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What’s the Secret Behind Healthcare Investing’s ‘Billion-Dollar Man’?
Castlight Health’s blockbuster IPO last week put a big spotlight on the investment potential in digital health. But one investor in particular is already well aware of opportunities in the sector. Castlight co-founder and Venrock Partner Bryan Roberts has been behind not one, but six $1 billion+ companies. His secret? Not staying married to any model set. Oh, and this: “I operate with a very healthy dose of paranoia.”
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Don’t Miss Out! TEDMED Re-Opens Applications for The Hive
 Calling all startups: If you missed the earlier deadline to apply to The Hive at this year’s TEDMED, now’s your chance. TEDMED has re-opened the application window and will accept submissions through April 1.
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StartUp Health Company Spotlight
 Health123
Salesforce for Wellness Management
RAISING
$1M to close a $2M Series Seed Round
VALUE
Health123 provides technology solutions for health "coaches," from primary care providers to wellness coaches to HR managers, that drive effective health ownership and behavior change in their populations. With Health123's coach-patient collaboration tools, dashboards, and insights the health and wellness industry now has modern effectiveness tools driving scale, efficiency, and improved analytics.
CUSTOMERS
- Clinics (primary care, on-site, out patient)
- Wellness companies
- Employers
TRACTION
- Over 10k users
- Complete end user toolset launched
- Two employer pilots
- Launching first enterprise customer
TEAM
- Rebecca Norlander, CEO, 23 year technologist, 19 years with Microsoft
- Rachel Lanham, COO, 15 years in digital marketing including 11 years with Weight Watchers
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StartUp Health Weekly InsightsTM
Top Digital Health Funding This Week
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Upcoming Health Events & Challenges
UCSF Entrepreneur’s Club: Starting a Company from Scratch
April 10, 2014
San Francisco, CA
CajunCodeFest
April 23-25, 2014
Lafayette, LA
Digital Health Innovation in Context
April 24, 2014
Princeton, NJ
Pharmica’s Pharma 3.0: The Digital Medicine Era Conference
April 30-May 1, 2014
Philadelphia, PA
Charité Entrepreneurship Summit 2014
May 5-6, 2014
Berlin, Germany
AARP Health Innovation @50+
May 9, 2014
Boston, MA
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May 13-14, 2014
Brooklyn, NY
Healthy Communities Data Summit
June 11, 2014
Los Angeles, CA
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New York's Montefiore Medical Center, one of the 
