StartUp Health October Insights
October saw 31 deals with total investment of $131M, demonstrating more than a 50% total growth compared to same month prior year with total investments of $85M. StartUp Health company Basis closed their series B round bringing it to a total of $23M by raising an additional $11.75M in October. See full October 2013 Digital Health Insights Funding Report.
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Overview: Digital Health Trends
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Sensors and wearables continue to excite investors but beg question “Where are we going?”
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Average investments in October 2013 dwarf year over year October figures
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Insurance exchanges rollout flops prompting entrepreneurs to consider expanded role in ACA
See full October 2013 Digital Health Insights Funding Report
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StartUp Health Weekly Insights
Top Digital Health Funding This Week
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Startup |
Amount |
Investors |
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Genapsys |
$37.0M |
Start X Fund, Decheng Capital, IPV Capital, Yuri Milner |
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Station X |
$8.6M |
Undisclosed |
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PurThread Technologies |
$7.2M |
Undisclosed |
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Acupera |
$6.0M |
The Whittemore Collection, Liebkind |
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RightCare Solutions |
$5.0M |
Domain Associates, Compass Partners |
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EchoPixel |
$2.3M |
Undisclosed |
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docbeat |
$1.1M |
Undisclosed |
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Validic |
$760K |
Mark Cuban, Ryan Scripps, David Humphrey, Michael Cope, Lanis Cope, Sharon Lyle |
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See many more in StartUp Health Insights, the most comprehensive funding database tracking over $7 billion in digital health and health tech deals. |
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Featured StartUp Health Company
Ondello
Medical Tourism & Second Opinion Marketplace ($40B cash market)
RAISING
$2m convertible debt (build marketplace and onboard doctors)
PREVIOUSLY RAISED
$250,000 (successfully built Telehealth platform)
CUSTOMERS
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Patients from around the globe seeking access to medical specialists
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Leading medical specialists worldwide
VALUE
Over 8 million patients will travel to receive medical treatment this year -- either to save money or to access the best treatment options for their condition
TRACTION
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Two healthcare providers are using Telehealth platform to conduct clinical consultations with remote patients
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Now building the marketplace
TEAM
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Mark Hadfield (founder Workshare.com, nScaled.com)
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Pamela Hadfield (previously Scient, Razorfish, Turn, others)
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Upcoming Health Events & Challenges
UP 2013
December 3, 2013
Santa Clara, CA
Wireless Medical Devices West
December 3-5, 2013
San Jose, CA
HCap Conference
December 4-6, 2013
Washington, DC
Health 2.0 Latin America
December 6-7, 2013
São Paulo, Brazil
mHealth Summit
December 8-11, 2013
Washington, DC
HIMSS14
February 23-27, 2013
Orlando, FL
SXSW
March 7-16, 2014
Austin, TX
TEDMED
April 8–11, 2014
Washington, DC
For even more, visit our listings of Events & Challenges.
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