Google Ventures Leads $130M Round For Medical Software Company Flatiron Health

Posted by brandonb on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @08:23PM
from the blogs.wsj.com dept.

http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/05/07/google-ventures-leads-130m-round-for-big-data-medical-software-company-flatiron-health/

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Re:Google Ventures Leads $130M Round For Medical Software Co... by dekhn on Thursday May 08, 2014 @10:08AM (#7715316)

This is a solid investment. I've been studing cancer informatics and health care for a long time, and there are some deeply imbedded inefficiencies in the area, which I suspect won't ever be addressed by the incumbents (companies like EPIC which sell EHR tech to hospitals, but actively make it hard to move data between health care providers).

i think it's interesting part of the investment will be used to acquire an EHR company. That's strategic.

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Re:Google Ventures Leads $130M Round For Medical Software Co... by hrq on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @11:23PM (#7713782)

Wow! How about that? Congrats guys - what a time to make a difference in cancer.

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Re:Google Ventures Leads $130M Round For Medical Software Co... by dopamean on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @10:51PM (#7713713)

Congrats to Zach and Nat. This is awesome.

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Re:Google Ventures Leads $130M Round For Medical Software Co... by lgas on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @11:19PM (#7713772)

Indeed. Congrats guys!

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