1Issue4StartUpHealthMagazine12019Q3StartUpHealthInsights™Ayear-to-datereportonhealthinnovationandthehealthmoonshotstransformingtheworld.ABOUTSTARTUPHEALTHINSIGHTS™StartUpHealthcollectsandsharesmarketinsightsbecausethesedatapointstellacriticalpartofthehealthinnovationstory.Morethansimplychroniclingtheflowofmoney,thisreportprovidesaglimpseintotheoverallprogressofourhealthmoon-shots.Thestorybeneaththetop-linefiguresopensupnewchallengesaswellasoppor-tunities.Healthmoonshotsrequireradicalcollaboration,soweencourageyoutodigintothisreportandthenbringyourownin-sightstothetableathq.startuphealth.com.ReportAuthorsNicoleClark|PolinaHaninContributorsAnneDordai|JenniferHankinNicoleKinsey|TaraSalamoneDesignLoganPlaster---©2019StartUpHealthHoldings,Inc.StartUpHealthandHealthTransformerandassociatedlogosareregisteredtrademarksofStartUpHealthLLC.ABOUTSTARTUPHEALTHStartUpHealthisona30-yearmissiontocollaboratewithentrepreneurstoimprovethehealthandwellbeingofeveryoneintheworld.Since2011,StartUpHealthhasbeeninvestinginaglobalarmyofentrepreneurstoachievehealthmoonshotsandhastheworld’slargesthealthinnovationportfoliowith300companiesacrosssixcontinentsand24countries.---Jointhemovementatstartuphealth.comSignuptoreceiveweeklyfundinginsightsatstartuphealth.com/insider®2StartUpHealthInsightsSTARTUPHEALTHINSIGHTSOverviewHealthInnovationFundingHighlightsKEYMARKETSSEESPIKESINFUNDINGInthefirstthreequartersof2019,healthinnovationcompaniesraised$10.4B.Asistypicalofthistimeofyear,thethirdquartersawamodestdipinfunding.Infact,insevenofthepastnineyears,thethirdquarterwaseitherflatordownfromitsprecedingquarter.Butthisquarterofferedmultiplebrightspotsandexceptions.Thisquarter,fundinginsupportofpopulationhealthsawajumpof200%,thehighestofanyfunctionwetrack,bringinginover$720MinQ3and$1.2Bfortheyear.TheWomen’sHealthandAccesstoCareMoonshotscontinuetoenjoyasteadysurgeofcapitalfortheyear–$4.5BYTDforAccesstoCareand$295MYTDforWomen’sHealth–alongwithupticksindealvolume.Thiscomesdespiteapoliticallycharge...