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I always read Rock Health's digital health reports as they give a nice pulse feel for what is happening in the digital health funding space. Good to see funds raised in H1 2024 suggest funding in the sector seems to have stabilized at 2023 levels. Its no surprise the report emphasis the buzz around AI and healthcare. There have been clear winners in the AI healthcare space in the area of process and cost optimization and the R&D space. The impact of AI in care and treatment delivery is so far much more muted. One area I never though to look at AI was in its ability to bring together multiple healthcare pathways and digital point solutions into a more holistic seamless experience for the patient. There is a clear trend away from using stand alone digital health point solutions, and could AI address this challenge by facilitating the efficient integration of disparate processes and technology into unified care programs. I can see this happening with digital health products but this will be more tricky to do with physical care programs involving clinicians and HCPs. “AI is helping us combine multiple parts of the care journey, across all care experiences. In the future, benefits navigation, clinical guidance, and care delivery won’t be delivered by separate companies or point solutions within the healthcare ecosystem. They’ll be features that work in concert within products, and they’ll happen in under 90 seconds for a seamless patient experience.” – Glen Tullman, CEO, Transcarent and Managing Partner, 7wireVentures

As detailed in our H1 funding report, a few findings signal that #digitalhealth investments may be nearing an inflection point:  📈 If H1's funding pace continues, 2024 will be the first post-COVID year in which the #venture market did not contract ☀️ Unlabeled funding rounds, which tend to spike during periods of transition between market conditions, declined for the second consecutive quarter (33% in Q2 vs. 55% in Q4 '23) 💸 The 21 month dry spell in public exits is over—three companies exited on the NASDAQ or NYSE in Q2 (Tempus AI, Waystar, Nuvo Cares) We're hopeful that H2 sees an extension of these trendlines, calming the waters for #healthcare #startups after a couple years out in choppy waters. Read the full report for deeper insights from my colleagues Adriana Krasniansky, Sari Kaganoff, & Mihir Somaiya

After a challenging year for healthcare investments, Q2 2024 marked a significant resurgence in venture capital funding for NYC-based startups.   Last year saw a slump in healthcare investments, with many startups struggling to secure necessary funding. Fast forward to now and 8 of the top 17 rounds, highlighted in AlleyWatch's article, show funding injections to Healthcare related companies, bringing renewed optimism and growth to the industry.   Notable raises include: 🏥 SmarterDx securing $50MM from Transformation Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners as they develop automated pre-bill review tech to help hospitals maintain revenue integrity, delivering $2MM NRR/10,000 patient discharges. 💸 adonis raising $31MM to drive better revenue outcomes and lower the administrative burden on your revenue cycle operations.   This renewed investor confidence highlights the critical role of healthcare startups in driving future advancements. The momentum is building, and it’s an exciting time for innovators, investors, and professionals in the healthcare space.   Congrats to all those receiving funding - the buzz around the NYC HealthHub is certainly back!   Keen to meet in the city? Drop me a note and we can go for a coffee, on me!   #HealthTechMeetUp #StartupFunding #NYCStartups 

The funding climate is tough for many startups at the moment but especially for digital health startups. We're long past the golden days of 2021, when investor money poured into everything related to healthtech and digital health. Today investors are much more sombre, and when you start digging into what is challenging digital health startups these days, you can kinda get of sense of why that is. I have written a bit about it following my attendance at this years health.tech conference in Munich, Germany, and I am keen to hear, what your perspective is on what is needed to drive conviction to keep investing in this otherwise very exciting industry? https://lnkd.in/d-hiTDKk #digitalhealth #venturecapital #fundraising #strategy

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🚀 A Conversation on Enabling Healthcare Innovation with Venture Capital: I recently had the privilege to welcome Nicole Graner from the Süddeutsche Zeitung at our YZR Capital headquarters. Article in 1st comment. Tldr: 🔎 Critical need for venture capital in fostering healthcare innovation. 🔎 How our expertise-driven approach is making a difference. 🔎 My journey as a physician, entrepreneur and investor, always deeply intertwined with my passion for #healthtech. 💡 That's why: alongside Markus Feuerecker I co-founded YZR Capital with a clear vision: to propel European healthtech startups into global leadership positions. 💡 We strongly believe that our team’s expertise in health is key to supporting founders who are dedicated to change the European healthtech ecosystem. ✔ Apparently our name is difficult to pronounce – for everyone who is still wondering, it’s “wise” with an R at the end ;) -> Thanks again to Nicole - it was a pleasure! And thanks to the fantastic team at YZR Capital - Christina Schmidt, Paul Epple, Urs Keller, Holger Ebersberger, Elmar Willebrand, Michael Dr. Bitzer. #HealthTech #VentureCapital #Innovation

Bridging the Gap: Aligning Venture Capital Investments with Hospital Priorities and Patient-Centered Care Goals We are thrilled to welcome venture capital to share perspectives on the current state of the healthcare startup ecosystem and the disconnect between Silicon Valley's offerings and the actual needs of health systems. What makes a startup attractive to investors? What is the best way to connect with investors? Is the Healthcare VC market doing well? We will hear from Abby Levy Mark Rosenblum Ashley Perry Emily Zhen and neil carpenter about what startups need to know. Register today at the special discounted startup rate and join us June 12-13 at HealthIMPACT Forum in NYC https://lnkd.in/gW62BtB6 #HealthTech #HealthIMPACT #VC #Investing #Healthtech #Startups

Did you miss it?! In October, Chicago:Blend announced their latest cohort of Chicago Venture Fellows, and we’ve been doing an ongoing series spotlighting the incredible professionals that were selected! For those who don’t know, this is 1 of 5 interventions that received a portion of 1 million dollars of scaling funds from our Tech Equity Working Group. We’re so excited to continue the series, and today we’d like to highlight Liz Yuhas! Liz is a Digital Health Associate at OCA Ventures, an aspiring VC and one of the latest Chicago Venture Fellows! Prior to this, she was also a Venture Fellow at PACE Healthcare Capital, as well as the VP of Technology at Village Medical! Her interests lie in Health Tech and Digital Health. We can't wait to see the value Liz brings to this year’s cohort and the connections she makes! We’re honored that our Tech Equity Working Group has been able to fund incredible interventions like this, equipping aspiring investors with the tools they need to advance and thrive in the ecosystem. Learn more and stay up to date with the Chicago Venture Fellows here: https://lnkd.in/g5_Dxucf #genderequalityintech #techleaders #womenintechnology #genderequality #inclusivetech #inclusivity #computerscience #womeninstem #equityintech #entrepreneurship #womenintech #genderequity #GETcommunity #innovation #technology #leadership #investment #startups #community #accelerator #blackintech #racialequity #womenintech #indigenoustech #latinasintech #blackwomenintech #latinosintech #latinx #getcities #getcitieshubs

It's encouraging to see more investment going back into this space. The slump was unfortunate but no industry experienced as direct a challenge from the pandemic as healthcare. Health systems have spent the past two years just getting their heads above water and didn't really have the bandwidth to collaborate with startups who require these partnerships to access large patient pools. I think we should see business as usual resume with an even greater intensity as the need for agility and technological transformation was brought into sharp relief by Covid. #HealthTech #VentureCapital #Funding