Founders, angel investors are digital health startups' top funders

Katie Adams -

Digital health startups garner most of their funds from their founders, angel investors, friends and families, according to a Deloitte report.

Deloitte analyzed a database of 1,000 digital health startups that applied to participate in its accelerator program's 2021 innovation competition to determine which types of investors were contributing most to the field's growth.

Below is the number of startups that said they were funded by each investor type. The startups were asked to select all categories that applied.

  • Founders: 664

  • Angel or angel group: 467

  • Friends and family: 447

  • Venture capital: 361

  • Accelerator or incubator: 303

  • Government: 228

  • Institutional or impact investors: 218

  • Family office: 164

  • Corporate venture capital: 92

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