September 25, 2013

Invest in StartUp Health Companies Today!

Great news! Thanks to the SEC lifting the long-standing ban on “general solicitation,” we can now publicly promote StartUp Health companies who are raising money. If you are an accredited investor you may be able to get in and support these companies by directly investing in them today!

We have an amazing group of nearly 40 StartUp Health companies working to transform healthcare. Here are just some of them who are raising money today:

  • AdhereTech: Wireless smart pill bottles designed to improve medication adherence
  • Beyond Lucid Technologies: Emergency incident management software, connecting field responders with the care facilities they serve
  • Care at Hand: Clinical management platform for home health aides
  • CareLinx: Disrupting the $100B+ in-home care market
  • CarePlanners: Platform that enables caregivers to better navigate the healthcare system
  • Doctor.com: First vertical network that better connects patients and doctors across the web
  • Docphin: Streamlined access to evidence-based research for hospitals and providers
  • Empower Interactive: The leading provider of digital behavioral health solutions
  • GetHealth: Evidence-based behavior change platform that is simple, social, and fun
  • Greatist: Fastest-growing health media startup building the Weight Watchers of the future
  • Zeel: Mobile wellness on demand

StartUp Health Companies in the News

AdhereTech:

High Tech Pill Bottle
The Doctors

Technology Puts You in Charge of Your Health
AARP

Caremerge:

5 Health Apps You Need to Know About in 2013
HIT Consultant

Maxwell Health:

Health Insurance 101: A Starter Course on the Affordable Care Act
Huffington Post

Medikly:

Medikly Expands Relationship With inVentiv Health to Jumpstart Digital Pharma Marketing
Pharmalive

StartUp Health:

Suddenly, the Tech World Loves People Over 50
Forbes

... and Other Noteworthy Headlines

Cue the confetti! Startups can begin generally soliciting investors - if they dare
MedCity News

Digital Health Startups Get The Same Toys As Everyone Else
TechCrunch

FDA Publishes Final Guidance on Mobile Medical Apps
mHealthWatch

6 types of mHealth apps for which the FDA will ‘exercise enforcement discretion’
Government Health IT

3 types of mHealth apps FDA will regulate
Government Health IT

Calico: Google's New Project to Solve Death
TIME

mHealth Markets Related to Telehealth Could Reach $1.5T by 2019
HIT Consultant

Better Living Through Mobile: A Patient’s Journey
Business 2 Community

How mobile tech can transform healthcare
Fortune Tech

Why Medicine Will Be More Like Walmart
MIT Technology Review

10 real-life lessons for healthcare entrepreneurs from meth overlord Walter White
MedCity News

Meet These StartUp Health Companies Featured at Health 2.0 Next Week:

StartUp Health and many of our Healthcare Transformers will be represented at Health 2.0 in force next week. Make sure to come up and introduce yourself! You can also use the StartUp Health Network to connect with any of these companies directly and schedule meetings in advance.  

Open Roundtable: Digital Health and the Underserved
Monday, September 30 at 11AM

Dr. David Wong, Co-founder of StartUp Health company Direct Dermatology, will be speaking on a panel discussion session on the challenges and market opportunities in developing, adopting, and sustaining eHealth solutions that address the needs of the Medicaid population, as well as the historically uninsured.

New York City’s Health Tech Revolution
Monday, September 30 at 4:05PM

Josh Stein, Co-founder of StartUp Health company AdhereTech, will join the New York City Economic Development Corporation as they share how they’re shaking up the NYC health tech ecosystem by funding $1M in awards through Pilot Health Tech NYC, a program that helps innovative startups and established health organizations pilot new technologies in healthcare settings.

Mind & Body: Wellness Tools and Apps
Tuesday, October 1 at 10:30AM

Liam Ryan, Co-founder of StartUp Health company GetHealth, will be demoing in a select group of some of the most beautifully designed and effective wellness tools out there.

AARP Features Carelinx
Tuesday, October 1 at 12:15PM

Sherwin Sheik, Founder of StartUp Health company CareLinx, will join AARP in this session that will identify and explain the nine areas of need and opportunity in this space as well as showcase best practices of innovators that have either consciously or serendipitously focused on this emerging market.

StartUp Health and Health Interactive Networking Party at Health 2.0
Tuesday, October 1 at 7:30PM

Meet us for a drink at Health 2.0 next week: StartUp Health and Health Interactive are hosting a party for entrepreneurs and innovators and anyone willing to support the ecosystem. We’ve also teamed up with California HealthCare Foundation and TigerLabs to make this event possible and  celebrate the entrepreneurs and innovators transforming healthcare. Enjoy a night of great company, conversation, and cocktails. RSVP today!

Congrats! Medikly Expands Relationship With inVentiv Health to Jumpstart Digital Pharma Marketing

MediklyYesterday, StartUp Health company Medikly announced the expansion of their partnership with inVentiv Health, a leading healthcare communications agency. This agreement expands inVentiv's use of the Medikly platform beyond clinical trial recruitment into the area of digital marketing as well. Learn more here.

$10,000 in Prizes at Health 2.0's SF Code-a-thon

This weekend, September 28-29, is Health 2.0's SF Code-a-thon: Power to the Patient, a competition designed around building new applications and tools that empower patients and consumers with access to their health data and further engage patients to take more control over their health. Register now (space is limited).

DC to VC 2013: Health IT Startup Showcase

A partnership between Health 2.0 & Moregenthaler Ventures, DC to VC is the culmination of a nationwide contest to find the best venture-backable startup ideas in health IT. Monday, September 30, finalists will present their startup ideas on stage to a packed room of health IT professionals, government officials, venture capitalists, and angel investors in a format modeled after the TV show, The Voice. Register now.

Apply Now: 35 Startups Will Get Free Exhibit Space in StartUp ‘Mobile’ Health Pavilion

The StartUp ‘Mobile’ Health Pavilion, hosted by StartUp Health, returns to the 2013 mHealth Summit as a showcase of today’s most innovative early stage startups that are impacting mobile health. We will be selecting 35 startups to participate FREE this year. Demo your mHealth product or service to over 5,000 attendees, including providers, payors, healthcare professionals, pharma, and investors. Apply by this Friday, September 27.

Visit the AARP Health Innovation@50+ Tech Expo

The AARP Health Innovation@50+ Tech Expo showcases the latest trends in digital health technology solutions. Visit the Tech Expo booth on the Life@50+ Atlanta exhibit hall floor, October 3-5, where StartUp Health companies CareLinx and CarePlanners will be featured.

StartUp Health Insights

Top Digital Health Funding This Week
Startup Amount Investors
Practice Fusion $70.0M Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB)OrbiMedMorgenthaler Ventures, and others
VisionCare $15.0M Life Sciences Alternative Funding
Simplee $10.0M Heritage GroupSocial+CapitalGreylock IL
WiserTogether $5.0M Harbert Venture Partners
Lively  $4.3M Cambria Health SolutionsMaveron
Gauss Surgical $3.1M Undisclosed
Pymetrics $2.5M Undisclosed
ChipCare $2.1M Maple Leaf AngelsMaRS InnovationUniversity of Toronto Asset Management Corporation
Medlert $1.1M Undisclosed
See many more in StartUp Health Insights, the most comprehensive funding database tracking nearly $6 billion in digital health and health tech deals. Get StartUp Health’s August 2013 Digital Health Insights Funding Report.

Upcoming Health Events & Challenges

Medicine X
September 27-29, 2013
Stanford, CA

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


StartUp Health Celebration @ Health 2.0
October 1, 2013
Santa Clara, CA

DC to VC
September 30, 2013
Santa Clara, CA

Glazed Conference
September 30, 2013
San Francisco, CA

Matchpoint West
October 3, 2013
Santa Clara, CA

Diabetes Innovation 2013
October 3-5, 2013
Washington, DC

AARP Health Innovation@50+ Tech Expo
October 3-5, 2013
Atlanta, GA

Health 2.0 EDU
October 3-5, 2013
Berkeley, CA

The New Health Disrupter in NYC: Meet Cornell Tech
October 10, 2013
New York, NY

Bloomberg Longevity Economy Conference
October 10, 2013
New York, NY

StartUp Health CEO Summit
October 14-16, 2013
Cleveland, OH

Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit
October 14-16, 2013
Cleveland, OH

Ingenuity
October 15, 2013
New York, NY

Women’s Healthcare Innovation and Leadership Showcase
October 15, 2013
Bridgewater, NJ

Demo Fall
October 15-17, 2013
Santa Clara, CA

Pioneer Pitch Day
October 16, 2013
New York, NY

Medical Informatics Update 2013: Analytics and Tools for Care Coordination
October 16, 2013
Ossining, NY

GigaOM Mobilize
October 16-17, 2013
San Francisco, CA

IMN Healthcare Provider Technology M&A Forum
October 22, 2013
New York, NY

Partners HealthCare’s 10th Annual Connected Health Symposium
October 24-25, 2013
Boston, MA

European Telemedicine Conference
October 29-30, 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland

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

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Free Access to StartUp Health Insights

Visit StartUp Health Insights for the most comprehensive funding database tracking nearly $6 billion in digital health and health tech deals. Check out our August 2013 Digital Health Insights Funding Report.

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