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Investors Pay $4.2B for Digital Health Startups in 2019 First Half

Investments in digital health startups totaled $4.2 billion across 180 deals in the first half of 2019, putting the market on track to reach $8.4 billion this year.

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By Fred Donovan

- Investments in digital health startups totaled $4.2 billion across 180 deals in the first half of 2019, putting the market on track to reach $8.4 billion this year, according to the latest data from Rock Health.

The projected $8.4 billion would top the record-breaking $8.1 billion in digital health investments last year.

This compares with $1.1 billion in digital health investments in 2011, $1.5 billion in 2012, $2.1 billion in 2013, $4.1 billion in 2014, $4.7 billion in 2015, $4.6 billion in 2016, and $5.8 billion in 2017.