Digital Health IPOs Signal thaw, But new Success Metrics Apply

The digital health industry has had an eventful 2025 so far, with two buzzy IPOs foreshadowing a potential new season of growth. The success of digital health IPOs has provided a much-needed boost amid a post-pandemic downturn. Still, experts note that market conditions may prove challenging for digital health companies that are not able to identify and align with rapidly evolving trends and investor sentiment.The rise and fall of digital health venture funding in recent years offers insight into how much the digital health market has changed in a relatively short period of time. Funding reached a record-breaking high of $14.3 billion in 2020 before doubling to $29.2 billion in 2021, according to Rock Health data. But by 2023 and 2024, digital health funding had stagnated at about $10 billion.

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The digital health industry has no shortage of ideas for solving age-old healthcare problems. But today's public market is increasingly interested in sustainability.Meanwhile, despite not having achieved profitability yet, Omada Health raised $150 million in its IPO. The company also recently launched an AI agent to offer nutrition education, helping members identify challenges like emotional eating and make decisions about nutrition, including GLP-1 use, which, according to Zweig, is gaining traction amid the anti-obesity medication boom.

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