AP News April 16, 2019
Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global communications and research firm, released its report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the Digital Health (Healthcare Information Technology) sector for the first quarter of 2019. Mercom’s report covers deals of all sizes from across the globe.
Venture capital (VC) funding, including private equity and corporate venture capital into Digital Health (Healthcare IT) companies in Q1 2019, came to $2 billion (B) in 149 deals versus $1.4B in 142 deals in Q4 2018. VC funding in Q1 2019 fell 19% versus in Q1 2018 when nearly $2.5B was raised in 187 deals.
Since 2010, Digital Health companies raised ~ $37B in VC funding.
Total corporate funding for...