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Digital Health Accelerators: This Time it’s Different

Health-related incubators, now typically called accelerators, seem to be popping up on every corner. This is not the first time incubators have focused on health care. In the wake of…

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FCC to Provide $400m to Fund Telemedicine

The FCC is providing $400 million to health care providers for telemedicine networks which link large medical centers to rural clinics. The program, dubbed the Healthcare Connect Fund, will begin…

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VCs Invest $213m in mHealth During Q3: YTD Total Hits $707m

In the third quarter of 2012, mHealth companies received $213.3 million in venture capital bringing the year to date total investment in the sector to $707 million according to data…

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Rock Health’s Fourth Class Starts with Support from Kleiner and Kaiser

Rock Health, a major seed accelerator for health startups, added the significant Silicon Valley venture firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as a partner at the end of the Summer.…

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Medstartr Starts Crowdfunding Platform for HC

Medstartr is providing an alternative crowdfunding site for health, fitness, and medical projects that are rejected by Kickstartr. Kickstartr’s guidelines don’t allow medical-related projects (as well as several other business…

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mHealth companies garner $493 million through June 2012

Mobile health companies received $493.6 million in venture capital funding during the first half of 2012 according to data collected by Mobile Health Market News. Nearly half of the investment…

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“Intelligent Medicine” Platform Developer Raises $17.5m for Commercialization

Proteus Biomedical has netted $17.5 that it will put towards the commercialization of its “intelligent medicine” platform. The product, dubbed Raisin includes a ingestible biomedical sensor, a wearable peel-and-stick patch…

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