Healthtech Investments Surpass Pre-Pandemic Levels, Stabilizing Between $3.5B and $4.5B Per Quarter in 2024 SAN FRANCISCO , Oct.
16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The healthtech sector is experiencing a recalibration in valuations, as the industry is showing signs of early recovery with investments stabilizing and artificial intelligence (AI) driving new growth, according to the 2024 Future of Healthtech Report from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank. Despite ongoing market volatility and macroeconomic uncertainty, healthtech investment in 2024 is on a positive trajectory, hovering between $4.0 billion and $4.
5 billion per quarter and surpassing pre-pandemic levels. The 5 th edition of SVB's Future of Healthtech Report provides a detailed analysis of the healthtech market, including investment trends, sector evolution, and the growing importance of AI and value-based care in reshaping healthcare. It also explores the challenges companies face in finding their next round of capital or an exit as investors and acquirers have become more discerning.
Despite these challenges, the report indicates that healthtech remains a hotbed for innovation, with investments in Provider Operations and Alternative Care leading the sector. "We are witnessing a transition from the inflated valuations of 2021 and 1H-2022 to more sustainable investment practices," stated Julie Betts Ebert , Managing Director of Life Sciences and Healthcare Banking at Silicon Valley Bank. "AI is pla.