Bambi Francisco Roizen

2 days ago | vator.tv | Bambi Francisco Roizen |Steven Loeb

During the pandemic there were many companies in the mental health space that made a heap of money, including Lyra Health, which helps companies improve access to effective mental health care for their employees. That included a $75 million in March 2020; $110 million in August 2020; $187 million in January 2021; and $200 million in June 2021.

6 days ago | vator.tv | Bambi Francisco Roizen |Steven Loeb

The 2024 election might be seen as a turning point for Silicon Valley, as leaders swung to the right this past election, with Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and, most notably, Elon Musk became vocal Trump supporters, with Musk taking an active role in his administration with his DOGE agency. Alongside that shift, there was also something of a Christian revival happening as well, led by tech leaders like Peter Thiel, Garry Tan, and Trae Stephens.

1 week ago | vator.tv | Bambi Francisco Roizen |Steven Loeb

While patients are taking a larger and larger part of their health into their own hands, thanks to wearables and at-home devices, but that is not the case  for one key area: appointment scheduling. Despite being able to make their own appointments via an online portal, only 2.4% actually taking advantage of this, while about 88% of appointments are still scheduled via the phone.

2 weeks ago | vator.tv | Bambi Francisco Roizen |Steven Loeb

Abridge is company that uses AI to help patients better understand the details of the appointments, while also making it easier for doctors to review and understand what’s happening with their patients. Its generative AI solution records and highlights the most important part of doctor appointments for patients, while also automatically creating a draft note of the conversation in the standardized format for doctors to review.

2 weeks ago | vator.tv | Bambi Francisco Roizen |Steven Loeb

A lot has changed in digital health since the highs of the pandemic, as the amount of funding, and the number of deals, has dropped from the year prior since 2021. In a few years it has gone from over $29 billion being poured in to around $10 billion by 2024. However, there was some good news in Q1 of this year, as investments more than doubled from the prior quarter, as the digital health space saw $3 billion in funding across 122 deals, according to data from Rock Health.