Digital health startups raised $9.5 billion in 698 venture capital deals during 2018, a 32 percent increase from 2017’s record-breaking $7.2 billion in 778 deals. A total of 1,396 investors — including private equity and corporate venture capital firms — participated in these digital health deals, up from 1,288 investors in 2017.
Seven most active venture capital investors in digital health, ranked by number of deals they completed in 2018:
1. Khosla Ventures: 11
2. New Enterprise Associates: Eight
2. Oak HC/FT: Eight
4. BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners: Seven
4. BoxGroup: Seven
4. GV, formerly Google Ventures: Seven
4. Sequoia: Seven
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