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A top healthcare VC ponders whether there will be another value-based care home run

Why “Power Law” venture math is more challenging for value-based care, versus fee-for-service, and whether AI will make a difference

Christina Farr, +1
Sep 16, 2025
A top healthcare VC ponders whether there will be another value-based care home run

Health-tech CEOs reveal their storytelling secrets

For my book, The Storyteller’s Advantage, I interviewed dozens of CEOs about how they developed effective narratives - and what you can learn from them

Christina Farr
Sep 13, 2025
Health-tech CEOs reveal their storytelling secrets

Employers, Payers, and Pharma Face a Post–Labor Day Reckoning

"Tectonic Shifts" are happening as inflation, drug pricing battles, and cash-pay healthcare are colliding to redefine the industry’s next era.

Christina Farr
Sep 9, 2025
Employers, Payers, and Pharma Face a Post–Labor Day Reckoning

Epic’s AI Bet, AMA’s New Guardrails, and athenahealth Leans into Interop

Plus fresh funding rounds and 4 Questions with Commons Clinic’s SVP of Care Services & Strategy.

Christina Farr, +1
Aug 23, 2025
Epic’s AI Bet, AMA’s New Guardrails, and athenahealth Leans into Interop

Behavioral Health: Pandemic Boom to Post-Hype Reality

Why funding has slowed, where gaps remain, and what the next wave of innovation could look like.

Christina Farr
Aug 19, 2025
Behavioral Health: Pandemic Boom to Post-Hype Reality

Investors are all in on digital health, but are missing oral health care.

A comprehensive review of the oral healthcare space that includes a market map

Christina Farr
Jun 18, 2025
Investors are all in on digital health, but are missing oral health care.

Is your women's health business venture backable?

Part 1 in our founder's guide to financing your women's health startup

Leslie Schrock, +1
Apr 15, 2025
Is your women's health business venture backable?

Navigating Black Swan Events in Volatile Markets

How healthcare founders should take lessons from teams navigating unpredictable events

Christina Farr, +1
Apr 7, 2025
Navigating Black Swan Events in Volatile Markets

23andMe should have raised less capital

My takeaway from today’s news that the company is filing for bankruptcy

Christina Farr
Mar 24, 2025
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23andMe should have raised less capital

What happened to the digital health unicorns of 2020 to 2022?

Guest author Halle Tecco’s breakdown of how the companies valued at more than $1b at the peak are faring — TLDR, the results surprised her!

Halle Tecco
Mar 21, 2025
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What happened to the digital health unicorns of 2020 to 2022?

Why the Hinge Health IPO is so important for digital health

A few thoughts...

Christina Farr
Mar 11, 2025
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Why the Hinge Health IPO is so important for digital health

4 questions on President Trump and IVF

I caught up with Conceivable Life Sciences’ Joshua Abram to understand the political landscape and its impact on reproductive health

Christina Farr
Feb 21, 2025
4 questions on President Trump and IVF

Care delivery in all 50 states? No longer as common as it used to be

Some digital health companies are getting more targeted with their approach

Christina Farr
Feb 13, 2025
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Care delivery in all 50 states? No longer as common as it used to be

Why is healthcare so bad at cybersecurity?

Plus, some thoughts about Transcarent buying Accolade!

Christina Farr
Jan 8, 2025
Why is healthcare so bad at cybersecurity?

The formula for a productive investor update email

Because so many of you asked for it!

Christina Farr
Jan 2, 2025
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The formula for a productive investor update email

Some tips for raising money in 2025

Things have gotten a little better in digital health VC land, but it’s still challenging out there!

Leslie Schrock, +1
Dec 19, 2024
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Some tips for raising money in 2025

There’s about to be a lot of AI capital incineration

Health care VCs are flocking to AI - and it’s all starting to feel a lot like crypto

Christina Farr
Dec 6, 2024
There’s about to be a lot of AI capital incineration

ICHRA is gaining momentum - and if so, what does it mean for health-tech?

I teamed up with two health policy experts to explore the bull and bear case.

Christina Farr, +2
Nov 26, 2024
ICHRA is gaining momentum - and if so, what does it mean for health-tech?

What happened at Forward Health?

The company closed up shop abruptly this week.

Christina Farr
Nov 13, 2024
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What happened at Forward Health?

4 questions with Brightline's CEO on scaling behavioral health

Lessons learned after a strategy shift featuring Brightline CEO Naomi Allen and investor Alyssa Jaffee

Christina Farr
Nov 7, 2024
4 questions with Brightline's CEO on scaling behavioral health

4 questions about how to structure a board

With Tom Cassels, who’s sat on plenty of boards as an independent director

Christina Farr
Oct 30, 2024
4 questions about how to structure a board

Why is it still so hard to succeed in women's health?

One longtime women's health investor weighs in...

Leslie Schrock
Oct 15, 2024
Why is it still so hard to succeed in women's health?

Could we have hit “peak” obesity?

Important new data is out today indicating that might be the case — and for the very reason you might expect!

Christina Farr
Oct 4, 2024
Could we have hit “peak” obesity?

Why digital health startups need "network effects"

Health care is a tough market, but there are invariably going to be big opportunities, according to Maveron's Jason Stoffer

Christina Farr, +1
Sep 26, 2024
Why digital  health startups need "network effects"

Why digital health is about to enter a “scale game,” leading to more mergers

The incumbents have gotten a lot bigger since 2019, so digital health startups will need to change their strategy to get acquired.

Christina Farr, +1
Sep 24, 2024
Why digital health is about to enter a “scale game,” leading to more mergers
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