The Digest for Health Transformers & Changemakers
A StartUp Health story helped open the door to funding for portfolio company Avanlee Care, which just raised $3.5M to expand its family caregiver platform for Medicare Advantage plans. “That conversation with StartUp Health truly opened the door,” says CEO & Co-founder Avanlee Christine, who shares how consistent storytelling led to an unexpected investor connection and ultimately a seed round backed by BEA Venture Fund, Esther Dyson, Chrysalis Ventures, and FairBridge VC. The company helps health plans reach the family caregivers who manage their members’ medications, appointments, and supplies, and it is in discussions with a national Medicare Advantage plan.
Look for a fresh interview with Avanlee soon, where she’ll share what’s next for her company as it helps support family caregivers, who provide an estimated $1T in unpaid care each year.
Plus, this week’s global health innovation funding roundup includes cath lab imaging, AI chart review, remote patient monitoring, pediatric mental health, and venom-based drug discovery, with companies from Paris to Prague, Edinburgh to Bengaluru, and Wuxi to Lagos.
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“Here at StartUp Health we're all here to help each other,” says Richard Hanbury, CEO & Founder of Sana Health.
“I'm always absolutely inspired by the network effect of StartUp Health – the brainstorming, the unlocking, and the problem solving,” says Brandi Harless, CEO & Co-founder of PreventScripts.
“StartUp Health has been a real blessing for our company,” says Amir Bozorgzadeh, CEO & Co-founder of Virtuleap.
Members of our Health Moonshot Communities are leading startups with breakthrough technology-driven solutions for the world’s biggest health challenges. If you’re mission-driven, collaborative, and ready to contribute as much as you gain, you might be the perfect fit.
On Jan 12, 2027, StartUp Health community members, investors, clinicians, and partners will gather in San Francisco for Apollo House, an invite-only evening exploring AI, prevention, and the next Health Moonshots. Last January, the room was standing-room only, and Vinod Khosla joined Unity Stoakes for a fireside chat on building trust in healthcare. Space is limited.
Wisdom from Health Transformers
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Medical Economics
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StartUp Health NOW
StartUp Health Community News
Expert AMA w/ NYU Langone's Dr. Nick Genes
StartUp Health Members Only
Nov 12
Alzheimer's Insights Summit 4
Co-hosted by the AD Data Initiative, StartUp Health, the Clinical Trial Recruitment Lab - USC Schaeffer Center, and the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation's Diagnostics Accelerator (ADDF DxA)
Boston, MA
Nov 16
HLTH
Sign Up: Meet with StartUp Health
Las Vegas, NV
Nov 15-18
Fireside Chat w/ Mount Sinai's Chief AI Officer Dr. Girish Nadkarni
StartUp Health Members Only
Dec 2
Fireside Chat w/ Norwest Venture Partners' Lisa Wu
StartUp Health Members Only
Dec 16
StartUp Health Presents Apollo House
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Jan 12
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