolineAI launched out of Redesign Health to help health plans with their contact centers.
Vitalic provides mental health support to older adults. It connects them to a care team that includes geriatric boarded psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, licensed therapists and mental health support coaches.
Redesign Health closed a $175 million investment round that will fuel the creation of more healthcare startups. The company has already created more than 60 startups since its launch in 2018.
During a panel at the MedCity News INVEST Digital Health conference, three healthcare execs shared advice to startups on how to pitch to employers. They need to know their worth, understand the problem they’re solving, and think about issues globally.
Sounder Benefits, which was built at Redesign Health, launched last week with $7.5 million in funding. The company is a health tech startup specializing in benefits for employers with fewer than 1,000 employees.
Stitch PEO — a startup built at Redesign Health — officially launched and announced that it has raised $8.75 million in seed funding. The company is a professional employer organization for independent medical practices, designed to improve recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and other human resources processes.
Beanstalk Benefits vets benefits solutions and aggregates them into a single platform. Employees can build their own benefits portfolio using the platform.
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Valendo Health, the newest startup built at Redesign Health, launched on Tuesday. The company partners with independent endocrinology practices and provides technology to help them thrive in value-based care arrangements.
CardioOne, a startup built at Redesign Health, partners with independent cardiology practices to help them transition to value-based care. On Monday, the company announced it has raised $8 million in seed funding and has three new partners.