The Next Merger & Acquisition Tidal Wave
We seem to be at a pivot point for mergers and acquisitions in the market space serving consumers with behavioral/cognitive conditions. For context, 2020 was a high water mark for digital health investments overall. As we reported in The Bet Is On Digital, 2021 digital health investments exceeded 2020 levels by July of last year. For the year, total funding of U.S.-based digital health startups amounted to $29.1 billion across 729 deals, with an average deal size of $39.9 million. For another year, behavioral health was in the top spot of digital health investments, raising . . .