Newswire October 21, 2025
Investor sentiment is cooling sharply across once-hot digital health sectors.
LAS VEGAS, October 21, 2025 (Newswire.com) – According to a new Black Book Research pre-HLTH25 survey of 77 institutional and strategic investors controlling $22 billion in deployable capital, the digital health market is entering a correction phase as capital shifts from consumer-facing apps and devices to AI-driven operational platforms with measurable ROI.
Capital Rotation Accelerates
The survey reveals an unmistakable rotation:
69% of investors are reducing or exiting hardware-dependent or consumer-facing models.
72% cite time-to-ROI under 12 months as the dominant investment filter.
63% plan to boost allocations to automation and workflow-embedded AI technologies by mid-2026.
Funding for device-centric vendors dropped nearly 40% year-over-year, the sharpest...
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