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From Flow State to FDA: How Sana Health Is Rewiring Pain and PTSD Care

Apr 15, 2026

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From Flow State to FDA: How Sana Health Is Rewiring Pain and PTSD Care

StartUp Health community member Richard Hanbury of Sana Health shares how a personal breakthrough in pain led to the world’s first approved audiovisual neuromodulation device, and why building medical credibility is a step-by-step journey.

Access to Care Moonshot

Addiction & Opioid Crisis Moonshot

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Mental & Behavioral Health Moonshot

StartUp Health Insider | Digital Health Validation Is Getting a Reboot

Apr 15, 2026

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3 min read

StartUp Health Insider | Digital Health Validation Is Getting a Reboot

Robin Roberts explains how datosX is making validation faster, cheaper, and smarter.

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Apr 14, 2026

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Women's Health and Longevity Shape a Global Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Apr 14, 2026

From Medicare navigation and prescription digital therapeutics to maternal care, ovarian cancer diagnostics, and longevity EHR infrastructure, this week's deals span the US, Europe, Latin America, Australia, and Southeast Asia — reflecting sustained investor conviction across the full arc of health innovation.

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Apr 11, 2026

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8 min read

StartUp Health Insider | Healthcare's Old Liabilities Are Now Its Greatest AI Advantages

a16z's Julie Yoo on infinite healthcare, compound businesses, and why now is the best moment in history to build in health tech.

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What the Age of Superintelligence Means for Health Tech: A Conversation with Julie Yoo of a16z

Apr 10, 2026

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What the Age of Superintelligence Means for Health Tech: A Conversation with Julie Yoo of a16z

In a fireside chat held for members of the StartUp Health community, a16z General Partner Julie Yoo shared her unfiltered view of a watershed moment in health innovation, from compound business models and shifting investor expectations to the case for infinite healthcare.

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Rethinking the Rules: Julie Yoo of a16z on Infinite Healthcare, Compound Businesses, and the New Investor Playbook

Apr 10, 2026

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Rethinking the Rules: Julie Yoo of a16z on Infinite Healthcare, Compound Businesses, and the New Investor Playbook

One of healthcare's most influential investors sits down with the StartUp Health community to challenge conventional startup wisdom, make the case for infinite healthcare, and explain why the rules that governed digital health company building no longer apply.

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Healthcare Will Benefit Most from AI. Here's Why. | Julie Yoo of a16z

Apr 9, 2026

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Healthcare Will Benefit Most from AI. Here's Why. | Julie Yoo of a16z

a16z General Partner Julie Yoo joins StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes for a wide-ranging conversation with an interactive audience of StartUp Health community members on why healthcare is positioned to benefit from AI more than any other industry, and what that means for the founders building right now.

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StartUp Health Event

Apr 8, 2026

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StartUp Health Insider | 🧠 Imaginostics Is Making the Invisible Visible in Vascular Health

FDA Breakthrough Designation. A Siemens partnership. A 96-patient study. Imaginostics is closer than ever to the bedside.

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Imaginostics Is Making the Invisible Visible in Vascular Health | Health Moonshot Update

Apr 7, 2026

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7 min read

Imaginostics Is Making the Invisible Visible in Vascular Health | Health Moonshot Update

After eight years of translating a physics breakthrough into a clinical product, StartUp Health community members Valerie Gharagouzloo, CEO & Co-founder, and Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, Chief Science Officer & Co-founder of Imaginostics, are at an inflection point. With FDA Breakthrough Designation secured, a commercialization partnership with Siemens underway, and a 96-patient biomarker study now in motion, Imaginostics is closing the distance between laboratory invention and bedside impact.

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Health Moonshot Update

Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

Apr 7, 2026

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6 min read

AI-Powered Brain Health, Insurance Tech, and Robotics Fuel a Global Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Apr 7, 2026

From Shanghai to Seoul, Austin to Louvain-la-Neuve, this week's digital health funding spans brain-machine interfaces, retinal AI diagnostics, neurological disorder detection, and the infrastructure layer powering next-generation health insurance – a wide-ranging week with neurotech at its center.

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The New Data Layer in MRI: Valerie and Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, of Imaginostics on Building a One-of-a-Kind Vascular Health Platform

Apr 7, 2026

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The New Data Layer in MRI: Valerie and Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, of Imaginostics on Building a One-of-a-Kind Vascular Health Platform

From FDA Breakthrough Designation to a partnership with Siemens, Imaginostics is moving fast, and this conversation explains exactly why their technology has no comparable alternative on the market.

Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

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Making the Invisible Visible: How Imaginostics Is Transforming Vascular Health

Apr 6, 2026

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Making the Invisible Visible: How Imaginostics Is Transforming Vascular Health

Valerie and Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, are building a new data layer inside MRI technology that could change how we diagnose, monitor, and treat disease at the individual level.

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Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

StartUp Health Insider | 🎧 ICYMI: Conversations That Set the Tone for 2026

Apr 4, 2026

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StartUp Health Insider | 🎧 ICYMI: Conversations That Set the Tone for 2026

First, hear from the leaders who shaped the discussions at Apollo House, then join us in New York on June 16 for Civic Health Forum.

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Apr 1, 2026

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StartUp Health Insider | A Look Inside the Food as Medicine Moonshot with Kim Fisher: The Science, the Capital, and the Opportunity

What does it actually take to transform the way the world thinks about food as medicine?

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Mar 31, 2026

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Avo Raises $10M Series A for Clinical AI Platform | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Mar 31, 2026

StartUp Health community member Avo closed a $10M Series A to power EHR-integrated clinical intelligence – part of a sprawling week of deals from $1M to $575M spanning AI diagnostics, GLP-1 platforms, revenue cycle, behavioral health, and more, from Nashville to Netanya to São Paulo.

Access to Care Moonshot

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Inside the Food as Medicine Moonshot: Kim Fisher Is Rallying Innovators Around the Most Overlooked Driver of Health

Mar 31, 2026

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Inside the Food as Medicine Moonshot: Kim Fisher Is Rallying Innovators Around the Most Overlooked Driver of Health

Kim Fisher has spent her career building things, backing things, and translating science into impact. Now she's bringing all of it to bear as Chief Impact Officer of StartUp Health's Food as Medicine Moonshot, and she believes the wave entrepreneurs have been waiting for is finally here.

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Health Moonshot Update

Food as Medicine Health Moonshot

Kim Fisher on Why Food as Medicine Is at a Tipping Point — And What It Will Take to Get There

Mar 31, 2026

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Kim Fisher on Why Food as Medicine Is at a Tipping Point — And What It Will Take to Get There

From personal diagnosis to pioneering research to a brand-new angel network, Kim Fisher traces the full arc of food and health innovation and makes the case for why founders and investors need to pay attention right now.

Food as Medicine Health Moonshot

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The Food as Medicine Wave Is Here. Kim Fisher Is Ready.

Mar 30, 2026

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The Food as Medicine Wave Is Here. Kim Fisher Is Ready.

Entrepreneur, investor, and UC Davis innovator Kim Fisher on why the stars are finally aligning for food and health — and what founders need to do right now.

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Food as Medicine Health Moonshot

Mar 28, 2026

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StartUp Health Insider | From Record to Reason: cliexa doesn't replace your doctor – it makes every decision smarter

Why AI scribes are just the beginning, and how clinical reasoning is the missing layer every health system needs right now.

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cliexa Is Building the Clinical Reasoning Engine Healthcare Has Been Missing | Health Moonshot Update

Mar 27, 2026

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cliexa Is Building the Clinical Reasoning Engine Healthcare Has Been Missing | Health Moonshot Update

After eight years of building in the background, StartUp Health community member Mehmet Kazgan of cliexa has arrived at the moment he has been preparing for. With a validated clinical intelligence platform deployed at scale, a partnership with Mayo Clinic Platform, and a growing footprint in complex care, cliexa is staking its claim on the next wave of healthcare AI.

Access to Care Moonshot

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Health Moonshot Update

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

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

Mar 25, 2026

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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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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

Mar 24, 2026

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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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Mar 21, 2026

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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.

Newsletter

From Flow State to FDA: How Sana Health Is Rewiring Pain and PTSD Care

StartUp Health Insider | Digital Health Validation Is Getting a Reboot

Women's Health and Longevity Shape a Global Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Apr 14, 2026

StartUp Health Insider | Healthcare's Old Liabilities Are Now Its Greatest AI Advantages

What the Age of Superintelligence Means for Health Tech: A Conversation with Julie Yoo of a16z

Rethinking the Rules: Julie Yoo of a16z on Infinite Healthcare, Compound Businesses, and the New Investor Playbook

Healthcare Will Benefit Most from AI. Here's Why. | Julie Yoo of a16z

StartUp Health Insider | 🧠 Imaginostics Is Making the Invisible Visible in Vascular Health

Imaginostics Is Making the Invisible Visible in Vascular Health | Health Moonshot Update

AI-Powered Brain Health, Insurance Tech, and Robotics Fuel a Global Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Apr 7, 2026

The New Data Layer in MRI: Valerie and Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, of Imaginostics on Building a One-of-a-Kind Vascular Health Platform

Making the Invisible Visible: How Imaginostics Is Transforming Vascular Health

StartUp Health Insider | 🎧 ICYMI: Conversations That Set the Tone for 2026

StartUp Health Insider | A Look Inside the Food as Medicine Moonshot with Kim Fisher: The Science, the Capital, and the Opportunity

Avo Raises $10M Series A for Clinical AI Platform | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Mar 31, 2026

Inside the Food as Medicine Moonshot: Kim Fisher Is Rallying Innovators Around the Most Overlooked Driver of Health

Kim Fisher on Why Food as Medicine Is at a Tipping Point — And What It Will Take to Get There

The Food as Medicine Wave Is Here. Kim Fisher Is Ready.

StartUp Health Insider | From Record to Reason: cliexa doesn't replace your doctor – it makes every decision smarter

cliexa Is Building the Clinical Reasoning Engine Healthcare Has Been Missing | Health Moonshot Update

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

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

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

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

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

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