September 4, 2013

Most Active VCs in Digital Health This Year


Use StartUp Health Insights to research and connect with the most active VCs in digital health. We have organized the top 400 VCs who have made health tech investments in the past three years. Here are the most active so far this year:

Organizing the 100,000 Healthcare Transformer Club

StartUp Health is gathering the 100,000 most important people in digital health and involved with transforming healthcare. We’ve already organized 10,000 people including entrepreneurs and innovators, angels and VCs, government leaders and foundations, and many of the customers and partners who support the early stage innovation ecosystem. Sign the Pledge today to support transforming healthcare and get free access to the StartUp Health Network today!

StartUp Health Companies in the News

AdhereTech selects KORE for M2M Healthcare
TelecomTiger

AdhereTech pill dispenser adds wireless network provider
Telehealth and Telecare Aware

Here's the Rub. Massages. Every Month. On Demand.
UrbanDaddy

Maxwell Health: Proving That Small Startups Can Make Big Change
Tech Cocktail

UNC researcher, WalkJoy leader to speak at IdeaHour
Business First

The Well Workforce: Healthy Equals Wealthy and Wise (With a Little Investment)
Huffington Post

... and Other Noteworthy Headlines

Consumers are ready for a complete mobile health solution
VentureBeat

What the car industry can teach healthcare about appealing to millennials
MedCity News

Health Tech Startup Secrets: Doctors Know What They Want
HIT Consultant

5 more must-know emerging tech trends for healthcare innovators (readers’ version)
MedCity News

Digital health needs more physician entrepreneurs 
MobiHealthNews

More Public Health Departments Launching Mobile Applications
iHealthBeat

Vote in SXSW PanelPicker

The deadline is quickly approaching for you to weigh in on the SXSW PanelPicker proposals. Please help make digital health a key topic at SXSW by voting for these sessions being organized by StartUp Health and our Academy companies:

Thank you for your support! September 6 is the last day to vote; it is also the last day to get the best registration rate for SXSW 2014.

StartUp Health Company Caremerge Listed as one of Chicago's Top 50 Emerging Companies

Congratulations Caremerge! Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC) and 1871 recently announced that StartUp Health company Caremerge is one of the 50 coolest emerging companies in Chicago. To take the top spot, Caremerge needs your vote now!

Healthline Ranks StartUp Health Company @Point of Care360 Apps as Top MS Apps

Congratulations to StartUp Health company @Point of Care360 for having two of its iPhone/iPad apps focused on multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment and management included in Healthline Networks’ 2013 survey of the 14 Best Multiple Sclerosis iPhone & Android Apps. This marks the second consecutive appearance in the survey for both apps. Get details here.

StartUp Health Company WalkJoy Presenting at Idea Hour

The next IdeaHour, a monthly discussion that focuses on expanding the aging-care industry, is scheduled for September 10 in Louisville, KY, and will feature StartUp Health company WalkJoy. WalkJoy recently was chosen from a field of six finalists for the $10,000 prize during LINKTank, a startup competition in Chicago. Get more info and register for IdeaHour here.

StartUp Health Insights

Top Digital Health Funding This Week
Startup Amount Investors
Audax $14.5M Undisclosed
QuantiaMD $10.0M Fuse CapitalSafeguard Scientifics
GuideSpark $5.0M Storm VenturesIDG Ventures
Gravie $2.6M Undisclosed
Insight Genetics $1.5M Undisclosed
See many more in StartUp Health Insights, the most comprehensive funding database tracking nearly $6 billion in digital health and health tech deals.

Upcoming Health Events & Challenges

Entrepreneur’s Club
September 5, 2013
San Francisco, CA

SXSW PanelPicker
Voting ends:
September 6, 2013

Lean Launchpad for Life Science & Healthcare
Registration deadline:
September 6, 2013
San Francisco, CA

CHCF Design-a-thon
Deadline for submissions:
September 7, 2013

Transform 2013
September 8-10, 2013
Rochester, MN

Accountable Care & Health IT Strategies Summit
September 10-12, 2013
San Francisco, CA

NHLBI’s SBIR/STTR Program Presentation and One-on-Ones
September 11, 2013
San Francisco, CA

LSAN Health, Behavior and Economics Interactive Summit
September 12, 2013
New York, NY

M6 Mobility xChange
September 15-17, 2013
San Diego, CA

National Healthcare Performance and Outcomes Analytics Summit
September 16-18, 2013
Washington, DC

Entrepreneurship Center at UCSF: Introduction to IP Basics Workshop
September 17, 2013
San Francisco, CA

GigaOM’s Structure:Europe
September 18-19, 2013
London, England

TAG Health: mHealth: Engaging the Masses and Making It Work for Your Bottom Line
September 19, 2013
Atlanta, GA

Re.Work Technology
September 19, 2013
London, England

Privacy & Security Forum
September 23, 2013
Boston, MA

O’Reilly Strata Rx Conference
September 25-27, 2013
Boston, MA

Medicine X
September 27-29, 2013
Stanford, CA

Health 2.0 Fall Conference 2013
September 29-October 2, 2013
Santa Clara, CA

DC to VC
September 30, 2013
Santa Clara, CA

Glazed Conference
September 30, 2013
San Francisco, CA

For even more, visit our listings of Events & Challenges.

Health Tech Jobs! StartUp Health Is Hiring!

Be sure to check out the new positions at StartUp Health and with StartUp Health companies, such as CareDox, Greatist, Doctor.com, TalkSession, Medivo, 1eq, and others! Find all these opportunities and more or post new openings for free on the StartUp Health Network Job Board.

Join the StartUp Health Network

Visit startuphealth.net and sign the Pledge to request free access to the StartUp Health Network. More than 10,000 innovators -- including over 3,000 startups, nearly 700 VCs, and hundreds of angels and potential customers -- are already using the Network to connect.
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