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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.

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.

Mar 31, 2026

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

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.

Mar 27, 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.

Mar 24, 2026

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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.

Mar 20, 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.

Mar 17, 2026

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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.

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.

Mar 10, 2026

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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.

Mar 5, 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.

Mar 3, 2026

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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.

Feb 24, 2026

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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.

Feb 24, 2026

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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.

Feb 20, 2026

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Devoted Health Closes $366M Series F | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Feb 17, 2026

A long-time member of the StartUp Health community, Devoted Health’s mission is to dramatically improve health and wellbeing by caring for everyone like they are family. Beyond Devoted, a busy and global week saw major raises across mental health, medical devices, AI-powered health plans, oncology care, digital therapeutics, and healthcare operations, with funding spanning North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Feb 17, 2026

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From Pre-Diabetic Triathlete to Metabolic Health Pioneer: Sami Inkinen’s Health Moonshot with Virta Health

At Apollo House 2026, StartUp Health community member Sami Inkinen, CEO & Founder of Virta Health, joined Steven Krein for a candid fireside chat on reversing metabolic disease, scaling a mission-driven company, and building AI into the DNA of an organization.

Feb 13, 2026

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Navigation, Advocacy, and Telehealth Drive a Big Week for Global Health Innovation Funding | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Feb 10, 2026

This week’s funding highlights a surge of investment in care navigation, patient advocacy, and AI-powered health services, led by nine-figure raises across the US and Europe. From employer-sponsored navigation and women’s health to value-based cardiology, claims automation, workforce platforms, and global digital care delivery, investors backed solutions tackling access, efficiency, and outcomes at scale.

Feb 10, 2026

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Vinod Khosla on Health Moonshots in the Age of Superintelligence: Build Trust, Then Let AI Scale Care

At Apollo House 2026, entrepreneur, investor, and technologist Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures joined Unity Stoakes to map what the AI platform shift means for healthcare and why the winning playbook starts with supervision, trust, and bold imagination.

Feb 6, 2026

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CraniUS Therapeutics Secures $20M in Series B Funding | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Feb 3, 2026

StartUp Health community member CraniUS is a neurotechnology company developing an implantable platform to bypass the blood-brain barrier for long-term, programmable drug delivery. Other funding this week included massive global rounds across AI infrastructure, women’s health, insurance, clinical trials, and diagnostic tools, underscoring continued investor momentum worldwide.

Feb 3, 2026

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Health Moonshot Update: How CAREgivers Insight Is Turning Caregiver Wisdom into Health System Change

StartUp Health community member Christopher Jue of CAREgivers Insight is transforming caregivers from invisible heroes into essential members of the care team. With new real-world evidence, a sharper go-to-market strategy, and an ambitious AI roadmap, he is building what he calls a doorway into healthcare for millions of families.

Jan 29, 2026

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Inside the APOLLO HOUSE Panel: Rebuilding the Modern Health Stack in the Age of Superintelligence

An all-star panel at StartUp Health’s Apollo House explores how AI, data, and human intention are reshaping the modern health stack and accelerating health moonshots. Senior leaders from AWS, NVIDIA, Amazon, Labcorp, and Advocate Health offered a rare, cross-sector view of how superintelligence is moving healthcare from theory to practice – and what this moment demands of builders and institutions alike to keep care human as technology scales.

Jan 27, 2026

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Salvo Health Raises $8.5M Series A for GI and Metabolic Care | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jan 27, 2026

This week, StartUp Health community member Salvo Health announced a Series A round to scale its AI-enabled hybrid care model for gastrointestinal and metabolic care, helping providers deliver continuous, more efficient treatment beyond the clinic. The round anchored a blockbuster week in global health innovation funding, with massive raises across AI, digital care delivery, biotech, and medical infrastructure spanning the US, Europe, and India.

Jan 27, 2026

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datosX Is Building the Validation Engine for Digital Health in the Age of AI

In a market moving at AI speed, evidence cannot take a year. StartUp Health community member Robin Roberts of datosX Digital Health Labs is transforming how digital health teams validate their solutions, delivering buyer-credible evidence and real market traction in months, not years.

Jan 20, 2026

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Funding Fuels AI-Native Biotech and Precision Care Worldwide | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jan 20, 2026

From AI-driven drug discovery and precision diagnostics to autism care, neuromodulation, and clinical workflow automation, this week’s global funding underscores how data-driven approaches are reshaping health innovation across multiple markets and care settings.

Jan 20, 2026

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APOLLO HOUSE Recap: Uniting Bold Innovators, Investors, Big Tech, and Health Leaders to Tackle Health Moonshots in the Age of AI

A standing-room-only signal from JPM Healthcare Week.

Jan 14, 2026

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Latest Posts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Health Moonshot Update: Mocingbird Turns Licensing Chaos Into Clinical Capacity

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

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

Repositioning EqualityMD to Tackle America’s Broken Healthcare System

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

Devoted Health Closes $366M Series F | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Feb 17, 2026

From Pre-Diabetic Triathlete to Metabolic Health Pioneer: Sami Inkinen’s Health Moonshot with Virta Health

Navigation, Advocacy, and Telehealth Drive a Big Week for Global Health Innovation Funding | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Feb 10, 2026

Vinod Khosla on Health Moonshots in the Age of Superintelligence: Build Trust, Then Let AI Scale Care

CraniUS Therapeutics Secures $20M in Series B Funding | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Feb 3, 2026

Health Moonshot Update: How CAREgivers Insight Is Turning Caregiver Wisdom into Health System Change

Inside the APOLLO HOUSE Panel: Rebuilding the Modern Health Stack in the Age of Superintelligence

Salvo Health Raises $8.5M Series A for GI and Metabolic Care | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jan 27, 2026

datosX Is Building the Validation Engine for Digital Health in the Age of AI

Funding Fuels AI-Native Biotech and Precision Care Worldwide | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jan 20, 2026

APOLLO HOUSE Recap: Uniting Bold Innovators, Investors, Big Tech, and Health Leaders to Tackle Health Moonshots in the Age of AI

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