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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.
AHA Innovation Dialogue Explores Efforts to Improve Women’s Health, Equity
In a new AHA Innovation Dialogue, AHA Maternal and Child Health Council Chair Lara Khouri, executive vice president and chief strategy and transformation officer at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, talks with SteelSky Ventures Founding Partner Maria Velissaris about where the fund, which invests in early-stage startups focused on improving women’s health outcomes, is headed.
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.
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.
Three Takeaways from the J.P. Morgan Health Care Conference
At last week’s J.P. Morgan Health Care Conference, the investment banking giant’s health care arm Morgan Health made some of the biggest news amid developments from health care startups, providers, tech developers, biotech and pharma firms.