StartUp Health

19/12/2025

StartUp Health community member Avanlee Christine of Avanlee Care shares why resilience pays off. After years of navigating a challenging market, staying disciplined with cash, and focusing on real partnerships with health plans, unexpected investor interest came her way following a podcast interview with StartUp Health.

Longevity and grit matter in this industry.

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https://bit.ly/3LncSR5

Meet with dedicated health innovation founders – who we call Health Transformers – when you join us at Apollo House in January ⤵️
https://bit.ly/4qc7LT8

19/12/2025

🎉 Exciting expansion news from StartUp Health community member Gray Oncology Solutions!

The Scale AI 2025 Project has launched to bring AI-powered cancer care operations across Canada – using GrayOS to optimize scheduling, predict cancellations, and streamline workflows so care teams can treat more patients with greater efficiency and less friction.

This initiative is a powerful example of how advanced technology and data science can strengthen health system capacity and improve the experience for both clinicians and patients.

Read more ⤵️
https://bit.ly/3MNWWrS

No patient should wait because the system could not adapt. GrayOS is the way health systems maximize capacity, cut wait times, and reduce administrative burden.

19/12/2025

Telehealth that meets people where they are can make all the difference – especially for families.

StartUp Health community member MiSalud Health was highlighted in Employee Benefit News for how workplace telehealth is helping support children’s health, improve access to pediatric care, and reduce barriers that many families face in traditional healthcare settings.

A strong reminder that supportive, culturally relevant virtual care isn’t just convenient – it’s essential.

🔗 https://bit.ly/45ckNYz

MiSalud launches a free telehealth program offering bilingual guidance on children's health, aiming to close care gaps for Latino families through employers.

19/12/2025

Big news from StartUp Health community member ALZpath!

🤝 ALZpath and Siemens Healthineers have signed a licensing agreement to advance global access to blood-based Alzheimer’s disease diagnostic testing. This partnership expands the reach of ALZpath’s proprietary pTau217 technology — making earlier, more accurate detection of Alzheimer’s more accessible worldwide through established clinical platforms.

A major step forward in equitable brain health and early diagnosis.

🔗 https://prn.to/48NO4ew

18/12/2025

Join us in welcoming new StartUp Health Moonshot Community members! 🚀🎉

⭐ David Portnoy from 1Phi
⭐ Saamer Siddiqi, MD, from LIVEMED Telehealth
⭐ Jeff Chen & Pelin Thorogood from Radicle Science
⭐ Nagesh Kadaba from Status Alert

Find out how you can join them in the community and meet IRL next month at Apollo House in San Francisco ⤵️
https://www.startuphealth.com/apollo-house

18/12/2025

CAREgivers Insight was born from lived experience — and the goal is simple: reduce suffering, elevate care, and transform aging in place.

🎥 Hear why StartUp Health community member Christopher Jue says even modest success will have massive impact in this full Health Transformer Spotlight conversation with Unity Stoakes. ⤵️
https://youtu.be/hKBGuYGKxRY

Keep the conversation going: Meet Christopher in person at Apollo House this January during JPM Week in San Francisco. ⤵️
https://www.startuphealth.com/apollo-house

17/12/2025

🎧 New on the StartUp Health NOW Podcast

What if the key to fixing our broken healthcare system starts at home?

StartUp Health community member Mitul Desai, co-founder of The Care Hack, shares how his family’s decades-long journey caring for a loved one with schizophrenia inspired him to reimagine support for cognitive caregivers – those helping family members through serious mental illness, dementia, and brain injury.

From personal story to startup mission, Mitul and his team are building a movement to center caregivers in the care system – and the ROI is bigger than most realize.

Listen in 👇
🎙 https://www.startuphealth.com/startup-health-now

17/12/2025

Two exciting leadership updates across the StartUp Health community.

StartUp Health community member The Able Channel has appointed Robert Friedman to its Board of Directors, strengthening its mission to deliver trusted, high-impact health programming that improves health literacy nationwide.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4s41BGh

And StartUp Health community member Hibiscus Health has welcomed Dr. David Seunarine as Chief Clinical Officer. Dr. Seunarine brings deep clinical and digital health expertise and will lead the rigorous data generation and validation behind Hibiscus’ biometric algorithms, ensuring accuracy, trust, and real-world impact at scale.
🔗 https://bit.ly/493YGF3

Congratulations to both teams on these important milestones as they continue transforming health.

17/12/2025

📈 This week’s StartUp Health Insights spotlight goes to Punto Health, a StartUp Health community member building an AI-powered operating system for dementia care. The London-based team secured €2.3M ($2.7M) Seed to expand early detection and personalized support for people experiencing cognitive decline.

It was also one of the busiest and most globally diverse funding weeks of the year, with new capital flowing into AI-driven drug discovery, clinical automation, fertility testing, precision medicine, mental health, neonatal care, cardiology, radiology, and more across more than a dozen countries.

See the full weekly report ⤵️
https://bit.ly/4p1fkea

17/12/2025

When experts say "it can't be done," the best entrepreneurs ask "why not?" 🚀⁣
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Vinod Khosla reminds us: hire the experts, but never let them limit your vision. Use their knowledge to execute, but keep your disruptive thinking intact.⁣
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First principles > experience-based limits ✨⁣
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Hear more from Khosla at Apollo House ⤵️⁣
https://www.startuphealth.com/apollo-house

17/12/2025

StartUp Health community member Aubrey Sawyer from InHealth shares a critical lesson every entrepreneur should learn early on: avoid rushing into deals when you're desperate. Always ensure you have legal support to help you navigate agreements. Protect your business and set up for long-term success.

Learn more ⤵️
https://bit.ly/4qTblTe

Meet Aubrey at Apollo House in January ⤵️
https://bit.ly/4qc7LT8

16/12/2025

Huge congratulations to StartUp Health community member Ian Madom, MD, CEO & Co-founder of Mocingbird, on being named to Slice of Healthcare’s 2025 50 Under 50 list.

This honor celebrates leaders who are reshaping healthcare, and Ian’s commitment to simplifying clinician licensing and compliance stands out as a meaningful innovation that supports providers everywhere.

Well deserved, Dr. Madom – and cheers to all the honorees driving positive change across the industry.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4qh7QF6