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It’s been a busy last 24 hours for Rock Health — and last three years for that matter. Today, the San Francisco-based accelerator for digital health startups held its fifth Demo Day at UCSF’s Genentech Hall. Pitching their ideas to a crowded room full of investors and entrepreneurs, the ten companies in Rock Health’s latest collectively offered a vivid cross-section of the pain points and opportunities within our evolving (and beleaguered) healthcare system. From CancerIQ, which is harnessing Big Data to offer more personalized care to cancer patients, and Lift Labs’ stabilization tools for those suffering from motion disorders — like Parkinson’s — to Spire, which offers a wearable monitor aimed at reducing stress, Rock Health’s fifth class is a represent of many of the broader, prevailing trends in healthcare. Big Data solutions, data analytics and security, wearable technology (like Augmedix’s Google Glass interface for doctors), cost and risk management, smart mobile interfaces and hardware were all on hand — and topics that received plenty of airtime during the course of the day. The roster of investors on hand and the fact that many of the startup’s founders have come to Rock Health from more traditional companies and verticals within the tech industry, are further proof of the growing interest in digital health and healthcare. With the arrival of Obamacare this fall, the FDA releasing its final guidance on mobile health applications this week and the changes to regulations and compliance (as illustrated by AWS), the landscape is evolving fast. Access to technologies and infrastructure that has previously eluded HealthTech entrepreneurs is on the rise. Rock Health itself is a testament to how much the space has changed already. It’s hard to believe that the accelerator is already launching its fifth batch and is already three-years-old. Since launching in 2010, Rock Health has become one of the largest health-centric business accelerators out there and has secured corporate partnerships with G.E. and Qualcomm, medical partnerships with Kaiser and the Mayo Clinic and venture backing from Kleiner Perkins, NEA and many others. These strategic relationships have enabled the accelerator to offer its startups valuable guidance and business development opportunities (and beta testers) and significantly increase the amount of seed capital it offers to founding teams. What’s more, one of the primary functions of a business incubator (especially in this space) is to not only connect its startups with potential strategic partners, but
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Rock Health Debuts Its Fifth Digital Health Class, Partners With AngelList To Let Investors Fund All 10 Startups Online
It’s been a busy last 24 hours for Rock Health — and last three years for that matter. Today, the San Francisco-based accelerator for digital health startups held its fifth Demo Day at UCSF’s Genentech Hall. Pitching their ideas to a crowded room full of investors and entrepreneurs, the ten companies in Rock Health’s latest collectively offered a vivid cross-section of the pain points and opportunities within our evolving (and beleaguered) healthcare system. From CancerIQ, which is harnessing Big Data to offer more personalized care to cancer patients, and Lift Labs’ stabilization tools for those suffering from motion disorders — like Parkinson’s — to Spire, which offers a wearable monitor aimed at reducing stress, Rock Health’s fifth class is a represent of many of the broader, prevailing trends in healthcare. Big Data solutions, data analytics and security, wearable technology (like Augmedix’s Google Glass interface for doctors), cost and risk management, smart mobile interfaces and hardware were all on hand — and topics that received plenty of airtime during the course of the day. The roster of investors on hand and the fact that many of the startup’s founders have come to Rock Health from more traditional companies and verticals within the tech industry, are further proof of the growing interest in digital health and healthcare. With the arrival of Obamacare this fall, the FDA releasing its final guidance on mobile health applications this week and the changes to regulations and compliance (as illustrated by AWS), the landscape is evolving fast. Access to technologies and infrastructure that has previously eluded HealthTech entrepreneurs is on the rise. Rock Health itself is a testament to how much the space has changed already. It’s hard to believe that the accelerator is already launching its fifth batch and is already three-years-old. Since launching in 2010, Rock Health has become one of the largest health-centric business accelerators out there and has secured corporate partnerships with G.E. and Qualcomm, medical partnerships with Kaiser and the Mayo Clinic and venture backing from Kleiner Perkins, NEA and many others. These strategic relationships have enabled the accelerator to offer its startups valuable guidance and business development opportunities (and beta testers) and significantly increase the amount of seed capital it offers to founding teams. What’s more, one of the primary functions of a business incubator (especially in this space) is to not only connect its startups with potential strategic partners, butOriginal Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/YrtZE_BBHbA/
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