Rock Health
{{Short description|American digital health funding company}}
{{Infobox company|
| name = Rock Health
| type = 501(c)(3)
| founded = August 2010
| founders = Halle Tecco and Nate Gross
| location_city = San Francisco, California
| industry = Digital Health
| homepage = [http://rockhealth.com rockhealth.com]
}}
Rock Health is a full-service seed fund{{cite web|title=Startup Investors Find Their Niches|url=http://stvp.stanford.edu/blog/?p=7355|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504144624/http://stvp.stanford.edu/blog/?p=7355|archivedate=2014-05-04|df=}} that supports startups working in digital health, also called health technology.{{cite web|title=The Future of Digital Health is Lurking in San Francisco's Chinatown|url=http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679133/the-future-of-digital-health-is-lurking-in-san-franciscos-chinatown}} Rock Health offers funding, access to medical, venture, legal and corporate partners, and office space to its portfolio companies.{{cite web|title=SF’s Mission Bay Is the New Digital Health Hub, Says Rock Health|url=http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2014/01/14/sfs-mission-bay-is-the-new-digital-health-hub-says-rock-health/}}
History
Rock Health was founded in 2010 by Harvard Business School classmates Halle Tecco and Nate Gross.{{cite web|title=Harvard students to launch mHealth, Health 2.0 incubator Rock Health|url=http://mobihealthnews.com/10409/harvard-students-to-launch-mhealth-health-2-0-incubator-rock-health}} Rock Health's inaugural portfolio class began in June 2011.{{cite web|title=The Rise Of The Health Startup? A Peek At The 13 Companies In Rock Health’s Inaugural Batch|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/14/the-rise-of-the-health-startup-a-peek-at-the-13-companies-in-rock-healths-inaugural-batch/}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://medcitynews.com/2016/10/bill-evans-new-head-rock-health/|title=Rock Health names Genentech veteran Bill Evans managing director|last=Baum|first=Stephanie|date=2016-10-03|website=MedCity News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-31}}
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.{{cite web|title=Rock Health Is Moving To Mission Bay|url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/bottomline/article/Rock-Health-moving-to-Mission-Bay-4577388.php}}