45% of healthtech unicorn founders never worked in healthcare, data shows
DrDatta_AIIMS · x · 2026-10-22
After a week meeting healthtech founders in SF, the author checked the data: 45% of healthtech unicorn founders never worked in healthcare, 44% of digital health startups have zero clinical trials, yet doctors founded over half of the most valuable healthcare companies. The takeaway: the industry needs more clinicians building. The author, an AIIMS doctor, is heading to SF and asking who to meet.
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