The Digest for Health Transformers & Changemakers
The Future of Healthcare Starts With Caregiving
Caregiving is no longer a side conversation in healthcare, it is the infrastructure that makes everything else possible. From family caregivers navigating impossible tradeoffs, to employers and health systems rethinking support models, to technologists building new tools for dignity and independence, the Caregiving Moonshot is accelerating on multiple fronts. This week, we’re spotlighting four recent conversations that explore caregiving from deeply personal, policy, innovation, and platform perspectives, each offering a distinct lens on how we build a system that finally works for caregivers and the people they love.
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Journalist and author Richard Lui shares how becoming a caregiver for his father reshaped his life, career, and understanding of what families truly need from our healthcare system.
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Mitul Desai of The Care Hack unpacks practical, real-world strategies for navigating the chaos of caregiving, offering tactical tools that empower families when it matters most.
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Aarabi Balasubramanian of EmTech Care Labs dives into how we can reimagine caregiving at scale, from AI-enabled coordination to new models that prioritize dignity, access, and sustainability.
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Christopher Jue of CAREgivers Insight explores how data, employer engagement, and smarter benefit design can transform caregivers from invisible labor into recognized, supported members of the care team.
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“The funding actually came after my interview with StartUp Health. We had shared an update on our pivot into Medicare Advantage and the traction we were seeing. A venture firm in New York saw the story, reached out, and said they focused on closing gaps in care — exactly what we were doing. They ended up investing in Avanlee Care, even though I wasn’t actively raising capital. They told me they were impressed that we’d navigated the tough early years and built something resilient. That conversation with StartUp Health truly opened the door.”
Avanlee Christine
CEO & Co-founder, Avanlee Care
Member since 2022
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.
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