Ipad Toting OoGqirha Spur Venture Funding In Medical Apps

Oongxowankulu abazama ukufumana inzuzo kwizinto ezintsha kukhathalelo lwempilo baguqukela kwiziqalo ezenza izicelo ze-smartphone kunye nethebhulethi koogqirha nezibhedlele.

Kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, izigulane ziya kumangaliswa kukubona oogqirha babo bekhupha i- I-Apple Inc. (AAPL)iPhone ukujonga iswekile yegazi, okanye iziphumo ze-cardiogram. Ngoku bafumanisa ukuba izenzo ezinjalo ziqhelekile njengotyalo-mali kwiintlobo zeenkampani ezenza ulwazi lwezempilo luphakame ngeepesenti ezingama-78 ngo-2011 ukuya kuma-766 ezigidi zeedola. IQualcomm Inc. (QCOM) sele iqalile ingxowa-mali ye-100 yezigidi zeedola, i-Insight Venture Partners ibeka i-$ 40 yezigidi kwi-startup kwaye u-Oprah Winfrey uyangena, kunye nenkampani yakhe ityala imali kwiwebhusayithi enceda oogqirha kunye nezigulane basebenzisane.

“Sikwinguqu yolwandle,” utshilo uDavid Jahns, iqabane elilawulayo leGalen Partners LP, eStamford, kwi-Connecticut-based based equity firm etyale imali kwinkampani ebizwa ngokuba yiSharecare.

Ukufuna usetyenziso oluvumela ogqirha kunye nabongikazi ukuba babone iziphumo zovavanyo ngokukhawuleza kwaye babeke iliso kwiimpawu ezibalulekileyo ukude, kudityaniswe notyhalo oluvela kurhulumente kunye nee-inshurensi ukuba baqokelele idatha engcono yokuqulatha iindleko ezinyukayo zonyango, inyusa umdla wabatyali-zimali kuluhlu lwetekhnoloji yolwazi lwezempilo, utshilo uJahns. .

“Ngenene kufuneka siphucule iindleko zethu,” utshilo. "Eyona nto ingcono ilizwe lethu elinokuyenza kukutyalomali kwitekhnoloji efumana iziphumo ezingcono ngeenkqubo ezimbalwa."

UTimothy Kreth, ugqirha wentliziyo kwiZiko lezoNyango leTriStar Summit eHermitage, eTennessee, usebenzisa isicelo esivela Iitekhnoloji zeAirStrip oko kumvumela ukuba ajonge ii-electrocardiograms zegumbi likaxakeka kwi-iPhone yakhe.

Iluncedo ngakumbi

“Iluncedo ngakumbi kumguli,” watsho uKreth kudliwano-ndlebe ngomnxeba. Ndiyakwazi ukuyijonga kwaye ndibone ezinye zezinto ezifihlakeleyo ugqirha wegumbi likaxakeka mhlawumbi akakwazi. Isinika ithuba lokwenza uxilongo ngokukhawuleza. ”

UKreth kunye nabanye abahlanu oogqirha bentliziyo basebenzise itekhnoloji ye-AirStrip kangangeeveki ezintandathu kwisibhedlele sakhe, esiyinxalenye I-HCA Holdings Inc. (HCA) Ngaphambili, oogqirha begumbi likaxakeka bathumela ngefeksi oogqirha bentliziyo ii-EKGs, utshilo uKreth.

I-AirStrip, eseSan Antonio, eTexas, yayiyi-investment yokuqala esuka kwi-100 yezigidi zeedola ze-Qualcomm Life Fund eyenziwe ngoDisemba. I-Qualcomm Life ayibhengezi ukuba ityale malini, nangona ihlala ibeka phantsi i-2 yezigidi zeedola ukuya kwi-5 yezigidi zeedola, utshilo uJack Young, olawula le ngxowa-mali.

Ukusuka uhambe

URichard Wells, umlawuli olawulayo kwi-Insight Venture, uchaza imarike ekhulayo njenge-software njengenkonzo - iteknoloji yokucwangcisa oogqirha, idatha yokuhlola isigulane kwizibhedlele kunye nezixhobo zempilo ye-intanethi yezicwangciso zempilo yenkampani.

“Ngandlel’ ithile kufana nokukhutshelwa ngaphandle,” utshilo u-Wells kudliwano-ndlebe ngomnxeba. “Aniyifuni i-IT bafo, niyenzele nina.”

I-Qualcomm yayityale imali kwezempilo ngaphambili nge-500 yezigidi zeedola ze-Qualcomm Ventures exhasa uluhlu olubanzi loqalo lwetekhnoloji. Ngoku iSan Diego-based wireless communications- izixhobo zenkampani ithengisa iqonga lecomputing elinokudibanisa izixhobo zonyango kunye nokusetyenziswa kwi-Intanethi, i-specialty Young ithe iya kuba luncedo xa i-Airstrip ingena kukhathalelo lwasekhaya kwizigulana ezikhutshiweyo esibhedlele.

“Siza kuqhubeka nokubona olu hlobo lotyalo-mali,” utshilo. "I-ecosystem ihamba kancinci kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo iyahamba."

Ukuhamba kwemali

Utyalo-mali kubuchwepheshe bolwazi lwezempilo luphindeke kabini ukusukela ngo-2006, kwaye lwenyuka ngeepesenti ezingama-78 ngo-2011 ukusuka ngo-2010, ngokutsho Umbutho weSizwe weNkunzi yeVenture. Inkxaso-mali ifikelele kwi-184 yezigidi zeedola kwii-27 kwikota yokuqala yalo nyaka, ngokutsho kwe-Mercom Capital Group, umcebisi wase-Austin, eTexas kwiinkampani zonyango.

Utyalo-mali lweshishini le-2 yezigidi zeedola okanye ngaphezulu kwisivumelwano ngasinye sinyuke malunga neepesenti ezingama-30 kulo nyaka, uninzi lwabaqalayo lufumana umyinge we-11.8 yezigidi zeedola, utshilo uHalle Tecco, igosa elilawulayo le-Rock Health, i-accelerator yembewu yokuqalwa kwetekhnoloji yezempilo.

Njengoko ulwazi lwetekhnoloji luvuna izibonelelo, utyalo-mali kubenzi bezixhobo zonyango lwemveli, nangona luselukhulu kunotyalo-mali lwe-app yezonyango, luthe ngxi lwaya kutsho kwi-2.8 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngo-2011, ukusuka kwi-2.9 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngo-2006. Izixhobo, ngokungafaniyo noninzi lweteknoloji yolwazi, ziphantsi kolawulo. uphononongo apho iinkampani kufuneka zibonise ukuba a imveliso ikhuselekile kwaye iyasebenza ngaphambi kokuba intengiso iqale.

Ixesha lokuphononongwa koLawulo lokuTya kunye neDrugs liye laqikelelwa kakhulu kubatyali-mali bokuqala, uThomas Gunderson, umhlalutyi ophezulu waseMinneapolis-based Piper Jaffray & Co., uthe kudliwano-ndlebe lomnxeba.

Uvuselelo lwezoQoqosho

“Ukuba bafanele ukwenza utyalo-mali kwaye bacinga ukuba kuyakuthatha iminyaka emithandathu ukufumana imbuyekezo kutyalo-mali lwabo, yinto enye leyo,” utshilo. Ukuba yiminyaka esixhenxe, esibhozo okanye eli-12, loo nto ayinakuqikelelwa kwaye bayabuya umva.”

I-FDA i kuqwalaselwa imigangatho engqongqo yezonyango usetyenziso oluxilonga ngokuthe ngqo okanye olunyanga iimeko. I-arhente ikhuphe izikhokelo eziqulunqiweyo ngoJulayi ezithi ezinye ii-apps eziphathwayo zibeka umngcipheko onokubakho kwaye kunokufuneka zihlangabezane nemigangatho yomgangatho wezixhobo zonyango ngaphambi kokuba zithengiswe ukuze zisetyenziswe ngee-smartphones kunye neetafile.

Okwangoku, abanini beinshorensi basamkela ukwanda kobugcisa obutsha obunceda izibhedlele noogqirha bagcine iingxelo ezingcono okanye basebenzise iindlela zabo ngeendleko eziphantsi.

Olu tshintsho luncediswa ziinzame zikarhulumente zokuxhobisa oogqirha ngolwazi oluninzi kunye nokulungelelanisa ukukhathalela ukunciphisa impilo iindleko, utshilo uJahns.

Iphakheji yokuvuselela uqoqosho lwase-US ngo-2009 yabeka inkuthazo kubaboneleli bezempilo ukuba bathathe iirekhodi ze-elektroniki, kwaye uMongameli uBarack Obama we-2010 inkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo ephuculweyo yatyhala ababoneleli ukuba banciphise iindleko kunye nokuphucula iinkonzo.

"Nabani na onokugcina imali uya phambili emgceni" kutyalo-mali, utshilo uGunderson.

Inkxaso ka-Oprah

I-Galen Partners iholele i-14 yezigidi zeedola zotyalo-mali kwi-WebMD umsunguli weprojekthi entsha kaJeff Arnold, i-Atlanta-based Sharecare. Inkampani yaqala ngo-2010 ngokubambisana noGqr. Mehmet Oz wodumo luka-Oprah Winfrey - uWinfrey's Harpo Studios naye ungumxhasi.

I-Sharecare yakha ichiza elikhangelekayo, i-database yezongezelelo kunye nempilo kwaye ibonelela ngezixhobo ze-intanethi zoogqirha ukudibanisa nezigulana ezinokubakho. Kwicala labathengi, iwebhusayithi yenkampani ibonelela ngamawaka eempendulo kwimibuzo yezempilo ngoochwephesha abavela ezibhedlele, imibutho yabanikezeli benkathalo kunye neenkampani ezifana Imbuyekezo Pfizer Inc. (PFE), elona shishini likhulu ehlabathini, kunye nekhemesti IWalgreen Co. (WAG)

Ukufika kwewebhusayithi iphepha libandakanya ibha apho abasebenzisi banokungena kuyo nayiphi na impilo Umbuzo abawubuzayo ngezinye izinto ezicofayo ezinje ngo "Ngaba ndingatshisa iikhalori ezongezelelweyo ndisitya isisele?"

“Kuthi, sifuna ukufikelela kwinqanaba kwaye sibe ngumnyango wangaphambili wezempilo kwi-Intanethi,” utshilo u-Arnold kudliwanondlebe ngomnxeba. “Ngokusisiseko, ukuba ukhathalelo lwempilo indlela uFacebook ayiyo kwindlela abantu abakhetha ngayo indlela yokuphila.”

Umda wedijithali

Iqela lezempilo le-United Health Inc. (UNH), inkulu US i-inshurensi yezempilo ngobulungu, abasebenzi bayo basebenzise i-Sharecare kwiveki ye-12 "Hambisa kwaye uyilahlekele," uTyler Mason, umkhulumeli weMinnetonka, inkampani yaseMinnesota, uthe kwi-imeyile.

U-Arnold ufuna ukuvula i-Sharecare ukuya kwabanye oosomashishini ukunika izigulane ukufikelela kwiirekhodi zonyango ze-elektroniki, ukuvumela abantu ukuba bacwangcise ukuqeshwa koogqirha kunye nokubonelela ngekhaya ledatha evela kwii-apps ezisebenza njengezixhobo zendabuko, ezifana neenkqubo zokulawula iswekile yegazi.

Wells of Insight Venture uthe umnqweno wokwenziwa kwedijithali ukulawula impilo iindleko ziya kuqhubeka ukuvusa inzala yemali yeshishini. I-Insight ngo-Matshi ityale i-40 yezigidi zeedola kwi-Kinnser Software, enika ababoneleli bezempilo ekhaya ukufikelela kwiirekhodi zesigulane kunye nokukwazi ukufaka idatha ngedijithali kwisayithi okanye ukusebenzisa i-app kwithebhulethi.

“Oku kuqhubeka ixeshana,” utshilo uWells.

Ukuqhagamshelana nentatheli kweli bali: Anna Edney e Washington e aedney@bloomberg.net

Ukuqhagamshelana nomhleli ojongene nalo bali: Reg Gale rgale5@bloomberg.net

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