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A MoneyTree report, compiled by PriceWaterhouse Coopers and the National Venture Capital Association using data from Thomson Reuters, says Essence Group Holdings Corporation was one of six St. Louis companies to complete fund-raising during the quarter. Venture capital firms invested $78.5 million in St. Louis companies during the third quarter, the largest amount in nearly three years, but 90 percent of the money went to Lumeris.

Director of Innovation Research at Lumeris Dr. Tom Doerr shares strategies for reducing primary care physician frustration in a contributed article, “How to achieve the Triple Aim plus physician satisfaction” posted to KevinMD.com

Lumeris was mentioned in Site Selection Magazine’s annual “Texas Wide Open for Business” issue. The article cites Lumeris’ Austin innovation center and quotes Mike Long and John Doerr.

Lumeris’ capital raise of $71 million is featured as part of the “enormously successful year” in the $2.2 billion invested in the digital health industry (as reported by Rock Health) in just the first half of 2014, which has already surpassed all of 2013.

Lumeris is referenced as one of the top examples of the digital health funding uptick.

Apple’s iWatch is just part of the health care market’s interest in the future of digital delivery. The industry in just the first half of 2014 has seen $2.3 billion in private investment, and Lumeris’ capital raise of $71 million is featured as part of that investment. According to the article, the “funding frenzy” in 2014 could end up being a 200% increase over 2013.

Lumeris’ private-equity funding of $71 million is highlighted as part of the venture funds pouring “more than $2.3 billion of investments in the sector during the first half of the year—already surpassing the 2013 total.”