Which digital health company will be next to file IPO?
A flurry of digital health IPO filings spurred Rock Health to do a survey asking participants which company will file to go public next.
Rock Health’s Fitbit IPO analysis highlights retention challenge of wearables
Fitbit’s filing for its initial public offering was met with a lot of excitement and rightfully so. It’s positioned to be one of the largest IPOs for the consumer health category and will increase the ongoing discussion about fitness trackers place in healthcare. But one issue that has dogged Fitbit and other fitness trackers is […]
BioLabs Pegasus Park Cultivates Life Science Ecosystem
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
XX in Health releases new ‘The State of Women in Healthcare’ report, a Rock Health initiative
Women are unfortunately still largely underrepresented in healthcare leadership roles. In an effort to make progress, the Rock Health’s XX in Health initiative, created nearly four years ago, is continuing to call attention to the current reality of discrimination and consciously promoting diversity. This is not just promoting diversity for the moral principle – women […]
AARP backs Rock Health to spread its influence across healthcare’s early stage
AARP recently partnered up with Rock Health – investing in its second organization focused on nurturing early stage healthcare startups. “It’s all a part of our larger industry-influence strategy” and social mission, said Jeff Makowka, director of thought leadership at AARP. It’s fascinating to watch the relationships build with groups like Rock, StartUp Health, Healthbox […]
Chrono Therapeutics nets Rock Health investment for smoking cessation wearable
Rock Health entered the arena of digital health tools for smoking cessation with an investment in Chrono Therapeutics, according to a company statement. The pharmaceutical company produces a wearable drug delivery tool and companion app called SmartStop, which functions as a digital health coach to help smokers quit. The investment follows a $32 million Series […]
Healthbox isn’t the only accelerator that’s changed its approach
Healthbox‘s decision to revamp its healthcare accelerator model was an interesting development but as Lisa Suennen, Venture Valkyrie blog author and consultant, it’s not an isolated case. She authored a report for the California HealthCare Foundation that provided a state of healthcare and life science accelerators in the U.S. and beyond last year. In response […]
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Looking forward with Rock Health’s funding roundup. Watch telehealth and crowdfunding
Rock Health kicked off 2015 by releasing the 2014 digital health funding roundup we discussed earlier this week. Digital health continues to be one of the hottest spaces in venture capital. Rock’s tracking of deals $2 million and higher is most telling when looking at which sectors are getting the money. Review the year-to-year rankings. […]
Digital health funding hit $4B in 2014
The level of venture capital flowing into digital health startups has increased 120 percent over the year to reach more than $4 billion, according to a forthcoming report from Rock Health. The San Francisco-based accelerator released a preview of some highlights, with a full report due out Jan. 1. The numbers could change slightly, with […]
Wearable World incubator raising $1.2M
A San Francisco-based accelerator focused solely on wearable technology and the “Internet of Things” is raising $1.2 million, according to a filing with the SEC. Wearable World, which launched its accelerator in 2013, incubates a variety of wearable developers, including several operating within the healthcare space, among them Google Glass healthcare app developers Remedy and […]
Health IT startup Amplify Health raising $1.5M
Rock Health-backed startup Amplify Health is in the midst of raising $1.5 million, according to a filing with the SEC. The San Francisco-based company, started by CEO Eric Page in 2011, has so far raised $520,000 with another $980,000 to be sold in through the sale of equity, debt and options, according to the Form D. […]
Using Informed Awareness to Transform Care Coordination and Improve the Clinical and Patient Experience
This eBook, in collaboration with Care Logistics, details how hospitals and health systems can facilitate more effective decision-making by operationalizing elevated awareness.
Health IT jobs remain in high demand
The number of jobs within the health IT space is growing, according to a report from HealtheCareers Network. Although the number of jobs posted in the third quarter declined by 4 percent from the second quarter, health IT was still up by 5 percent over the year. One percent of all healthcare job posts were […]
Rock Health details what it wants to fund for new class of health startups
San Francisco digital health incubator Rock Health is looking for a new class of startups to confront the myriad challenges within healthcare, and in doing so it has established some basic framework while being more selective in who it funds. In a blog post Rock Health’s Managing Director, Malay Gandhi, outlines what the incubator is now […]
Rock Health to invest more cash into fewer digital health startups with new fund
San Francisco incubator Rock Health said it has raised a third seed fund of an undisclosed amount to support the growth of digital health startups with more capital. With the new fund, Rock Health portfolio companies will get a 150 percent boost in capital investment, from $100,000 to $250,000, with the idea of funding fewer […]
Making predictive analytics part of healthcare requires moving past these challenges
At a health IT conference I attended in Harrisburg last week, I learned that one data stream that payers are interested in is credit scores as a predictor of health. The thinking is the worse the credit score, the worse their health is likely to be. Of course, they could just be behind in their […]
Here are some of the top digital health CEOs according to reviews on Glassdoor
Digital health CEOs are constantly in the news talking about the role they are playing in shaping healthcare reform. But what it’s like working for these guys? And as the healthcare landscape shifts and consolidation moves from healthcare facilities to digital health companies, how will CEOs stand up to that pressure and lead their employees? […]