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Articles from the Venture Capital Category
Digital health companies continue to drive improvements in U.S. healthcare
PE Hub | January 11, 2017
Category: Healthcare, Sector Specific, Venture Capital
Digital health is on a roll — and that’s the best sign that U.S. healthcare is changing for the better. The marriage of healthcare and digital technology improves patient outcomes, lowers costs and broadens consumers’ access to care.
From 0 to $1B – Slack’s Founder Shares Their Epic Launch Strategy
First Round | December 6, 2016
Category: General, Venture Capital
You’ve probably heard about Slack’s exponential growth. And you may have read how the internal-communication platform — now just two years old — is already used by more than 30,000 teams and valued at over $1 billion. But have you visited …
The Meeting That Showed Me the Truth about VC’s and How They Don’t Make Money
The Mission | August 5, 2016
Category: General, Venture Capital
I had a meeting with a well-known startup investor yesterday. The talk somehow pivoted from my seed-seeking startup into talking about the macro view of venture capital and how it doesn’t actually make sense. Or maybe it does make sense? …
Austin’s venture capital surged in 2015
Austin American Statesman | January 17, 2016
Category: Venture Capital
The flow of venture capital into Central Texas accelerated in 2015, a sign that investors are continuing to bet on new technology being developed in Austin.
Fee-For-Value Drives Trillion-Dollar Healthcare Opportunity
TechCrunch | January 9, 2016
Category: Healthcare, Sector Specific, Venture Capital
One of the main tenets of healthcare reform has been to better align payment/reimbursement schemes to incentivize healthcare providers for achieving improved outcomes and lower cost.
Ortho Kinematics Raises $4 Million in Debt Financing
Yahoo! Finance | January 5, 2016
Category: Healthcare, Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital
Ortho Kinematics‚ Inc. (OKI), a privately held healthcare diagnostics company focused on spine imaging informatics, announced today the close of $4 million in debt financing. This financing will be used to strengthen OKI’s cash position, expand US and OUS commercialization …
SwipeSense gets $9.6M for hand hygiene tracking system
mobihealthnews | June 11, 2015
Category: Healthcare, Portfolio Companies, Sector Specific, Venture Capital
Smart hand hygiene sensor-maker SwipeSense, based in Evanston, Illinois, has raised $9.6 million according to a new SEC filing. This brings the company’s total funding to $12.1 million. The company raised $1.7 million last May. Previous investors in the company …
Ortho Kinematics Raises $9.6 Million Series C Equity Financing
OrthoSpineNews | April 14, 2015
Category: Healthcare, Portfolio Companies, Venture Capital
Ortho Kinematics‚ Inc. (OKI), a privately held healthcare diagnostics company focused on spine imaging informatics, announced today the close of a $9.6 million Series C equity financing to expand commercialization of the VMA (Vertebral Motion Analysis), the company’s flagship product …
Here’s the Advice I Give All of Our First Time Founders
First Round | January 14, 2015
Category: General, Venture Capital
That moment when a CEO gives up their core competency to someone else so they can focus on running the company is the moment they become a great leader
Ante Up! Where I’d Place Healthcare Bets
The Doctor Weighs In | November 22, 2014
Category: Healthcare, Sector Specific, Venture Capital
Here are the five big trends that I believe offer the most opportunity for those smart enough (and lucky enough) to play them the right way.