Healthcare IT funding totals $5.1B in 2016 — 5 things to know

Mercom Capital Group saw an uptick in venture capital funding in the healthcare IT marketplace last year, according to Yahoo! Finance.

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Here are five things to know:

1. In 2016, there were 622 deals in the market, totaling $5.1 billion in venture capital funding.

2. Comparatively, 574 deals raised $4.6 billion in venture capital funding in the healthcare IT market in 2015.

3. Healthcare IT corporate funding hit $5.6 billion last year, a 30 percent decrease from 2015.

4. The healthcare IT sector has received $18.5 billion in venture capital funding since 2010.

5. In 2016, 1,115 investors invested in healthcare IT, up from 923 investors in 2015.

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