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Inside the Food as Medicine Moonshot: Kim Fisher Is Rallying Innovators Around the Most Overlooked Driver of Health

Mar 31, 2026

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Inside the Food as Medicine Moonshot: Kim Fisher Is Rallying Innovators Around the Most Overlooked Driver of Health

Kim Fisher has spent her career building things, backing things, and translating science into impact. Now she's bringing all of it to bear as Chief Impact Officer of StartUp Health's Food as Medicine Moonshot, and she believes the wave entrepreneurs have been waiting for is finally here.

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

Mar 27, 2026

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

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.

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Health Moonshot Update: Mocingbird Turns Licensing Chaos Into Clinical Capacity

Mar 5, 2026

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Health Moonshot Update: Mocingbird Turns Licensing Chaos Into Clinical Capacity

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.

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Repositioning EqualityMD to Tackle America’s Broken Healthcare System

Feb 24, 2026

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Repositioning EqualityMD to Tackle America’s Broken Healthcare System

StartUp Health community member Justin Ayars of EqualityMD is expanding his mission from direct-to-consumer care to an employer-focused model designed to lower costs, close data gaps, and rebuild trust in healthcare. By combining culturally competent virtual care, insurance-free access, in-house pharmacies, and AI-powered insights, EqualityMD is working to reduce care avoidance, increase access to patient-centric care, and reshape how Americans experience health and wellness.

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Health Moonshot Update: Sana Health’s Regulatory Breakthrough in Pain Control

Feb 20, 2026

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Health Moonshot Update: Sana Health’s Regulatory Breakthrough in Pain Control

After decades of work in neuromodulation, StartUp Health community member Richard Hanbury of Sana Health has just reached a major regulatory milestone with an FDA De Novo grant for neuropathic pain, creating a new class of audio-visual neuromodulation. This is being followed by PTSD research with the U.S. Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs.

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Health Moonshot Update: How CAREgivers Insight Is Turning Caregiver Wisdom into Health System Change

Jan 29, 2026

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Health Moonshot Update: How CAREgivers Insight Is Turning Caregiver Wisdom into Health System Change

StartUp Health community member Christopher Jue of CAREgivers Insight is transforming caregivers from invisible heroes into essential members of the care team. With new real-world evidence, a sharper go-to-market strategy, and an ambitious AI roadmap, he is building what he calls a doorway into healthcare for millions of families.

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datosX Is Building the Validation Engine for Digital Health in the Age of AI

Jan 20, 2026

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datosX Is Building the Validation Engine for Digital Health in the Age of AI

In a market moving at AI speed, evidence cannot take a year. StartUp Health community member Robin Roberts of datosX Digital Health Labs is transforming how digital health teams validate their solutions, delivering buyer-credible evidence and real market traction in months, not years.

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Clinical, Scalable, Human: How MUTU System Is Changing Women’s Health

Jan 13, 2026

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Clinical, Scalable, Human: How MUTU System Is Changing Women’s Health

StartUp Health community member Wendy Powell, CEO & Founder of MUTU System, has built a clinically-validated digital platform for core and pelvic health that is reshaping care pathways across the NHS, workplaces, and households worldwide. Now she is focused on reaching millions more women through strategic partners and distributors.

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Inside the Caregiving Moonshot: Richard Lui Is Calling Innovators to Build for the Backbone of Health

Dec 19, 2025

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Inside the Caregiving Moonshot: Richard Lui Is Calling Innovators to Build for the Backbone of Health

Award-winning journalist and filmmaker Richard Lui, Chief Impact Officer for StartUp Health’s Caregiving Moonshot, shares the personal journey that sparked his mission to transform the global care economy. He explains why caregiving must become a core pillar of every health innovation strategy and why now is the moment for more founders, investors, and leaders to join this movement.

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Meet EmTech Care Labs: Helping Families Navigate Dementia Care at Home

Dec 12, 2025

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Meet EmTech Care Labs: Helping Families Navigate Dementia Care at Home

StartUp Health community member Aarabi Balasubramanian, CEO & Founder of EmTech Care Labs, is building Care-WalletTM, an AI-enabled, human-first care management platform that helps families and physicians coordinate dementia care at home, starting in Maine and Massachusetts.

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Meet Cognimark: An AI-Powered Neurology Copilot for Early Detection of Dementia

Dec 2, 2025

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Meet Cognimark: An AI-Powered Neurology Copilot for Early Detection of Dementia

StartUp Health community member Andrew Lu, CEO & Co-founder of Cognimark, is building an AI-powered neurology copilot to help physicians detect dementia earlier, ease documentation burdens, and give families the answers they need sooner.

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