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A healthcare prediction we got wrong for 2022

Let’s review: At the end of 2021, the Insider Intelligence digital health team drew up a list of five trends and predictions for the coming new year. Below, we revisit the predictions that didn’t pan out as we anticipated.

The trend [we expected]: Digital health funding will hit new highs. We saw massive amounts of venture capital funding pouring into digital health companies in the first three quarters of 2021. In just nine months, $21.3 billion went to startups across the digital health spectrum, per Rock Health. The year ended with a record $29.1 billion spent on 729 deals.

But the rose-colored glasses came off: Almost immediately, 2022 was a different story.

Economic uncertainty arrived on a global scale with supply chain issues, energy shortages, equity market volatility, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Investors hate uncertainty—and there was plenty of that to go around. The effects were immediate for the digital health community.

  • Digital health funding in Q1 2022 reached $6 billion, marking a 17.8% drop from Q4 2021’s $7.3 billion.
  • By the end of Q2 2022, it was plain that the tide had turned for digital health investors. Just $4.2 billion went to funding deals, per Rock Health.
  • By the end of Q3, venture capital funding for startups fell 48%, quarter over quarter, to just $2.2 billion.
  • The books haven’t closed on Q4 yet, but the macroeconomic situation hasn’t improved this late into 2022. Funding is back to pre-pandemic levels, no doubt about it.

Our prediction: More money + more choices = more consolidation. We got the trend wrong, but our prediction wasn’t completely off the mark.

Initial public offerings (IPOs) via special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) ground to a halt, but that created opportunities for growth through mergers and acquisitions—particularly for disruptors.

This article originally appeared in Insider Intelligence's Digital Health Briefing—a daily recap of top stories reshaping the healthcare industry. Subscribe to have more hard-hitting takeaways delivered to your inbox daily.