Digital health investment accelerated—$6.7B in 2014 with 258 companies raising >$2M—driven by reform, aging, and mainstreaming of tech (p.2). IAF-relevant value drivers include access for underserved populations, data use, regulatory fluency, and payer/provider partnerships; key constraint is pricing models affordable to LMI consumers (p.2). Underserved communities face persistent access and digital-literacy barriers; opportunities span EMR-enabled coordination, telehealth, adherence tools, and community resource navigation (pp.3–5). Investor participation broadened across tech, healthcare and corporate VCs, with serial backers increasing (pp.7–9). Impact arises where commercial success tracks improved access/adherence for LMI patients (pp.3–5).
Some Identified Companies
- SIRUM – tech platform routing unused medicines to patients in need (p.4)
- Healthify – tools connecting patients to social/health resources (p.4).
- 1DocWay – telepsychiatry linking rural patients to clinicians (p.4).
Notable Investors
- Khosla Ventures – among most active in digital health (pp.7–8)
- Google Ventures – corporate VC with multiple health tech deals (p.9).
- Kaiser Permanente Ventures – strategic healthcare investor (p.9).