The Digest for Health Transformers & Changemakers
As AI-generated content floods every channel, one question is becoming more urgent for health innovators: how do you make your voice actually heard? StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes sat down with Dan Kendall, founder of Mission Based Media and the Health Podcast Library, for a conversation about why audio storytelling may be healthcare's most underused communication tool and why the moment to use it is now.
Dan makes a compelling case that organizations don't need to "start" a podcast so much as add one to what they're already doing, whether that's a founder story, a sales conversation, or a community event. He also shares why the rise of AI makes authentic human voices more valuable than ever, not less. It's a conversation full of practical insight for any health innovator thinking about how to reach the people who need to hear their story.
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From a landmark non-dilutive financing for a DTC telemedicine platform to a Series E for a clinical AI leader, this week's global digital health funding roundup spans AI-driven care operations, prescription infrastructure, brain-computer interfaces, drug discovery, surgical imaging, and eldertech – with deals spanning the U.S., Israel, the U.K., Germany, France, Japan, and beyond.
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Wisdom from Health Transformers
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Early Answers, Better Outcomes: How Cx Precision Medicine Is Rethinking Alzheimer's Diagnosis From the Ground Up
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From Startup Founder to Cleveland Clinic Innovations: Jerry Wilmink on Building Health Tech That Reaches Patients
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Rethinking the Rules: Julie Yoo of a16z on Infinite Healthcare, Compound Businesses, and the New Investor Playbook
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The New Data Layer in MRI: Valerie and Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, of Imaginostics on Building a One-of-a-Kind Vascular Health Platform
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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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StartUp Health Community News
Flosonics Earns Innovative Technology Contract for its Wearable Ultrasound Device
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Why Healthcare Is AI’s Biggest Unfinished Business – Platforms Like HealthTalk A.I. Are Automating the Basics
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Healthcare Coworking Provider MedCoShare Sets Up HQ in Horsham, Eyes Franchising
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TrialClinIQ Raises $150K From Caduceus Capital, Joins LAUNCH Accelerator and Opens $1.5M Round
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Want to Stop Doomscrolling? Unpluq Could Help
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