Rock Health Explained

Rock Health
Type:	501(c)(3)
Founded:	August 2010
Founders:	Halle Tecco and Nate Gross
Location City:	San Francisco, California
Industry:	Digital Health
Homepage:	rockhealth.com

Rock Health is a full-service seed fund^[1] that supports startups working in digital health, also called health technology.^[2] Rock Health offers funding, access to medical, venture, legal and corporate partners, and office space to its portfolio companies.^[3]

History

Rock Health was founded in 2010 by Harvard Business School classmates Halle Tecco and Nate Gross.^[4] Rock Health's inaugural portfolio class began in June 2011.^[5] Gross went on to co-found Doximity with Jeff Tangney, previously co-founder of Epocrates. In October 2016, Rock Health named pharma veteran Bill Evans as managing director.^[6]

Partners

Rock Health partners include Fenwick & West, GE, Genentech, Harvard Medical School, Kaiser Permanente, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mayo Clinic, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Montreux Equity Partners, Qualcomm Life, UnitedHealth Group, and UCSF.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Startup Investors Find Their Niches. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140504144624/http://stvp.stanford.edu/blog/?p=7355. 2014-05-04.
2. Web site: The Future of Digital Health is Lurking in San Francisco's Chinatown.
3. Web site: SF’s Mission Bay Is the New Digital Health Hub, Says Rock Health.
4. Web site: Harvard students to launch mHealth, Health 2.0 incubator Rock Health.
5. Web site: The Rise Of The Health Startup? A Peek At The 13 Companies In Rock Health’s Inaugural Batch.
6. Web site: Rock Health names Genentech veteran Bill Evans managing director. Baum. Stephanie. 2016-10-03. MedCity News. en-US. 2019-01-31.
7. Web site: Rock Health Is Moving To Mission Bay.