Cedar Named to the 2021 CB Insights Digital Health 150—List of Most Innovative Digital Health Startups

Cedar recognized for achievements in transforming the consumer financial experience in healthcarefor the third year in a row

CB Insights today named Cedar to its third annual Digital Health 150, which showcases the 150 most promising private digital health companies in the world. This year’s Digital Health 150 was unveiled live during CB Insights’ annual Future of Health event.

The 2021 Digital Health 150 cohort has raised roughly $14.9B in aggregate funding across 522 deals since 2016, and includes startups at various investment stages of development, from early-stage to well-funded unicorns. Companies this year include startups working on data integration & analytics, hybrid virtual / in-person care, digital therapeutics, clinical intelligence, and more.

“This year’s Digital Health 150 is one of our most expansive yet, spotlighting 16 categories including virtual care, clinical trials tech, and workflow automation, as well as adding new categories such as home health tech and computer-aided imaging,” said Brian Lee, SVP of CB Insights’ Intelligence Unit. “Last year’s class has seen more than 20 exits, raised an additional $18.6B in aggregate funding, and announced over 250 partnerships since being recognized, and we’re excited to see the future success of this year’s winners.”

“For the most part, healthcare has not caught up to other consumer industries that provide delightful customer experiences and are easy to navigate. Instead, we often see a vicious cycle of expenses, delays and confusion, with patients caught in the middle of a broken system,” said Florian Otto, CEO and co-founder of Cedar. “It’s an honor to receive this recognition from CB Insights on the Digital Health 150 for the third year in a row, as it is a testament to our achievements in and commitment to creating a patient financial experience that meets the expectations of modern consumers.”

Through an evidence-based approach, the CB Insights research team selected the Digital Health 150 from a pool of over 11,000 companies, including applicants and nominees. They were chosen based on several factors, including data submitted by the companies, company business models and momentum in the market, and Mosaic scores, CB Insights’ proprietary algorithm that measures the overall health and growth potential of private companies.

Cedar is on a mission to empower individuals to easily and affordably pursue the care they need, building a simplified path to remove existing systemic friction between payers and providers and deliver better healthcare experiences and outcomes. To learn more about Cedar and its complete healthcare financial technology platform, please visit www.cedar.com.

2021 Digital Health 150 Investment Highlights:

• Unicorns: 17 of the 150 companies (11%) are valued at or above $1B as of their latest funding rounds.
• Funding trends: In 2021 year-to-date (YTD), these 150 private companies have raised $9.2B in equity funding across 153 deals (as of 11/19/21).
• Mega-rounds: Since 2020, there have been 39 mega-round ($100M+) equity investments to this year’s Digital Health 150, with 31 (79%) of them taking place in 2021 YTD.
• Global representation: 23% of the 2021 Digital Health 150 are based outside the US. After the US, the UK is home to the most Digital Health 150 companies (9), followed by India (4). This year’s winners are based in 18 countries, including China, Israel, Nigeria, Germany, Argentina, and New Zealand.
• Top VC investor: General Catalyst is the most active investor in this year’s Digital Health 150 companies, having invested in 39 deals since 2016.

About CB Insights

CB Insights builds software that enables the world’s best companies to discover, understand, and make technology decisions with confidence. By marrying data, expert insights, and work management tools, clients manage their end-to-end technology decision-making process on CB Insights. To learn more, please visit www.cbinsights.com.

About Cedar

Cedar’s mission is to empower us all to easily and affordably pursue the care we need. As the only complete solution to address all of the challenges consumers face when paying for healthcare, Cedar enables a better and more transparent financial experience. Since 2016, Cedar has provided a smarter, more efficient way for hospitals, health systems and medical groups to manage the patient payment ecosystem and create a personalized financial experience, while also dramatically improving billing operations. To learn more, visit www.cedar.com.

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