Women CEOs at digital health startups raised the most funding in the third quarter of 2017, which has been digital health's biggest year of funding yet, according to data from Rock Health.
Digital health companies raised $1.2 billion in the third quarter, pushing the total funding for 2017 to a historic annual high of $4.7 billion. Of the 83 deals made this quarter, 16 percent were made by companies led by female CEOs.
While the average deal size for companies with a male CEO was $11.4 million, companies led by female CEOs raised an average of $31.4 million.
The Rock Health data includes a $250 million round of funding for 23andMe, a personal genomics company led by Anne Wojcicki. Excluding that mega deal, companies with female CEOs still raised an average of $12.2 million.
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