In the second quarter of 2012, health IT companies raised $268 million for 29 deals, a 33% increase in capital raised and a 45% increase in deals compared to the second quarter of 2011, according to the latest figures from Dow Jones VentureSource.
Not only did health IT buck the trend in the total venture capital investments market during this period--U.S.-based companies raised $8.1 billion through 863 venture capital deals during the second quarter of 2012, a 9% decline in capital and 3% decline in deals compared to the same period in 2011--but health IT garnered more investments than all other subsectors in the healthcare industry.
