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Jul 28, 2026
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Next-Gen Tech and AI Platforms Continue to Power Global Health Innovation Funding | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jul 28, 2026
From Candid Health's $120M raise to AI-powered tools spanning five continents, this week's roundup spotlights the widening reach of health innovation – from cardiac care in New Mexico to brain injury detection in Mumbai.
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Jul 24, 2026
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What It Takes to Get General Catalyst’s Attention – and a Look Inside Their Big Bet on Healthcare Transformation
In a members-only Fireside Chat, Holly Maloney told StartUp Health why GC bought a hospital system, where AI is finally showing up at the point of care, and what she needs to hear from founders in the first five minutes.
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Jul 21, 2026
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Hibiscus Health turns every smartphone camera into a cardiometabolic screening tool
StartUp Health community member Kavi Misri on how a 30-second facial scan is catching undiagnosed chronic conditions in 67% of engaged members, and getting most of them into care with a dietitian.
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Jul 21, 2026
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Neko Health's $700M Round Tops an AI-Driven Global Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jul 21, 2026
This week's global health innovation funding spans full-body diagnostics, agentic care platforms, and AI-driven drug discovery, with founders building everything from pharmacy logistics to infant monitoring to medical claims review. Capital flowed from Stockholm to San Francisco, Bengaluru to Antwerp, Tel Aviv to Orlando, underscoring how broadly AI is reshaping the delivery, diagnosis, and discovery layers of healthcare.
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Jul 20, 2026
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Live @ Civic Health Forum: AI is coming faster than trust can keep up, with futurist Daniel Kraft, MD
Dr. Daniel Kraft brought a sweeping look at AI, wearables, and digital twins to the Civic Health Forum, with a challenge to build the future of civic health boldly rather than wait for it to arrive.
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Jul 16, 2026
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Why Arcade Therapeutics is turning mobile games into mental health treatment
StartUp Health community member Raj Amin explains how attention bias modification, backed by seven NIH-funded studies, is embedded into casual mobile games to get more people started on mental health treatment.
Insights
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Jul 14, 2026
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2 min read
AI-Powered Drug Discovery Leads Global Health Innovation Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jul 14, 2026
From molecular design to pharmacy automation, this week's raises span coasts and continents – a $400M mega-round out of San Francisco, senior care innovation in New York, and early-stage bets on obesity care, clinical trial AI, and cross-border telehealth stretching from Madrid to Milan to London.
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Jul 14, 2026
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Fixing fragmented endocrine care with eddii's AI-powered specialist model
StartUp Health community member Dr. Farhaneh Ahmadi on building specialist-grade endocrine care at scale, and why a paid value-based care pilot with a Fortune 100 payer is proof the model works.
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Jul 10, 2026
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How PONS is closing the diversity gap in medical imaging with ultrasound
PONS CEO & Co-founder Soner Haci on bringing decentralized ultrasound to underrepresented communities, and a 64% improvement in early breast cancer detection with Mayo Clinic.
