Within eHealth, investors are interested in cost transparency
17/09/2013
Diego Gutiérrez
Within eHealth, investors are interested in cost transparency

En USA el acceso a la sanidad puede llegar a millones de nuevos consumidores con la aprobación de la ley «Affordable Care» el próximo año. Los inversores han apostado por «start-ups» que  ofrecen transparencia en los costes sanitarios, cruciales para mejorar la eficiencia de los pacientes, los proveedores, los hospitales y compañías de seguros.

 

400$M for 49 financing operations

Según CBinsights, desde el año 2010 los Venture capital han invertido más de 400$M en 49 transacciones. La mayoría de las operaciones han ido a empresas en etapa madura o «Later-stage» como puede ser el caso de Castlight Health which has raised 160$M among different investors, among them U.S. Venture Partners and Venrock«Castlight está revolucionando la transparencia de costes en el sector. Ofrece un aplataforma con toda la información sobre los medicamentos, sus costes, beneficios y alternativas.» comenta Diego Gutierrez experto en Finanzas corporativas en ABRA INVEST.

Another relevant case is the health insurance comparator Gohealth, which raised 50$M of Norwest Venture Partners in 2012.

47% of operations in seed investments

Although the volume of investment is geared towards later stage companies, the number of deals is mainly concentrated in seed stage startups. In 2012, 47% of deals were seed or angel stage with funds such as Rock Health, 500 Startups and StartUp Health. 2013 saw a continuation of this trend, with 67% of deals in A or seed stage such as Maxwell Health Lerer Ventures-backed) and PokitDok, backed by New Atlantic Ventures and Rogers Venture Partners.

Promocionesfarma, a Spanish case in the sector

PromocionesFarma es una web de ofertas online donde ofrece a sus clientes importantes descuentos en productos de salud y belleza que se recogen en la farmacia local más conveniente sin gastos de envío. «De momento se está dedicando a productos de parafarmacia, pero si la legislación cambia a su favor podríamos ver en el futuro vendiendo medicamentos» comenta Diego Gutierrez.

At the beginning of 2013 it received a second round of funding for a value of 1.5 million Euros, bringing its total investment to 3 million Euros in the last year and a half. This second round was led by Kibo Ventures, and complemented by VitaminaK and investors who were already part of the company.

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