Perspectives
Alyssa Jaffee shares her perspective with WSJ on Why Telehealth Startups Seek to Sustain Momentum Following Giant Year in 2020
From WSJ by Brian Gormley
Venture-capital investment in telehealth soared last year as startups grew to meet pandemic-driven demand. Now the industry aims to sustain its momentum in 2021. Globally, telehealth startups gathered $10.22 billion through Dec. 20, an increase of more than 70% from the $5.95 billion raised in all of 2019, according to market-intelligence firm CB Insights. Investment in telehealth was smaller than in biotechnology, where startups globally had raised $38.88 billion as of Dec. 22, according to CB Insights. Read more here.