Digital Health Startups Raised $7.4 Billion In The First Half Of 2026, Up 15% Over 2025

Venture funding for digital health rose by 15% in the first half of 2026, and capital increasingly concentrated among a smaller share of larger deals. U.S. digital health startups raised $7.4 billion across 244 deals in the first half of 2026, surpassing the same period last year by $1 billion, which totaled $6.4 billion across a similar number of deals (245).

Mega deals, defined as financings of $100 million or more, made up about 8% of all deals during the first half of 2026, but absorbed nearly half of all capital deployed. Nineteen companies raised 20 mega . . .