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Women’s digital health startups reap record VC funding on COVID surge By Jacqueline Davalos Bloomberg,Updated April 19, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend Funding for women-focused digital-health startups rose 105 percent last year, according to Rock Health, a San Francisco-based seed and early-stage venture fund. Once considered too niche or risky by the venture capital community, women’s health startups have seen a surge in investments as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed more services online. Funding for women-focused digital-health startups rose 105 percent last year to $418 million and was spread across 22 companies, nearly twice the number from a year earlier, according to Rock Health, a San Francisco-based seed and early-stage venture fund. The firm tracks deals of $2 million or more among US-based digital-health companies. It counts 55 companies in the “femtech” category, which includes those that tackle issues such as reproductive health, maternal care, a

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