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Nicole Kinsey

Content Director @ StartUp Health

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.

Nicole Kinsey
Unity Stoakes
Nicole Kinsey, +1

Newsletter

Can Your Brain Predict Blood Sugar? A Neurosurgeon’s Vision for Preventing Diabetes

Mar 18, 2026

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8 min read

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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Children’s Health Moonshot

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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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12 min read

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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Video

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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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Video

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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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Newsletter

🍏 Food as Medicine Meets AI: Two Founders on What Comes Next

Mar 14, 2026

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7 min read

🍏 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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Video

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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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Food as Medicine Health Moonshot

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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.

Nicole Kinsey
Unity Stoakes
Nicole Kinsey, +1

Video

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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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Caregiving Moonshot

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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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Newsletter

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.

Nicole Kinsey
Jenn Hankin
Nicole Kinsey, +1

Insights

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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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9 min read

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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Access to Care Moonshot

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Health Moonshot Update: Mocingbird Turns Licensing Chaos Into Clinical Capacity

Mar 5, 2026

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7 min read

Health Moonshot Update: Mocingbird Turns Licensing Chaos Into Clinical Capacity

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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Access to Care Moonshot

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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.

Nicole Kinsey
Unity Stoakes
Nicole Kinsey, +1

Access to Care Moonshot

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

Mar 4, 2026

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2 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.

Nicole Kinsey
Unity Stoakes
Nicole Kinsey, +1

Insights

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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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9 min read

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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Video

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Preparing for US Expansion - Dr. David Berron's Health Transformer Experience

Feb 25, 2026

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2 min read

Preparing for US Expansion - Dr. David Berron's Health Transformer Experience

StartUp Health community member David Berron, PhD, shares how participation in the Alzheimer’s Health Moonshot Community has been invaluable as neotiv prepares for US expansion. The community’s support is helping the team identify the right partners and pathways to bring early cognitive assessment to more people worldwide.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Insights

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AI Drug Discovery and Care Infrastructure Drive a Global Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Feb 24, 2026

Feb 24, 2026

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8 min read

AI Drug Discovery and Care Infrastructure Drive a Global Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Feb 24, 2026

This week’s global health innovation funding highlights strong momentum in AI-powered drug discovery, sleep and neurotherapy, payment integrity, and care delivery infrastructure. From major raises in the U.S. and Europe to grant-backed efforts improving access to essential medicines in low- and middle-income countries, investors continue to back platforms reshaping how care is discovered, paid for, and delivered worldwide.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Access to Care Moonshot

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Repositioning EqualityMD to Tackle America’s Broken Healthcare System

Feb 24, 2026

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8 min read

Repositioning EqualityMD to Tackle America’s Broken Healthcare System

StartUp Health community member Justin Ayars of EqualityMD is expanding his mission from direct-to-consumer care to an employer-focused model designed to lower costs, close data gaps, and rebuild trust in healthcare. By combining culturally competent virtual care, insurance-free access, in-house pharmacies, and AI-powered insights, EqualityMD is working to reduce care avoidance, increase access to patient-centric care, and reshape how Americans experience health and wellness.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Access to Care Moonshot

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EqualityMD’s Pre-Insurance Strategy to Reduce Care Avoidance and Lower Healthcare Costs

Feb 24, 2026

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3 min read

EqualityMD’s Pre-Insurance Strategy to Reduce Care Avoidance and Lower Healthcare Costs

Justin Ayars of EqualityMD shares how a pre-insurance healthcare model can prevent claims, lower costs, and reduce care avoidance for employers and employees.

Nicole Kinsey
Unity Stoakes
Nicole Kinsey, +1

Access to Care Moonshot

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Affordable, Inclusive, Insurance-Free: Inside EqualityMD’s Next Chapter

Feb 24, 2026

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2 min read

Affordable, Inclusive, Insurance-Free: Inside EqualityMD’s Next Chapter

StartUp Health community member Justin Ayars of EqualityMD shares how the company is evolving into a pre-insurance healthcare solution designed to reduce costs, prevent insurance claims, and rebuild trust in healthcare.

Nicole Kinsey
Unity Stoakes
Nicole Kinsey, +1

Caregiving Moonshot

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From Fragmented to Focused: The Caregiving Moonshot

Feb 23, 2026

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2 min read

From Fragmented to Focused: The Caregiving Moonshot

Caregiving touches everyone, yet the tools, resources, and support systems remain deeply fragmented. In this Moonshot Moment, StartUp Health community member Christopher Jue of CAREgivers Insight explains why the Caregiving Health Moonshot can become the connective tissue that brings knowledge, resources, and solutions together to truly support caregivers.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Access to Care Moonshot

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Health Moonshot Update: Sana Health’s Regulatory Breakthrough in Pain Control

Feb 20, 2026

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6 min read

Health Moonshot Update: Sana Health’s Regulatory Breakthrough in Pain Control

After decades of work in neuromodulation, StartUp Health community member Richard Hanbury of Sana Health has just reached a major regulatory milestone with an FDA De Novo grant for neuropathic pain, creating a new class of audio-visual neuromodulation. This is being followed by PTSD research with the U.S. Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Access to Care Moonshot

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Sana Health Clears a Major Milestone in the Fight Against Chronic Pain

Feb 20, 2026

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3 min read

Sana Health Clears a Major Milestone in the Fight Against Chronic Pain

In this Health Moonshot Update, Richard Hanbury of Sana Health reflects on decades of neuromodulation research, global clinical progress, and PTSD studies with the DoD. An FDA De Novo grant for neuropathic pain followed shortly after this conversation was recorded.

Nicole Kinsey
Unity Stoakes
Nicole Kinsey, +1

Video

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Alamar Biosciences Is Advancing Early Disease Detection

Feb 20, 2026

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2 min read

Alamar Biosciences Is Advancing Early Disease Detection

StartUp Health community member Alamar Biosciences focuses on advancing early disease detection through a high-sensitivity platform for protein biomarker analysis. Their brain-specific assays enable detection of brain-derived proteins in blood, previously only found in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The company has launched a multiplex CNS panel for nerve regeneration and inflammation biomarkers, helping to detect Alzheimer's disease earlier. Looking ahead, Alamar aims to expand into clinical applications and collaborate with partners to scale their technology.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey
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