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Global venture capital funding in digital health sector, including private equity and corporate venture capital, touched a record high of $9.5 billion in 2018, up 32 per cent from the year-ago period, says a report.
According to global communications and research firm Mercom Capital Group, global venture capital (VC) funding in digital health sector touched $ 9.5 billion raised in 698 deals, higher than the previous record set in 2017 of $7.2 billion in 778 deals.
The total corporate funding for digital health companies — including debt and public market financing — reached $ 13 billion in 2018, a 58 per cent increase from the $ 8.2 billion raised in 2017.
“Venture capitalists’ love of digital health companies is evident, but Wall Street is not yet convinced as more than 60 per cent of publicly-traded digital health stocks traded below the S&P 500 in 2018,” commented Raj Prabhu, CEO and Co-Founder of Mercom Capital Group.
He further noted that though funding deals every year have significantly outpaced merger and acquisition (M&A) and initial public offer (IPO) activity, exits continue to be a big challenge for digital health companies.
According to the report, there were seven Indian digital health companies that received VC funding; and two were involved in M&A transactions in October-December quarter of 2018.
The highest funded categories in 2018 included data analytics with $ 2.1 billion, mHealth apps with $ 1.3 billion, telemedicine with $ 1.1 billion, mobile wireless technology companies with $ 847 million, clinical decision support with $ 714 million, and wearable sensors technology companies with $ 703 million.
On the M&A front, there were 223 transactions in 2018, compared to the 203 transactions in 2017.
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