2018 Funding Part 2: Seven more takeaways from digital health’s $8.1B year | Rock Health | We're powering the future of healthcare. Rock Health is a seed and early-stage venture fund that supports startups building the next generation of technologies transforming healthcare.

2018 Funding Part 2: Seven more takeaways from digital health’s $8.1B year | Rock Health | We're powering the future of healthcare. Rock Health is a seed and early-stage venture fund that supports startups building the next generation of technologies transforming healthcare.

Digital health funding, by the numbers

BARS SIGNIFY THE NUMBER OF DIGITAL HEALTH FUNDING DEALS IN EACH METRO REGION IN 2018. DARKER SHADES OF GREEN REPRESENT MORE VENTURE MONEY RAISED. (ROCK HEALTH)

California is swarming with digital health startups — and collectively they raised more than $3.5 billion in venture funding last year, spread across 140 deals. That's according to a new analysis from the digital health venture firm Rock Health. When you compare America's metro areas, investors poured by far the most money into companies in the Bay Area. But the Seattle metro area is also building up a cluster; startups there raised nearly $129 million last year, spread across seven deals.