Pelvic health conditions affect millions of women, yet most are told to simply cope. In this Health Moonshot Update conversation, CEO & Founder Wendy Powell shares how she built MUTU System into a clinically-validated digital platform that improves pelvic floor function, core strength, and overall quality of life. A StartUp Health community member since 2022, Wendy discusses the platform’s NHS evaluated outcomes, why community engagement drives lasting change, and how employers and health systems are adopting MUTU at scale. A must watch for anyone working in women’s health, digital therapeutics, or workplace wellbeing.
▶️ Watch the Conversation
💜 Join the Women’s Health Moonshot Community

What if the next major breakthrough in health was not a new drug, device, or app, but a new way to invest in prevention before illness begins?

That is the idea behind the inaugural Civic Health Forum 2026, a half-day convening on June 16 in New York City that brings together investors, AI leaders, payors, providers, government officials, and founders around one urgent challenge: building health systems that work for the other 99%.

Co-hosted by Fedcap, DHHF, and StartUp Health, the Civic Health Forum is designed to move beyond ideas toward real outcomes, including partnerships, contracts, and capital flowing into the largest undercapitalized markets in health.

This is where civic infrastructure, prevention, and innovation meet, and where health moonshots launch.

From Medicare navigation and prescription digital therapeutics to maternal care, ovarian cancer diagnostics, and longevity EHR infrastructure, this week's deals span the US, Europe, Latin America, Australia, and Southeast Asia – reflecting sustained investor conviction across the full arc of health innovation.
📈 Read on Health Transformer Journal

After eight years of translating a physics breakthrough into a clinical product, StartUp Health community members Valerie Gharagouzloo, CEO & Co-founder, and Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, Chief Science Officer & Co-founder of Imaginostics, are at an inflection point. With FDA Breakthrough Designation secured, a commercialization partnership with Siemens underway, and a 96-patient biomarker study now in motion, Imaginostics is closing the distance between laboratory invention and bedside impact.
🔗 Read, Watch, or Listen on Health Transformer Journal
🧠 Join the Brain Health Moonshot Community

With more than 2,400 videos, 11,000 subscribers, and nearly a million views on YouTube, our video channel spotlights Health Transformers in action, showcasing how the right mindset, moonshot vision, and the spirit of an entrepreneur make anything possible. Recent videos feature CAREgivers Insight, Sana Health, a16z, Imaginostics, cliexa, Epicured, 7wire Ventures, and more.
🎥 Watch the Latest Videos
🚀 Boost Your Brand with a Health Moonshot Community Membership

Deanna Harshbarger, CEO of Cala Health, on the FDA clearance of the Cala kIQ® Plus system, the next-generation of the company’s wearable neurostimulation device for action hand tremor in essential tremor and Parkinson's disease.
🔗 Read

Bill Nordmark, CEO of Enlace Health, on former Blue Cross of Minnesota CEO Craig Samitt, MD, joining the company’s board of directors.
🔗 Read 

Susan Bratton, CEO & Founder of Savor Health, on the company’s flagship product, Ina, the Intelligent Nutrition Assistant, being awarded a DiMe Seal from the Digital Medicine Society to recognize quality and trustworthiness.
🔗 Read 

Jean Anne Booth, CEO & Founder of UnaliWear, on the company’s Kanega watch being selected by The New York Times Wirecutter as their favorite wearable medical alert system for the fourth year in a row.
🔗 Read

WarpStream BYOC speaks the Kafka protocol. Your existing clients, tools, and consumers work as-is. What disappears: local disks, partition rebalancing, inter-AZ fees, broker crashes, and capacity planning. 

Agents auto-scale to match traffic automatically – no custom tooling, scripts, or operators required. Cursor's team reported spending zero hours thinking about scaling WarpStream. Character.AI called it operationally simpler at scale. 

See how it works, then sign up free. Get $400 in credits that never expire. No credit card required to start.

Learn More

When you shoot for the Moon, it’s important to surround yourself with people who help you get there.

Thank you for being part of StartUp Health’s global community leaning into health innovation. If you found this newsletter valuable, chances are others will too, so please feel free to pass it along.

And if you or your organization are interested in supporting this work through sponsorship or partnership, we’d love to hear from you. You can schedule a newsletter ad placement or check out our sponsorship opportunities.