StartUp Health April 9, 2022
StartUp Health tracked $9.3B in health innovation funding in the first quarter of 2022, putting it even with 2021’s record-breaking pace. While we believe the flat year-over-year funding indicates a strong market, we may be seeing a slowdown in the funding growth curve due to macro trends like a sustained war in Ukraine, supply chain disruptions, and rocky public markets.
When you look back at the last 10+ years of global health innovation funding, it’s easy to get excited. After years and years of predicting the promise of digital health tools like telemedicine and remote patient monitoring, the last two years have turned the vision into a reality. Due to a range of market forces, like a COVID-enduced...