August 9, 2017
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“You start to look at a lot of different players with a forward-thinking mindset. It just creates an atmosphere that pushes healthcare in the right direction.”
- Ben Bynum, MD, Colorado Health Foundation
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Pushing Healthcare in the Right Direction

Ben Bynum, MD, Colorado Health Foundation, on StartUp Health NOW
In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Dr. Ben Bynum, portfolio director of the Colorado Health Foundation, discusses the organization’s development of an impact investment strategy and explains why that strategy includes the funding of digital health startups. Watch the full interview on HEALTH TRANSFORMER!

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Health+Accel: Solutions for Aging Well Challenge Presented by Guidewell
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BioPharm America
September 26-27, 2017
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October 1-4, 2017
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October 12, 2017
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StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes speaking
October 12, 2017
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Frontiers Health
November 16-17, 2017
Berlin, Germany
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Healthegy Digital Health Innovation Summit
November 30, 2017
Boston, MA
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StartUp Health Insights

Digital health companies raised over $312M in the last week. Some of the most recent deals:

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Auris Surgical Robotics $280.0M Coatue Management, Highland Capital Partners, Lux Capital, Mithril Capital Management
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Fruit Street Health $3.0M Jeremy Tucker, MD
IncludeFitness $2.3M CincyTech Ventures, Refinery Ventures, Ling-age Ventures
eazyScripts $2.0M Bluff Point Associates
Satchel Health $1.5M NueCura Partners
Touchkin $1.3M Kae Capital
Over $6B Invested in Digital Health in First Half of 2017

Q2 2017 was the biggest quarter ever for digital health funding, with a staggering $3.8B total invested. With the mid-year funding now coming in over $6B, 2017 has broken numerous records and we anticipate this to be the biggest year yet as huge deals continue to close. 

Get the free 2017 Mid-Year Global Digital Health Funding Report now.

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