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From Record to Reason: Mehmet Kazgan of cliexa on Building the Brain Behind Healthcare AI

Mar 27, 2026

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From Record to Reason: Mehmet Kazgan of cliexa on Building the Brain Behind Healthcare AI

Mehmet Kazgan of cliexa joins Unity Stoakes to make the case that AI scribes are solving the wrong problem, and to explain what clinical reasoning actually looks like when it is running in the background of real patient care.

Access to Care Moonshot

Podcast

StartUp Health Insider | Meet the Founder Turning Personal Experience Into AI-Powered Dementia Innovation

Mar 25, 2026

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9 min read

StartUp Health Insider | Meet the Founder Turning Personal Experience Into AI-Powered Dementia Innovation

Why Andrew Lu chose entrepreneurship over simply analyzing healthcare problems

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Epicured's Richard Bennett on Medicaid, Meals, and the Future of Food as Medicine

Mar 24, 2026

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2 min read

Epicured's Richard Bennett on Medicaid, Meals, and the Future of Food as Medicine

StartUp Health community member Rich Bennett, CEO & Co-founder of Epicured, explains why food as medicine is reaching a tipping point in U.S. healthcare. As reimbursement expands and Medicaid contracts unlock new access, Epicured is showing how medically tailored meals can improve health outcomes, reduce costs, and build trust through nutrition-first care.

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Food as Medicine Health Moonshot

Global Capital Flows Into AI-Powered Care, Precision Health, and Beyond | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Mar 24, 2026

Mar 24, 2026

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8 min read

Global Capital Flows Into AI-Powered Care, Precision Health, and Beyond | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Mar 24, 2026

This week's funding roundup spans clinical AI, medtech, mental health, rehabilitation technology, neuromodulation, maternal care, and clinical trials infrastructure, with deals from the US, UK, Canada, Italy, France, Switzerland, and Spain.

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StartUp Health Insider | What a top health tech VC actually looks for (and warns against)

Mar 21, 2026

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9 min read

StartUp Health Insider | What a top health tech VC actually looks for (and warns against)

7wire Ventures partner Alyssa Jaffee shares her unfiltered take on founder-investor fit, the evidence era, AI's real role in health tech, and why the keys to the kingdom are held by payers.

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7wire’s Alyssa Jaffee on the Evidence Era, the Payer Unlock, and Why VC Isn't for Everyone

Mar 20, 2026

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7 min read

7wire’s Alyssa Jaffee on the Evidence Era, the Payer Unlock, and Why VC Isn't for Everyone

In an exclusive member-only chat, the 7wire Ventures partner shared her unfiltered perspective on founder-investor fit, the evidence era, AI's real role in health tech, and why the keys to the kingdom are held by payers.

Access to Care Moonshot

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Thought Leadership

StartUp Health Event

What It Really Takes to Build in Healthcare: Alyssa Jaffee of 7wire Ventures

Mar 20, 2026

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2 min read

What It Really Takes to Build in Healthcare: Alyssa Jaffee of 7wire Ventures

In these highlights from an in-depth community conversation, 7wire Ventures partner Alyssa Jaffee shares her unfiltered take on founder-investor fit, the evidence era, AI's real role in health tech, and why the keys to the kingdom are held by payers.

Thought Leadership

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StartUp Health Event

How datosX Provides Faster Proof for Digital Health Innovators

Mar 19, 2026

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2 min read

How datosX Provides Faster Proof for Digital Health Innovators

StartUp Health community member Robin Roberts of datosX explains how digital health companies can generate regulatory-grade evidence faster, more affordably, and in partnership with leading health systems, while building toward real market traction.

Access to Care Moonshot

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“We Really Appreciate All of the Support” - Dr. Ian Madom’s Health Transformer Experience

Mar 18, 2026

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2 min read

“We Really Appreciate All of the Support” - Dr. Ian Madom’s Health Transformer Experience

Dr. Ian Madom of Mocingbird shares how the StartUp Health community has supported the company’s journey to reduce administrative burden for clinicians and expand access to care.

Access to Care Moonshot

Video

StartUp Health Insider | Can Your Brain Predict Blood Sugar? A Neurosurgeon’s Vision for Preventing Diabetes

Mar 18, 2026

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8 min read

StartUp Health Insider | Can Your Brain Predict Blood Sugar? A Neurosurgeon’s Vision for Preventing Diabetes

By combining neurotechnology, machine learning, and personalized health insights, SynchNeuro is exploring how brain data could help address one of the biggest metabolic health challenges of our time.

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Longeveron Closes Up to $30M for Cellular Therapies | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Mar 17, 2026

Mar 17, 2026

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Longeveron Closes Up to $30M for Cellular Therapies | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Mar 17, 2026

This week's global health innovation funding landscape spans the full arc of transformation – from StartUp Health member Longeveron's breakthrough cell-based therapies for aging and pediatric conditions, to a new generation of AI-native platforms reshaping how healthcare practices and health systems manage their operations, finances, and pricing. Brain health emerges as a defining thread, with investments in non-invasive BCI, Alzheimer's immunotherapy, and minimally invasive laser neurosurgery spanning four countries. The week also reflects deepening momentum in maternal health, with community-rooted care models for Medicaid populations advancing on both US coasts; precision oncology driving capital in Europe; and surgical and diagnostic robotics pushing the frontier in endovascular neurology and autonomous phlebotomy alike. Geographically, capital flowed across the United States, France, Netherlands, Israel, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, Mexico, and Finland – underscoring the increasingly borderless nature of health innovation investment.

Children’s Health Moonshot

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Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

How Indira Paharia of VIBEcare Is Rethinking Behavioral Health Delivery

Mar 17, 2026

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2 min read

How Indira Paharia of VIBEcare Is Rethinking Behavioral Health Delivery

StartUp Health community member Indira Paharia, PsyD, explains why behavioral health belongs in primary care, how VIBEcare scales evidence-based support virtually, and why treating mental health lowers total healthcare costs.

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Mental & Behavioral Health Moonshot

Expert Advice & Passionate Partnerships - Guillaume Blivet's Health Transformer Experience

Mar 16, 2026

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2 min read

Expert Advice & Passionate Partnerships - Guillaume Blivet's Health Transformer Experience

Guillaume Blivet of REGEnLIFE shares how being part of the StartUp Health Alzheimer’s Moonshot community has helped accelerate the company’s mission to develop a safe, non-invasive brain-gut neuromodulation therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. From expert guidance to meaningful partnerships, he explains why collaboration is essential to transforming the future of Alzheimer’s care.

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Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

StartUp Health Insider | 🍏 Food as Medicine Meets AI: Two Founders on What Comes Next

Mar 14, 2026

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7 min read

StartUp Health Insider | 🍏 Food as Medicine Meets AI: Two Founders on What Comes Next

Why longtime Food as Medicine innovators believe this moment is different, and where AI fits in.

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Cognimark: Meet the Founder Turning Personal Experience Into AI-Powered Dementia Innovation

Mar 13, 2026

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2 min read

Cognimark: Meet the Founder Turning Personal Experience Into AI-Powered Dementia Innovation

After watching his own family struggle to navigate late-stage Alzheimer’s, StartUp Health community member Andrew Lu, CEO & Co-founder of Cognimark, set out to build an AI-powered neurology copilot that helps clinicians detect dementia earlier and guide patients through a fragmented care journey with greater clarity and speed.

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Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

Food as Medicine x AI: Two Pioneering Founders on the Future of Personalized Nutrition

Mar 13, 2026

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3 min read

Food as Medicine x AI: Two Pioneering Founders on the Future of Personalized Nutrition

Epicured’s Richard Bennett and Edamam’s Victor Penev explore why food is becoming a core part of care, how reimbursement and consumer demand are accelerating the movement, and where AI fits into the future of personalized nutrition.

Food as Medicine Health Moonshot

Podcast

How SynchNeuro Is Using Brain Data to Personalize Metabolic Health

Mar 12, 2026

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2 min read

How SynchNeuro Is Using Brain Data to Personalize Metabolic Health

StartUp Health community member Dr. Casey Halpern explains how SynchNeuro is decoding brain signals to create a discreet, affordable, non-invasive glucose monitor that could help millions better understand metabolism, personalize food choices, and prevent Type 2 diabetes.

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Cardiometabolic & T1D Health Moonshot

EmTech Care Labs: Meet the Founder Bringing Clarity to Dementia Care at Home

Mar 11, 2026

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2 min read

EmTech Care Labs: Meet the Founder Bringing Clarity to Dementia Care at Home

StartUp Health community member Aarabi Balasubramanian, CEO & Founder of EmTech Care Labs, joins StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes to share the personal story that inspired Care-WalletTM, her virtual care management platform for families navigating Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Aarabi talks about her mother’s long path to diagnosis, the fragmentation families face at home, and why she believes care must be human first even in an AI world. She also explains how Care-Wallet works, what she is learning as a solo founder, and her vision for bringing better support to families and clinicians across rural and underserved communities.

Caregiving Moonshot

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Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

StartUp Health Insider | Get Early-Bird Tickets to the Civic Health Forum, June 16 in NYC

Mar 11, 2026

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7 min read

StartUp Health Insider | Get Early-Bird Tickets to the Civic Health Forum, June 16 in NYC

Join us for a new health innovation forum that actually reaches everyone.

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Introducing the Civic Health Forum 2026: A Health Moonshot for the 99%

Mar 10, 2026

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2 min read

Introducing the Civic Health Forum 2026: A Health Moonshot for the 99%

Most health innovation still serves those already inside the system. On June 16, we're helping change that.

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StartUp Health Event

BCI & AI Platforms Drive a Global Health Innovation Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Mar 10, 2026

Mar 10, 2026

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BCI & AI Platforms Drive a Global Health Innovation Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Mar 10, 2026

This week's health tech funding spans brain-computer interfaces, Alzheimer's therapeutics, vision restoration, senior care AI, sleep health, value-based care, advanced therapy delivery, AI workforce automation, antibody design, biosensing wearables, revenue cycle management, and preventive diagnostics, with deals spanning the United States, South Korea, Wales, Switzerland, India, the UAE, and Italy.

Insights

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Mocingbird Turns Licensing Chaos Into Clinical Capacity | Health Moonshot Update

Mar 5, 2026

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Mocingbird Turns Licensing Chaos Into Clinical Capacity | Health Moonshot Update

Founded by practicing physicians, Mocingbird is quietly removing one of healthcare’s most persistent bottlenecks: the administrative maze of licensing and compliance. By transforming reactive, last-minute renewals into a proactive, system-level workflow, the platform is helping clinicians spend more time with patients and helping health systems scale access across state lines.

Access to Care Moonshot

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Health Moonshot Update

Reducing Licensing Friction to Unlock Clinician Capacity with Dr. Ian Madom, CEO & Co-founder of Mocingbird

Mar 5, 2026

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3 min read

Reducing Licensing Friction to Unlock Clinician Capacity with Dr. Ian Madom, CEO & Co-founder of Mocingbird

Ian Madom, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon and co-founder of Mocingbird, sits down with Unity Stoakes to discuss how fixing licensing and compliance friction can expand access to care across the U.S.

Access to Care Moonshot

Podcast

Mocingbird: How Dr. Ian Madom Is Reducing Licensing Friction to Expand Clinical Care

Mar 4, 2026

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1 min read

Mocingbird: How Dr. Ian Madom Is Reducing Licensing Friction to Expand Clinical Care

Ian Madom, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon and co-founder of Mocingbird, explains how simplifying licensing and compliance helps clinicians spend more time with patients and helps health systems scale access across state lines.

Access to Care Moonshot

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Mental Health, Value-Based Care, and Brain Health Anchor a Global Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Mar 3, 2026

Mar 3, 2026

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Mental Health, Value-Based Care, and Brain Health Anchor a Global Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Mar 3, 2026

This week's global health innovation funding highlights major investments in mental and behavioral health, brain health and neurotechnology, value-based care infrastructure, and AI-powered platforms across drug discovery, virtual care, cognitive assessment, and medtech commercialization. From nine-figure raises in the US to deals spanning India, Europe, and the UK, investors continue to back companies building smarter care delivery, precision therapeutics, and scalable health operations.

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