Investors are Falling in Love with Femtech

Investors are Falling in Love with Femtech

February 11, 2020

Women’s health technology, known as Femtech, is one of the fastest growing and well-funded categories of digital health.  Femtech generally encompasses a range of digital health software and tech-enabled service providers that cater to the specific biological needs of women.  These needs span from general health and wellness to reproductive health, including fertility, pregnancy, and nursing care. …

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HGP Health IT January 2020 Insights

HGP Health IT January 2020 Insights

February 06, 2020

Ten years into the bull market, we operate in a heightened state of awareness for any indication of market weakness that may signal a downturn.  While debt levels are rising and GDP growth somewhat sluggish, the world of private equity, public equity, and M&A continues to be in full swing bull market mode.

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HGP Releases its January 2020 Semi-Annual Health IT Market Review

HGP Releases its January 2020 Semi-Annual Health IT Market Review

January 15, 2020

Healthcare Growth Partners is pleased to release our Semi-Annual Health IT Market Review.  Our semi-annual report summarizes M&A and private equity activity across health IT, health information services, and digital health. This edition of the report includes an overview of trends seen in 2019 including IPOs, regulatory tailwinds, prolific investor appetite, and a rich cross-section of acquirors.…

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HGP Health IT November Insights

HGP Health IT November Insights

December 05, 2019

We did a doubletake when we noticed all of the HGP healthcare indices climbed approximately 10% during the month of November.  Year-to-date, the S&P 500 is up over 25% and the HGP healthcare indices are all hovering in that range.  In the two month period since September, when talk of universal healthcare reached its peak in the recent election cycle, the HGP Payer Index climbed over 25%.  If it…

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HGP HIT October Insights

HGP HIT October Insights

November 06, 2019

During the month of October, Health IT continued its evolution into an amorphous market that is increasingly trending away from a specialized niche of healthcare and into a key component of larger sectors such as Enterprise Software, HR Administration, Insurance, Care Delivery, Suppliers, and BioPharma. The transaction trends are a testament to Health IT’s increasing integration into workflows across…

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HGP Advises Accumen in Acquisition of 3DR Laboratories

HGP Advises Accumen in Acquisition of 3DR Laboratories

October 23, 2019

Accumen Inc., the leader in healthcare performance, announced that it has acquired 3DR Laboratories, the largest and most respected 3D medical post-processing laboratory in the United States. Since it was founded in 2005, 3DR Laboratories has provided post-processing services to hundreds…

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HGP HIT September Insights

HGP HIT September Insights

October 02, 2019

The Health IT IPO streak continued during the month of September, with Peloton, an interactive fitness platform, completing its IPO on September 29, and SmileDirectClub, a network-based provider of orthodontic aligners, on September 12.  Also during the month, Progyny, a provider of fertility benefits management, filed for an initial public offering.  While the volume of listings has been strong,…

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HGP Health IT August Insights

HGP Health IT August Insights

September 04, 2019

HGP’s August Health IT Insights provides a summary of Health IT transactions, news, and public company performance during the month of August.  The wave of Health IT IPO’s during June and July were followed in August with a wave of high-profile private equity buyouts.  Clinical trial and life sciences technologies received particular attention, with significant investments in InCrowd,…

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