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A 9-Year Overnight Success Story: How Pelago Is Rebuilding Behavioral Health for the AI Era

Aug 21, 2026

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2 min read

A 9-Year Overnight Success Story: How Pelago Is Rebuilding Behavioral Health for the AI Era

Long-time StartUp Health member Dr. Yusuf Sherwani shares the decisions behind a 10x drop in treatment costs, raising $150M, and why he's rebuilding Pelago around AI-powered care

Access to Care Moonshot

Blog

Addiction & Opioid Crisis Moonshot

Health Moonshot Update

How Dentistry.One is turning every doctor's visit into a dental referral

Aug 19, 2026

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1 min read

How Dentistry.One is turning every doctor's visit into a dental referral

StartUp Health community member Brant Herman explains why the biggest barrier to dental care isn't awareness, it's a broken handoff, and how teledentistry is fixing it.

Oral Health Moonshot

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Video

Health Moonshot Update

Aidar Health's MouthLab: Turning breath into a window into the body

Aug 17, 2026

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1 min read

Aidar Health's MouthLab: Turning breath into a window into the body

Long-time StartUp Health member Sathya Elumalai shares why saliva and breath, not wrists and fingers, may be the richest data source in health tech.

Access to Care Moonshot

Video

Health Moonshot Update

Cardiometabolic & T1D Health Moonshot

How Avo is turning physician burnout into better patient care

Aug 14, 2026

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1 min read

How Avo is turning physician burnout into better patient care

Dr. Yair Saperstein, CEO & Co-founder of Avo, on why he built an AI decision-support layer for the exact problem that was burning him out as a hospitalist

Access to Care Moonshot

Video

Health Moonshot Update

MEI Micro Is Betting That Better Sensors Mean Better Medicine

Aug 14, 2026

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1 min read

MEI Micro Is Betting That Better Sensors Mean Better Medicine

Louis Ross, MEI Micro's founder, shares why accuracy is the real unlock for early disease detection.

Access to Care Moonshot

Blog

Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

GPx Is Turning Smartwatches into a Non-Invasive Wearable "CGM for Heart Failure"

Aug 7, 2026

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2 min read

GPx Is Turning Smartwatches into a Non-Invasive Wearable "CGM for Heart Failure"

For heart failure patients, the space between doctor visits is often a black box. StartUp Health member Sean Matsuoka of General Prognostics wants to fix that.

Access to Care Moonshot

Blog

Health Moonshot Update

Cardiometabolic & T1D Health Moonshot

Meet GPx: This wearable could catch heart failure weeks before it happens

Aug 6, 2026

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1 min read

Meet GPx: This wearable could catch heart failure weeks before it happens

General Prognostics provides a non‐invasive wearable that continuously monitors heart‐failure biomarkers using a standard smartwatch, enabling doctors to detect worsening HF weeks early and intervene remotely, improving outcomes and scalability.

Access to Care Moonshot

Video

Health Moonshot Update

Cardiometabolic & T1D Health Moonshot

Closing the loop on social drivers of health with Alvee's care navigator

Jul 22, 2026

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1 min read

Closing the loop on social drivers of health with Alvee's care navigator

StartUp Health community member Nicole Cook shares how automating social care navigation helped Mayo Clinic uncover $52.5M in unrealized reimbursements, and how one platform is making sure patients don't fall through the cracks.

Access to Care Moonshot

Video

StartUp Health Event

Valera Health Acquired by Mindoula to Expand Whole Person Care Enablement Platform

Jul 22, 2026

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4 min read

Valera Health Acquired by Mindoula to Expand Whole Person Care Enablement Platform

Mindoula announces the acquisitions of StartUp Health member company Valera Health and Janus Healthcare Partners, expanding the company's clinical footprint and its ability to offer enhanced tech-enabled whole person care solutions to healthcare organizations.

Access to Care Moonshot

Blog

Mental & Behavioral Health Moonshot

Jul 14, 2026

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4 min read

Buddy Healthcare Acquired by VitalHub

Since founding Buddy Healthcare in 2016, StartUp Health member Jussi Määttä and his team have built a leading care coordination platform trusted by hospitals across Europe – digitalizing perioperative and secondary care pathways to replace physical notes, phone calls, and unnecessary visits with automated guidance that keeps patients on track and frees up hospital resources.

Access to Care Moonshot

Blog

How Access TeleCare Is Keeping Community Hospitals Open and Patients Close to Home

Jun 19, 2026

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4 min read

How Access TeleCare Is Keeping Community Hospitals Open and Patients Close to Home

As hundreds of rural hospitals face closure, the largest acute specialty telemedicine company in the country is doubling down on the mission to keep patients local and community hospitals viable.

Access to Care Moonshot

Blog

Health Moonshot Update

Access TeleCare brings the specialist to the patient – keeping community hospitals open

Jun 18, 2026

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1 min read

Access TeleCare brings the specialist to the patient – keeping community hospitals open

A Health Moonshot Update with CEO Josh DeTillio on building the virtual hospital model that's proving its worth across all 50 states

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Video

Health Moonshot Update

The Brain Behind the Next Wave of Healthcare AI

Jun 8, 2026

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1 min read

The Brain Behind the Next Wave of Healthcare AI

In under five minutes, cliexa CEO Mehmet Kazgan explains why clinical reasoning is the missing layer in healthcare AI, and why the moment to act is now.

Access to Care Moonshot

Video

Just Keep Going: The Real Lesson Behind a Decade of Building inHealth

Apr 22, 2026

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1 min read

Just Keep Going: The Real Lesson Behind a Decade of Building inHealth

StartUp Health community members Aubrey Sawyer and Michelle Alencar, PhD, share the hard-earned lessons behind building a clinically grounded health coaching platform over nearly a decade — from evidence and iteration to perseverance, partnerships, and knowing when to keep going.

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Video

Rethinking Healthcare Before Insurance Is Even Used: The EqualityMD Model

Apr 20, 2026

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1 min read

Rethinking Healthcare Before Insurance Is Even Used: The EqualityMD Model

StartUp Health community member Justin Ayars of EqualityMD shares how an insurance-free, culturally competent model is reducing costs, rebuilding trust, and challenging how Americans think about healthcare.

Access to Care Moonshot

Video

From Flow State to FDA: How Sana Health Is Rewiring Pain and PTSD Care

Apr 15, 2026

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1 min read

From Flow State to FDA: How Sana Health Is Rewiring Pain and PTSD Care

StartUp Health community member Richard Hanbury of Sana Health shares how a personal breakthrough in pain led to the world’s first approved audiovisual neuromodulation device, and why building medical credibility is a step-by-step journey.

Access to Care Moonshot

Addiction & Opioid Crisis Moonshot

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Mental & Behavioral Health Moonshot

Mar 31, 2026

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8 min read

Avo Raises $10M Series A for Clinical AI Platform | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Mar 31, 2026

StartUp Health community member Avo closed a $10M Series A to power EHR-integrated clinical intelligence – part of a sprawling week of deals from $1M to $575M spanning AI diagnostics, GLP-1 platforms, revenue cycle, behavioral health, and more, from Nashville to Netanya to São Paulo.

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Insights

Blog

cliexa Is Building the Clinical Reasoning Engine Healthcare Has Been Missing | Health Moonshot Update

Mar 27, 2026

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5 min read

cliexa Is Building the Clinical Reasoning Engine Healthcare Has Been Missing | Health Moonshot Update

After eight years of building in the background, StartUp Health community member Mehmet Kazgan of cliexa has arrived at the moment he has been preparing for. With a validated clinical intelligence platform deployed at scale, a partnership with Mayo Clinic Platform, and a growing footprint in complex care, cliexa is staking its claim on the next wave of healthcare AI.

Access to Care Moonshot

Blog

Health Moonshot Update

From Record to Reason: Mehmet Kazgan of cliexa on Building the Brain Behind Healthcare AI

Mar 27, 2026

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1 min read

From Record to Reason: Mehmet Kazgan of cliexa on Building the Brain Behind Healthcare AI

Mehmet Kazgan of cliexa joins Unity Stoakes to make the case that AI scribes are solving the wrong problem, and to explain what clinical reasoning actually looks like when it is running in the background of real patient care.

Access to Care Moonshot

Podcast

7wire’s Alyssa Jaffee on the Evidence Era, the Payer Unlock, and Why VC Isn't for Everyone

Mar 20, 2026

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7 min read

7wire’s Alyssa Jaffee on the Evidence Era, the Payer Unlock, and Why VC Isn't for Everyone

In an exclusive member-only chat, the 7wire Ventures partner shared her unfiltered perspective on founder-investor fit, the evidence era, AI's real role in health tech, and why the keys to the kingdom are held by payers.

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Blog

Thought Leadership

StartUp Health Event

How datosX Provides Faster Proof for Digital Health Innovators

Mar 19, 2026

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1 min read

How datosX Provides Faster Proof for Digital Health Innovators

StartUp Health community member Robin Roberts of datosX explains how digital health companies can generate regulatory-grade evidence faster, more affordably, and in partnership with leading health systems, while building toward real market traction.

Access to Care Moonshot

Video

“We Really Appreciate All of the Support” - Dr. Ian Madom’s Health Transformer Experience

Mar 18, 2026

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2 min read

“We Really Appreciate All of the Support” - Dr. Ian Madom’s Health Transformer Experience

Dr. Ian Madom of Mocingbird shares how the StartUp Health community has supported the company’s journey to reduce administrative burden for clinicians and expand access to care.

Access to Care Moonshot

Video

Mocingbird Turns Licensing Chaos Into Clinical Capacity | Health Moonshot Update

Mar 5, 2026

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3 min read

Mocingbird Turns Licensing Chaos Into Clinical Capacity | Health Moonshot Update

Founded by practicing physicians, Mocingbird is quietly removing one of healthcare’s most persistent bottlenecks: the administrative maze of licensing and compliance. By transforming reactive, last-minute renewals into a proactive, system-level workflow, the platform is helping clinicians spend more time with patients and helping health systems scale access across state lines.

Access to Care Moonshot

Blog

Health Moonshot Update

Reducing Licensing Friction to Unlock Clinician Capacity with Dr. Ian Madom, CEO & Co-founder of Mocingbird

Mar 5, 2026

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3 min read

Reducing Licensing Friction to Unlock Clinician Capacity with Dr. Ian Madom, CEO & Co-founder of Mocingbird

Ian Madom, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon and co-founder of Mocingbird, sits down with Unity Stoakes to discuss how fixing licensing and compliance friction can expand access to care across the U.S.

Access to Care Moonshot

Podcast

Mocingbird: How Dr. Ian Madom Is Reducing Licensing Friction to Expand Clinical Care

Mar 4, 2026

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1 min read

Mocingbird: How Dr. Ian Madom Is Reducing Licensing Friction to Expand Clinical Care

Ian Madom, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon and co-founder of Mocingbird, explains how simplifying licensing and compliance helps clinicians spend more time with patients and helps health systems scale access across state lines.

Access to Care Moonshot

Video

Access to Care Moonshot

A 9-Year Overnight Success Story: How Pelago Is Rebuilding Behavioral Health for the AI Era

How Dentistry.One is turning every doctor's visit into a dental referral

Aidar Health's MouthLab: Turning breath into a window into the body

How Avo is turning physician burnout into better patient care

MEI Micro Is Betting That Better Sensors Mean Better Medicine

GPx Is Turning Smartwatches into a Non-Invasive Wearable "CGM for Heart Failure"

Meet GPx: This wearable could catch heart failure weeks before it happens

Closing the loop on social drivers of health with Alvee's care navigator

Valera Health Acquired by Mindoula to Expand Whole Person Care Enablement Platform

Buddy Healthcare Acquired by VitalHub

How Access TeleCare Is Keeping Community Hospitals Open and Patients Close to Home

Access TeleCare brings the specialist to the patient – keeping community hospitals open

The Brain Behind the Next Wave of Healthcare AI

Just Keep Going: The Real Lesson Behind a Decade of Building inHealth

Rethinking Healthcare Before Insurance Is Even Used: The EqualityMD Model

From Flow State to FDA: How Sana Health Is Rewiring Pain and PTSD Care

Avo Raises $10M Series A for Clinical AI Platform | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Mar 31, 2026

cliexa Is Building the Clinical Reasoning Engine Healthcare Has Been Missing | Health Moonshot Update

From Record to Reason: Mehmet Kazgan of cliexa on Building the Brain Behind Healthcare AI

7wire’s Alyssa Jaffee on the Evidence Era, the Payer Unlock, and Why VC Isn't for Everyone

How datosX Provides Faster Proof for Digital Health Innovators

“We Really Appreciate All of the Support” - Dr. Ian Madom’s Health Transformer Experience

Mocingbird Turns Licensing Chaos Into Clinical Capacity | Health Moonshot Update

Reducing Licensing Friction to Unlock Clinician Capacity with Dr. Ian Madom, CEO & Co-founder of Mocingbird

Mocingbird: How Dr. Ian Madom Is Reducing Licensing Friction to Expand Clinical Care

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