Featured Healthcare Transformer
Doctor.com
First vertical network that better connects patients and doctors across the web
RAISING
Seed, Preferred Equity
CUSTOMERS
Doctors seeking patients
Patients needing care
Enterprise partners
VALUE
Patients find better care
Doctors get qualified new patients
Partners get better doctor search
TRACTION
2 million patient visits monthly
2.5 million+ provider profiles
8000+ registered providers
850+ new providers join each month
TEAM
Gary Millin (fmr Mail.com, IPO ‘99)
Andrei Zimiles (fmr Dimestore Media)
Gordon Moore, MD (fmr Hello Health)
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Congratulations Healthcare Transformer Caremerge on Series A Funding!
Caremerge, a Chicago-based Healthcare Transformer enrolled in the StartUp Health and GE Entrepreneurship Program, has raised $2.1 million in Series A funding. Caremerge is revolutionizing communication and care coordination for senior healthcare with its mobile/web solutions. See more here!
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Healthcare Transformer 1eq featured on NPR Radio Show
Healthcare Transformer Anish Sebastian of 1eq was invited to be on the The Kojo Nnamdi Show to discuss health technology and the quantified self movement. If you missed it, you can listen now!
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Become a StartUp Health Fellow
We are currently reviewing applicants to join the StartUp Health Fellows program in August/September. The StartUp Health Fellows are an elite squad who work on the StartUp Health team and with the companies in our Academy by serving as analysts, researchers, connectors, community organizers, advocates, marketers, product developers, and talent scouts among many other roles for 12 weeks. If you are interested in joining the StartUp Health Fellows Program please see more about it he
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#GamifyAsthma Design Challenge
Calling all programmers and designers to help children with asthma! Health for America is hosting a hackathon on childhood asthma on July 20 in DC with $5,000 in prizes. Details and registration available here.
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HHSentrepreneurs Program Now Open
The HHSentrepreneurs Program connects innovators and entrepreneurs from outside federal government with internal innovators to work on projects that address some of the biggest challenges in health, healthcare, and human services. Now seeking applicants until August 16, get more info here!
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StartUp Health Insights
Top Digital Health Funding This Week
Startup |
Amount |
Investors |
Ayasdi |
$30.6M |
IVP, GE, Floodgate, Khosla, Citi |
BioScale |
$18.8M |
Undisclosed |
Kit Check |
$10.4M |
New Leaf, Sands, Easton, LionBird |
Comprehend Clinical |
$8.4M |
Sequoia, Aaron Levie, Nils Johnson, Zod Nazem, Zorba Lieberman, Life Science Angels |
Sensimed |
$8.4M |
Vertex |
Informed Medical Decisions |
$7.7M |
Undisclosed |
Breakthrough |
$5.0M |
Social+Capital, First Round, Great Oaks |
NextDocs |
$5.0M |
Undisclosed |
PathoQuest |
$4.9M |
IDInvest, Aurinvest, Kurma Life Sciences |
Caremerge |
$2.1M |
Grazyna Kulczyk |
See many more in StartUp Health Insights, the most comprehensive funding database tracking over $5 billion in digital health and health tech deals. |
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Upcoming Health Events & Challenges
#GamifyAsthma Design Challenge
July 20, 2013
Washington, DC
SMARTCAP – Accel
Deadline for submissions:
July 22, 2013
Blue Button Plus Developers Forum
July 22, 2013
New York, NY
LTC Senior Living LINK Conference
July 22–24, 2013
Chicago, IL
Future of Healthcare Communications Summit
July 24, 2013
New York, NY
Cost Of Care 2.0
July 24, 2013
New York, NY
mHealth + Telehealth World 2013
July 24-26, 2013
Boston, MA
Boston Children’s Hospital Innovation Awards
Deadline for submissions:
July 31, 2013
RWJF Hospital Price Transparency Challenge
Deadline for submissions:
August 4, 2013
Blue Button Co-Design Challenge
Deadline for submissions:
August 5, 2013
For even more, visit our listings of Events & Challenges.
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Apply to StartUp Health Academy Today! Now Reviewing Applications!
You can apply or update your application anytime. If you are a builder, a disrupter, a transformer, an innovator, a passionate entrepreneur building something that will improve people’s health and wellness, we want to meet you. Apply here today. Learn more about the Academy in our FAQs.
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Join the StartUp Health Network
Visit startuphealth.net and sign the Pledge to request free access to the StartUp Health Network. More than 8,000 innovators — including over 3,900 startups, 500 VCs, and hundreds of angels and potential customers — are already using the Network to connect.
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