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Health Transformer Journal: A blog about health moonshot progress covering StartUp Health’s global community of Health Transformers

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

Aug 21, 2026

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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

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Addiction & Opioid Crisis Moonshot

Health Moonshot Update

Aug 18, 2026

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AI-Native Biotech Startup Banks $100M as Health Innovation Funding Rolls On | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Aug 18, 2026

From foundation models for drug discovery to smart rings that diagnose sleep apnea in three nights, this week's raises span the globe – and the stage.

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MEI Micro Is Betting That Better Sensors Mean Better Medicine

Aug 14, 2026

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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

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Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

Aug 11, 2026

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From Eye Disease to AI Fraud Detection, Global Health Innovation Funding Wave Continues | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Aug 11, 2026

A $118M round for a blindness therapy leads a week stretching from Sydney robotics to Dubai longevity labs, with AI showing up everywhere from cancer surveillance to dental design.

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Microsoft VP on Why Healthcare Is Outpacing AI Adoption Expectations

Aug 11, 2026

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Microsoft VP on Why Healthcare Is Outpacing AI Adoption Expectations

A fireside chat with Microsoft's Kimmi Grewal on data, speed, and what it really takes for health innovators to win with AI

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Thought Leadership

StartUp Health Event

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

Aug 7, 2026

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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

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Health Moonshot Update

Cardiometabolic & T1D Health Moonshot

Healing Without Drugs: A Promising Future for Alzheimer’s Patients

Aug 7, 2026

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Healing Without Drugs: A Promising Future for Alzheimer’s Patients

A wave of non-drug, technology-driven therapies is reshaping what's possible for the millions of families facing Alzheimer's – and StartUp Health's Alzheimer's Moonshot Community is helping lead the way.

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Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

Aug 4, 2026

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General Catalyst's $450M Bet on Function Health Headlines a 18-Deal Global Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Aug 4, 2026

General Catalyst's $450M vote of confidence in a health-ownership platform sets the tone for a week of AI-driven diagnostics, monitoring, and preventive care deals spanning four continents.

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One Community. One Simple Plan. One End-of-Summer Bonus Offer.

Jul 31, 2026

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One Community. One Simple Plan. One End-of-Summer Bonus Offer.

Join StartUp Health before September 1 and get a free audit to help sharpen your story or your systems.

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Jul 28, 2026

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Next-Gen Tech and AI Platforms Continue to Power Global Health Innovation Funding | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jul 28, 2026

From Candid Health's $120M raise to AI-powered tools spanning five continents, this week's roundup spotlights the widening reach of health innovation – from cardiac care in New Mexico to brain injury detection in Mumbai.

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What It Takes to Get General Catalyst’s Attention – and a Look Inside Their Big Bet on Healthcare Transformation

Jul 24, 2026

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What It Takes to Get General Catalyst’s Attention – and a Look Inside Their Big Bet on Healthcare Transformation

In a members-only Fireside Chat, Holly Maloney told StartUp Health why GC bought a hospital system, where AI is finally showing up at the point of care, and what she needs to hear from founders in the first five minutes.

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Thought Leadership

StartUp Health Event

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

Jul 22, 2026

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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

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Mental & Behavioral Health Moonshot

Jul 21, 2026

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Neko Health's $700M Round Tops an AI-Driven Global Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jul 21, 2026

This week's global health innovation funding spans full-body diagnostics, agentic care platforms, and AI-driven drug discovery, with founders building everything from pharmacy logistics to infant monitoring to medical claims review. Capital flowed from Stockholm to San Francisco, Bengaluru to Antwerp, Tel Aviv to Orlando, underscoring how broadly AI is reshaping the delivery, diagnosis, and discovery layers of healthcare.

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Jul 14, 2026

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AI-Powered Drug Discovery Leads Global Health Innovation Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jul 14, 2026

From molecular design to pharmacy automation, this week's raises span coasts and continents – a $400M mega-round out of San Francisco, senior care innovation in New York, and early-stage bets on obesity care, clinical trial AI, and cross-border telehealth stretching from Madrid to Milan to London.

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Jul 14, 2026

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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

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Jul 7, 2026

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Sleep, Behavioral Health, and Robotics Innovation Headline a Global Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jul 7, 2026

From virtual sleep medicine to autonomous robotic pharmacies, this week's raises span the full spectrum of care delivery innovation – with founders in the US, UK, Ireland, Europe, and Asia all making moves.

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What the Editor in Chief of JAMA Wants to See Next in Health Innovation

Jul 7, 2026

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What the Editor in Chief of JAMA Wants to See Next in Health Innovation

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, the Editor in Chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network, sat down with us at the inaugural Civic Health Forum to make the case for why evidence, trust, and cross-sector collaboration have to be the foundation of what comes next.

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StartUp Health Event

Jun 30, 2026

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AI Agents Cap Off Q2 Global Health Innovation Funding | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jun 30, 2026

A €480M Paris insurtech raise and a wave of AI-powered patient-access platforms headline the final week of Q2's global digital health funding activity.

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Aeroflow Health Acquires Canopie to Close the Maternal Care Gap for Millions of New Mothers

Jun 26, 2026

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Aeroflow Health Acquires Canopie to Close the Maternal Care Gap for Millions of New Mothers

StartUp Health portfolio company Canopie is a digital health platform delivering evidence-based preventive care programs for expecting and new mothers focused on mental health and physical wellness.

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Women’s Health Moonshot

Mental & Behavioral Health Moonshot

The Caregiver Is the Second Patient: Mass General’s Katie Brandt Is Making Sure Health Innovators Never Forget It

Jun 25, 2026

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The Caregiver Is the Second Patient: Mass General’s Katie Brandt Is Making Sure Health Innovators Never Forget It

As director of caregiver support services at Mass General's FTD Unit – and a caregiver herself for more than 18 years – Katie Brandt brings a perspective no dataset can replicate. Here is what she wants founders building in the Alzheimer's and caregiving space to understand.

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Thought Leadership

StartUp Health Event

Jun 23, 2026

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AI Agents, Healthy Longevity, and Women's Health Receive Global Digital Health Funding | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jun 23, 2026

From clinical intelligence for older adult care management in New York to AI-powered preventative, personalized healthcare in Melbourne to a physics-based aging platform in Singapore to hormone-tracking wearables in San Francisco and AI-native clinical tools in São Paulo, this week's deals reflect a maturing global digital health market putting intelligence at the center of care.

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

Jun 19, 2026

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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

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Health Moonshot Update

Jun 16, 2026

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From Boston to Bengaluru, Health Innovation Draws Global Capital This Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jun 16, 2026

Companies across the US, UK, Europe, and India closed health innovation rounds this week, led by a $50M seed for biological AI and a $35M Series A putting an AI advocate in every American's corner.

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From Founder to Commercial Leader: Jill Angelo on What It Really Takes to Build in Women’s Health

Jun 11, 2026

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From Founder to Commercial Leader: Jill Angelo on What It Really Takes to Build in Women’s Health

Oura's VP of Women's Health and Commercial Partnerships joined StartUp Health for a candid fireside chat on why women's health has finally grown up as a category, what it takes to build clinical credibility through partnerships, and the hard-won founder lesson she wishes she had learned earlier.

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Thought Leadership

StartUp Health Event

Jun 9, 2026

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Longevity, Cardiometabolic Care, and AI Innovations Power Another Busy Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jun 9, 2026

From a $435M longevity biotech raise in South San Francisco to insulin delivery in Switzerland to AI physiotherapy clinics scaling across the NHS to a personal digital twin platform in South Korea, this week's digital health funding spans continents and categories – with strong signals in scientific AI, precision cardiometabolic care, and healthcare workforce innovation, including a $15M raise for Civic Health Forum featured guest Ilant Health.

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

AI-Native Biotech Startup Banks $100M as Health Innovation Funding Rolls On | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Aug 18, 2026

MEI Micro Is Betting That Better Sensors Mean Better Medicine

From Eye Disease to AI Fraud Detection, Global Health Innovation Funding Wave Continues | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Aug 11, 2026

Microsoft VP on Why Healthcare Is Outpacing AI Adoption Expectations

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

Healing Without Drugs: A Promising Future for Alzheimer’s Patients

General Catalyst's $450M Bet on Function Health Headlines a 18-Deal Global Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Aug 4, 2026

One Community. One Simple Plan. One End-of-Summer Bonus Offer.

Next-Gen Tech and AI Platforms Continue to Power Global Health Innovation Funding | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jul 28, 2026

What It Takes to Get General Catalyst’s Attention – and a Look Inside Their Big Bet on Healthcare Transformation

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

Neko Health's $700M Round Tops an AI-Driven Global Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jul 21, 2026

AI-Powered Drug Discovery Leads Global Health Innovation Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jul 14, 2026

Buddy Healthcare Acquired by VitalHub

Sleep, Behavioral Health, and Robotics Innovation Headline a Global Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jul 7, 2026

What the Editor in Chief of JAMA Wants to See Next in Health Innovation

AI Agents Cap Off Q2 Global Health Innovation Funding | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jun 30, 2026

Aeroflow Health Acquires Canopie to Close the Maternal Care Gap for Millions of New Mothers

The Caregiver Is the Second Patient: Mass General’s Katie Brandt Is Making Sure Health Innovators Never Forget It

AI Agents, Healthy Longevity, and Women's Health Receive Global Digital Health Funding | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jun 23, 2026

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

From Boston to Bengaluru, Health Innovation Draws Global Capital This Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jun 16, 2026

From Founder to Commercial Leader: Jill Angelo on What It Really Takes to Build in Women’s Health

Longevity, Cardiometabolic Care, and AI Innovations Power Another Busy Funding Week | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jun 9, 2026

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