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3 Firms Level the Playing Field in Health Equity Investing
A new AHA Center for Health Innovation report, “Leveling the Playing Field in Health Equity Investing,” explores the challenges these entrepreneurs face, how some venture capital (VC) funds are expanding opportunities for underrepresented startups and how the field can benefit.
Verizon Accelerator Program Targets 7 Startups Addressing Health Equity
Seven organizations recently completed the third cohort of Verizon’s Forward for Good Accelerator, which is focused on scaling solutions that address barriers to health access and high-quality care.
3 Takeaways from General Catalyst’s Health Transformation Spinoff
General Catalyst (GC) is spinning off Health Assurance Transformation Corp. (HATCo) to be led by former Intermountain Health CEO Marc Harrison, M.D. General Catalyst will look to acquire a health system within HATCo’s first year as a national blueprint to transform the field and to put the system on a platform where digital systems can scale across the enterprise without operating in silos.
4 Key Predictions for Health Care in 2023 and How to Respond
In 2023, provider organizations can expect significant evolutionary changes in how to optimize patient engagement, the ever-expanding role that retail clinics will play in care delivery and some upheaval in venture capital funding for health care startups.
Why General Catalyst Is Doubling Down on Health Care Investments
Roughly a year after General Catalyst closed its first $600 million health care fund, the firm last month launched its $670 million Health Assurance Fund II, focusing on health system partnerships. Meanwhile, General Catalyst continues to build its bench of investors, expert advisers and health system partners.
Primary Care Startup Cityblock Health Wins Over Investors
There is still a quarter to go, but 2021 already has been a year of explosive growth for Cityblock Health. The primary care startup that targets Medicaid and low-income Medicare populations has raised roughly $900 in funding since last December and is now valued at $5.7 billion.
AHA, Others Back First Venture Fund to Invest in Black-Owned Health Care Firms
Jumpstart Health Investors announced Jumpstart Nova, a $55 million highly anticipated fund that will invest exclusively in Black-founded and -led health care companies across health information technology, digital health, tech-enabled services, diagnostic devices, biotech, medical device manufacturing and consumer health and wellness sectors.
Applying Equity to Funding Health Care Startups
Fund managers now target companies addressing health equity with solutions aimed at increasing access and improving outcomes for historically underserved and marginalized communities. Some are assessing the diversity of fund managers and allocating a percentage of funds to companies owned by Blacks, Hispanics, Asians and women committed to advancing health equity.
AHA Makes Second Round of Investments in Health-Equity Startup Funds
AHA recently provided a second round of funding for startups led by women and people from racial and ethnic minorities. The AHA selected the funds because they finance historically marginalized entrepreneurs who have limited access to the capital needed to develop innovative health care solutions.
Hospitals Increasingly Look to Venture Capital to Supplement R&D
With ever-increasing frequency, academic and nonprofit health systems are opting to take part in externally run venture capital funds to test new technologies from outside startups over developing homegrown intellectual property.