Cigna Launches $250 Million Digital Health Venture Fund

Health Insurer Cigna Corp. (Cigna) is committing $250 million to a new business—Cigna Ventures—to help digital health startups that are seeking new possibilities in health care. The new investments will particularly focus on the areas of digital health care and retails, data and analytics, and care and delivery management.

According to statements form Cigna leadership, the new venture fund will help the company drive innovation beyond its existing core business operations, opening the door for new opportunities and relationships that have potential for long-term business growth. Cigna also remarked that Cigna Ventures exists to help Cigna identify . . .