Telehealth Infrastructure

15 confirmed failures

Funding Burned

$637.5M

Median Lifespan

8 years

Dominant Failure

Competitive Displacement

40% of cases

Period

2002 — 2023

Failure Pattern Distribution

Outspent by bigger competitors6 (40%)

Multi-stakeholder approval bottleneck4 (27%)

Couldn't get paid by insurance2 (13%)

Sold through the wrong channel2 (13%)

Customer acquisition costs too high1 (7%)

Curator's Note

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This section of the registry contains 15 healthcare Telehealth Infrastructure startups that shut down between 2002 and 2023, representing $637.5M in combined funding. The dominant failure pattern is Competitive Displacement (40% of cases). Buyer Fragmentation accounts for another 27%. These entries were coded using the Gioia three-level qualitative methodology. Inter-rater reliability: 0.82 (strong agreement). This note is auto-generated and will be replaced by editorial analysis.

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Based on 17 Telehealth Infrastructure failures in the corpus. Not your thesis.

KILLEDKill threshold 66%

Outspent by bigger competitors

A competitor with deeper pockets entered your space and is outspending you.

Precedents

American Well (standalone) (HC-0101)
Heal (HealApp) (HC-0446) · 2022
98point6 (HC-0062) · 2023

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