Logo
Search
JOIN the COMMUNITY
Media Home
Blog
Video
Podcast
Newsletter
Membership
Logo
Oliver Buchannon
Nicole Kinsey

VP Content, Partner @ StartUp Health

Video

+2

Meet MEI Micro: How ultra-accurate motion sensors could catch disease decades early

Aug 10, 2026

•

1 min read

Meet MEI Micro: How ultra-accurate motion sensors could catch disease decades early

What if the sensor in your wearable is the limiting factor in what it can tell you about your health?

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Newsletter

StartUp Health Insider | ⌚ Meet GPx: The startup turning smartwatches into early warning systems for heart failure

Aug 8, 2026

•

3 min read

StartUp Health Insider | ⌚ Meet GPx: The startup turning smartwatches into early warning systems for heart failure

No implants, no needles – General Prognostics combines an off-the-shelf smartwatch with an algorithm doctors trust.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Thought Leadership

+2

Microsoft's AI ecosystem lead on the real moat in health AI

Aug 7, 2026

•

1 min read

Microsoft's AI ecosystem lead on the real moat in health AI

Microsoft VP Kimmi Grewal joins Unity Stoakes to unpack why workflow and data – not the model – are the real differentiator for health AI startups.

Nicole Kinsey
Unity Stoakes
Nicole Kinsey, +1

Access to Care Moonshot

+3

GPx Is Turning Smartwatches into a Non-Invasive Wearable "CGM for Heart Failure"

Aug 7, 2026

•

2 min read

GPx Is Turning Smartwatches into a Non-Invasive Wearable "CGM for Heart Failure"

For heart failure patients, the space between doctor visits is often a black box. StartUp Health member Sean Matsuoka of General Prognostics wants to fix that.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Access to Care Moonshot

+3

Meet GPx: This wearable could catch heart failure weeks before it happens

Aug 6, 2026

•

1 min read

Meet GPx: This wearable could catch heart failure weeks before it happens

General Prognostics provides a non‐invasive wearable that continuously monitors heart‐failure biomarkers using a standard smartwatch, enabling doctors to detect worsening HF weeks early and intervene remotely, improving outcomes and scalability.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Newsletter

StartUp Health Insider | Two panels, one question: where does health innovation actually start?

Aug 5, 2026

•

3 min read

StartUp Health Insider | Two panels, one question: where does health innovation actually start?

Founders building for the 99% and providers redesigning care from the inside, live from Civic Health Forum.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Insights

+1

General Catalyst's $450M Bet on Function Health Headlines a 18-Deal Global Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Aug 4, 2026

Aug 4, 2026

•

2 min read

General Catalyst's $450M Bet on Function Health Headlines a 18-Deal Global Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Aug 4, 2026

General Catalyst's $450M vote of confidence in a health-ownership platform sets the tone for a week of AI-driven diagnostics, monitoring, and preventive care deals spanning four continents.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Newsletter

StartUp Health Insider | Sharpen your story or your systems – free with membership this month

Aug 1, 2026

•

2 min read

StartUp Health Insider | Sharpen your story or your systems – free with membership this month

New members who join by September 1 get their choice of a free website & brand audit, pitch & story audit, or AI ops audit.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Blog

One Community. One Simple Plan. One End-of-Summer Bonus Offer.

Jul 31, 2026

•

1 min read

One Community. One Simple Plan. One End-of-Summer Bonus Offer.

Join StartUp Health before September 1 and get a free audit to help sharpen your story or your systems.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Newsletter

StartUp Health Insider | 🚨 These founders are catching risk before it becomes a crisis

Jul 29, 2026

•

3 min read

StartUp Health Insider | 🚨 These founders are catching risk before it becomes a crisis

From Civic Health Forum: these innovators are building the systems that flag risk before it becomes a crisis.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Insights

+1

Next-Gen Tech and AI Platforms Continue to Power Global Health Innovation Funding | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jul 28, 2026

Jul 28, 2026

•

3 min read

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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Newsletter

StartUp Health Insider | A Look Inside General Catalyst’s Big Bet on Healthcare Transformation 👀

Jul 25, 2026

•

2 min read

StartUp Health Insider | A Look Inside General Catalyst’s Big Bet on Healthcare Transformation 👀

Members brought their questions straight to GC's health assurance lead.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Children’s Health Moonshot

+3

Turning patient experience into early warning data with Irth

Jul 24, 2026

•

1 min read

Turning patient experience into early warning data with Irth

Irth founder Kimberly Seals Allers on why 80% of childbirth-related deaths among Black women are preventable, and how community-powered reviews are giving hospitals the signals they need before harm happens.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Blog

+2

What It Takes to Get General Catalyst’s Attention – and a Look Inside Their Big Bet on Healthcare Transformation

Jul 24, 2026

•

3 min read

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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Thought Leadership

+2

Why General Catalyst is betting on healthcare transformation

Jul 23, 2026

•

2 min read

Why General Catalyst is betting on healthcare transformation

General Catalyst manages more than $40B across AI, global resilience, and health assurance – and its boldest healthcare move yet was buying Summa Health outright. In this interactive members-only chat, Holly Maloney, who leads GC's health assurance investing practice, tells Unity Stoakes why partnership beats building around incumbents, how AI is finally reaching the point of care, and what she's listening for from founders at the seed stage.

Nicole Kinsey
Unity Stoakes
Nicole Kinsey, +1

Access to Care Moonshot

+2

Closing the loop on social drivers of health with Alvee's care navigator

Jul 22, 2026

•

1 min read

Closing the loop on social drivers of health with Alvee's care navigator

StartUp Health community member Nicole Cook shares how automating social care navigation helped Mayo Clinic uncover $52.5M in unrealized reimbursements, and how one platform is making sure patients don't fall through the cracks.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Newsletter

StartUp Health Insider | 📱 The system is finally coming to you, not the other way around

Jul 22, 2026

•

3 min read

StartUp Health Insider | 📱 The system is finally coming to you, not the other way around

These four founders are meeting patients through the screens and habits already in their lives.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Video

+2

Hibiscus Health turns every smartphone camera into a cardiometabolic screening tool

Jul 21, 2026

•

1 min read

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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Insights

+1

Neko Health's $700M Round Tops an AI-Driven Global Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jul 21, 2026

Jul 21, 2026

•

1 min read

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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Video

+1

Live @ Civic Health Forum: AI is coming faster than trust can keep up, with futurist Daniel Kraft, MD

Jul 20, 2026

•

1 min read

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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Newsletter

StartUp Health Insider | Check out this fireside chat lineup 🔥

Jul 18, 2026

•

2 min read

StartUp Health Insider | Check out this fireside chat lineup 🔥

Venrock, Menlo Ventures, Devoted Health, and more – all on deck for members.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Addiction & Opioid Crisis Moonshot

+2

Identifying addiction risk before the first prescription with Thrive Genetics

Jul 17, 2026

•

1 min read

Identifying addiction risk before the first prescription with Thrive Genetics

Thrive Genetics CEO & Co-founder James Piacentino on the science behind Cares, a personalized tool helping providers flag addiction risk in oncology and orthopedics before pain medication is prescribed.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Video

+2

Why Arcade Therapeutics is turning mobile games into mental health treatment

Jul 16, 2026

•

1 min read

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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Newsletter

StartUp Health Insider | What AI could unlock in public health

Jul 15, 2026

•

3 min read

StartUp Health Insider | What AI could unlock in public health

A $1 investment in water fluoridation saved $14 in kids' dental bills. What else are we missing?

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey

Insights

+1

AI-Powered Drug Discovery Leads Global Health Innovation Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jul 14, 2026

Jul 14, 2026

•

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.

Nicole Kinsey
Nicole Kinsey
Load more

Powering Health Moonshot Communities
Become a member today

Free stories, podcasts & videos from the StartUp Health community direct to your inbox

Disclaimer: This site contains ads and affiliate links. Our content is supported in part by readers like you. If you buy after clicking a link, we may get a commission without costing you extra.