The first quarter of 2016 saw $1.4 billion in venture capital funding and the most merger and acquisitions transactions in a single quarter to date. The biggest VC investment in 2016 , has been so far on Healthcare wearables and technology vertical .According to Mercom capital the first 6 months in 2016 has seen VC's landing up with war chests of $260million to lap up the most promising investments across wearables technology
The growth of wearables started gaining traction since 2009 as funding to wearables startups surpassed $2.2B across the past five years, accrued over 195 deals. |
Jawbone, at $614M raised, is the most well-funded private wearables company. amongAmong i (Jawbone took on $300M in debt financing in April 2015).Andreessen Horowitz, Atomico Black Rock, Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments ,Firsthand Technology Value Fund are among those who have invested in jawbone |
The most active VC money that has been chasing the wearables sector happens to be Andreessen Horowitz and Khosla Ventures.Among the biggest VC funding across wearable technology was last years $542M Series B raised by Magic Leap, Florida-based developer of head-mounted augmented reality displays. Magic Leap raised capital in that round from a wide range of investors including smart money VCs Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
VC interest in this sector has been across 4 areas 1) Health and fitness bands:2)Smart Watches and jewelry:3)Smart apparel: OMsignal (smart workout apparel).4)medical devices( mistfit wearables)
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