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Update: Internet of Things landscape (500 companies)

When I launched the IoT landscape two months ago, I had 391 companies in the system. Today I scanned my 500th company into Venture Scanner so I decided to update the category map. I also added a new category called "Tags and Trackers" as we're seeing a growing number of startups making little devices that help people find smartphones, items, and kids.

Organizing Connected Transportation

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One of the markets we're covering at Venture Scanner is Connected Transportation. At the time of writing this post, we've been able to identify 369 companies which have collectively raised $3.15B, and organized them into 11 different categories.

A Snapshot of the Digital Health Landscape

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I currently am tracking 509 Digital Health companies across 21 categories, with combined funding of $7.05B. Digital Health is an extensive and evolving term, but simply stated, it is the application of digital technologies to enhance both personal health and the delivery of healthcare. These companies all focus on using emerging technologies to deploy solutions across the entire health ecosystem - from individual consumer to healthcare provider to employer to large hospital system, from biometric sensors to genomics to mobile connectivity to cloud computing.