Midwest healthcare startups are off to a strong start compared to this time last year in terms of raising funds from venture capital investors. The region's healthcare industry reported $491 million in total investments across 92 companies in the first half of 2012, according to the annual BioEnterprise Midwest Health Care Venture Investment report. The totals are the highest recorded for the region among the last five years both in dollars of financing and number of companies receiving investment, though still below the 2007 records, the organization reported.