Health2.0 Q1 Report Forecasts Surge in Internet Healthcare IPOs in 2015

Health2.0, a research institute focused on the health technology sector, recently analyzed the industry’s performance and emerging investment and financing trends in early 2015. Below is Health2.0’s Q1 2015 report, compiled and translated by VCBeat. The report primarily highlights the direction of industry funding, identifies the fastest-growing product segments, and showcases emerging companies.

VCBeat summarizes the key points of this report as follows: Changes in consumer behavior will become a significant driver; health services are becoming increasingly retail-oriented; sensors and shared data platforms are making new health technologies more accessible; investment enthusiasm in the internet healthcare sector, which surged in 2015, is expected to continue; and more internet healthcare companies are anticipated to go public with IPOs in 2015.