For eight years, StartUp Health community members Valerie and Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, have been translating a groundbreaking physics invention into a clinical product, asking whether MRI could ever move from qualitative images to quantitative measurements. Today, Imaginostics has FDA Breakthrough Designation, a commercialization partnership with Siemens, and a 96-patient Alzheimer's biomarker study underway.

Their two platforms, ImagiView™ and ImagiSight™, replace toxic contrast agents, deliver images ten times better than the gadolinium standard, and unlock vascular biomarkers measurable for the first time at the individual patient level. Twice nominated for the Prix Galien, there is nothing comparable on the market.

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Most health innovation still serves those already inside the system. On June 16, we're helping change that. 

The inaugural Civic Health Forum – co-hosted by Fedcap, Digital Health Hub Foundation, and StartUp Health – at Civic Hall in New York City, brings together investors, AI leaders, payors, providers, and founders around the boldest challenge in healthcare: preventing illness before it starts. As AI reshapes what's possible, the largest markets in health remain undercapitalized and underserved. This Forum is designed to close that gap.

The program combines strategic dialogue with curated founder showcases and structured investor meetings, all focused on moving from conversation to real outcomes: partnerships, contracts, and capital.

This week's global digital health funding round-up stretches from China to Italy, South Korea to Canada, Israel to the US – with a striking concentration of deals in neurotech and brain health, alongside significant investment in AI-powered clinical infrastructure. From a landmark brain-machine interface raise backed by Alibaba and Tencent in Shanghai, to eye-tracking diagnostics for Parkinson's out of Belgium, to EEG-based brain health platforms in Boston, neuro innovation is attracting serious capital across every geography. Meanwhile, health insurance infrastructure, clinical AI agents, and women's health round out a richly varied week.
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StartUp Health is hiring a Head of Sponsorship & Partnership Sales to help power the next chapter of our global health innovation platform, spanning 12 Health Moonshots, flagship events at JPM, year-round programming, and media reaching hundreds of thousands, alongside partners like J&J, AWS, Advocate Health, ADDF, and Helmsley. If you’ve built sponsorships in health and are ready to do it with unmatched reach and mission-driven momentum, this is a rare opportunity to lead and scale what’s next.
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Kim Fisher on Why Food as Medicine Is at a Tipping Point — And What It Will Take to Get There
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From Record to Reason: Mehmet Kazgan of cliexa on Building the Brain Behind Healthcare AI
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7wire’s Alyssa Jaffee on the Evidence Era, the Payer Unlock, and Why VC Isn't for Everyone
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Food as Medicine x AI: Two Pioneering Founders on the Future of Personalized Nutrition
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Reducing Licensing Friction to Unlock Clinician Capacity with Dr. Ian Madom, CEO & Co-founder of Mocingbird
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EqualityMD’s Pre-Insurance Strategy to Reduce Care Avoidance and Lower Healthcare Costs
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Sana Health Clears a Major Milestone in the Fight Against Chronic Pain
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Avo Raises $10M to Help Clinicians with Workflow
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Edamam Selected for the Foodtech 500 List for the 4th Year in a Row
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Hibiscus Health Achieves Contractual Integrity Validation from Validation Institute, Backed by $200,000 in Independent Guarantees
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Korcomptenz and Hindsait Partner to Transform Healthcare Operations with Responsible AI
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Zinnia Awarded NIH Grant to Develop Tools for Dementia Caregivers in Partnership with Duke University
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Fireside Chat with Esther Dyson, Author, Investor & Board Director
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Apr 15

Health Equity Innovators Summit
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Tiburon, CA
Apr 16

Fireside Chat with CMS/CMMI's Abe Sutton
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Apr 29

American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scientific Sessions
New Orleans, LA
Jun 5-8

Fireside Chat with General Catalyst's Holly Maloney
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Jun 10

Alzheimer's Association International Conference
London, UK
Jun 12-15

Civic Health Forum: A Health Moonshot for the 99%
New York, NY
Jun 16

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