Is Neko Health’s body scan worth it? Spotify billionaire’s startup has come to America
TechCrunch explores the rise of preventative healthcare startups like Neko Health, which recently raised significant capital for body scanning technology. The article discusses the broader implications of these services entering the US healthcare market.
Why it matters
Highlights a growing trend in health-tech investment and the potential shift toward proactive, data-driven medical diagnostics.
Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s Neko Health raised $700 million to build a business around scanning your body, but it’s not the only company centering its roadmap around a new kind of preventative healthcare. Midjourney is building its own body scanner , while Function Health has also raised significant capital to build out its preventative-health platform. Why are investors betting so big on this category?
On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Dominic-Madori Davis talks with Farooq Abbasi , founder and general partner of Preface Ventures and an investor in Neko Health, about how Neko compares with other consumer-health startups. They discuss what has to happen for body scanning to become part of the broader healthcare system.
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