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StartUp Health NOW Podcast
StartUp Health NOW celebrates the innovators, industry leaders, and entrepreneurs who are reimagining health and wellness.
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StartUp Health NOW PodcastSame Math, New Market: Inside AHA Ventures with Lisa Suennen
American Heart Association Ventures managing partner Lisa Suennen sits down with StartUp Health for a candid conversation spanning her early days scaling a…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastBuild Relationships First: Drew Schiller’s M&A Lessons From 15 Years at Validic
In this episode, Logan Plaster talks with Drew Schiller, Chief Development Officer at ChartSpan and Co-founder of Validic, about what it takes to get a digital…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastWhy Better Data Is the Key to Faster Alzheimer's Breakthroughs, with Dr. Greg Moore of Gates Ventures
Gregory Moore, MD, PhD, Senior Adviser to Gates Ventures on the Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative (AD Data Initiative), joins Logan Plaster for an update on…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastDesigning a Medical Alert People Actually Wear | Jean Anne Booth, UnaliWear
UnaliWear founder Jean Anne Booth talks with Logan Plaster about building the Kanega Watch, a wearable medical alert designed around a simple but overlooked…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastInvesting in AI-Native Healthcare with Venrock's Bob Kocher and Unity Stoakes
In this Fireside Chat, Venrock partner Bob Kocher sits down with StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes to unpack why AI will drive more healthcare activity…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastFrom EAPs to AI Signals: Rethinking Workplace Mental Health with Stephen Sokoler of Journey
After 11 years building Journey and recently named to TIME's World's Top HealthTech Companies 2026 list, founder Stephen Sokoler joins Logan Plaster to unpack…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastBuilding the referral bridge dental care has been missing | Brant Herman of Dentistry.One & MouthWatch
In this Health Moonshot Update, long-time community member Brant Herman, CEO & Founder of MouthWatch and Dentistry.One, joins StartUp Health's Logan Plaster to…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastScaling Trust: What Mediktor's AI Triage Tool Actually Does
Cristian Pascual, CEO & Co-founder of Mediktor, talks with StartUp Health’s Logan Plaster about the evolution of AI-powered triage, why healthcare delivery…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastInvesting in AI-Native Healthcare with Menlo Ventures' Greg Yap and Unity Stoakes
What does it take to build a health AI company that actually gets funded right now? Greg Yap, Partner at Menlo Ventures, sits down with StartUp Health…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastWhy the mouth may be the best window into human health: Aidar Health’s MouthLab
What if the richest data about your health wasn't on your wrist, but in your breath? Sathya Elumalai, CEO & Co-founder of Aidar Health, joins Logan Plaster for…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastWhat it really takes to bring AI into the hospital room: Avo’s physician-first case for AI-powered clinical decisions
Fresh off a Series A, Yair Saperstein, MD, MPH, CEO & Co-founder of Avo, sits down with Logan Plaster to talk about the inflection point his company is at. Dr…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastDr. Yusuf Sherwani on scaling Pelago, raising $150M, and the future of AI therapy
Long-time StartUp Health community member Yusuf Sherwani, MD, didn't set out to build an AI mental health specialist. Nine years ago, he co-founded Pelago as a…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastInside MEI Micro's mission to bring military-grade sensors to healthcare
What if the sensor in your wearable is the limiting factor in what it can tell you about your health? StartUp Health member Louis Ross, CEO & Founder of MEI…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastSpeed, safety, and scale: Microsoft's playbook for health AI, with Kimmi Grewal and Unity Stoakes
In this episode, Unity Stoakes talks with Kimmi Grewal, Vice President of AI Ecosystem Partnerships at Microsoft, about what it actually takes for health…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastHow GPx is turning a smartwatch into an early warning system for heart failure
Heart failure patients are often living in a black box – not knowing how they're really doing until they end up in the ER. StartUp Health community member Sean…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastWhat Happens When Clinicians Become Innovators | Live @ Civic Health Forum
"It's not patients or profits, it's better health and healthcare." Gillian Sandler of Northwell Health sets the tone early in this episode, recorded live at…
StartUp Health NOW Podcast3 Founders on the Real Cost of Health Access | Live @ Civic Health Forum
At the Civic Health Forum, StartUp Health Managing Director Logan Plaster sat down with three founders building access-first solutions in health innovation…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastInside General Catalyst's health assurance transformation playbook, with Holly Maloney and Unity Stoakes
General Catalyst manages more than $40B across AI, global resilience, and health assurance – and its boldest healthcare move yet was buying Summa Health…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastBuilding the Rails: The Systems That Power Innovation | Live @ Civic Health Forum
Public health has an image problem. It rarely shows up until something goes wrong, which makes it one of the hardest things to fund and one of the easiest to…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastWhat it takes to trust health innovation: A conversation with JAMA Network Editor in Chief Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, has a front-row seat to the tension at the heart of health innovation. As Editor in Chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network, she…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastWhat the "second patient" needs: Katie Brandt on caregiving, Alzheimer's, and what founders need to know
What does a family caregiver actually need – and what does that mean for the founders building solutions for them? In this expert conversation, Katie Brandt…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastEvery second matters: How Access TeleCare brings the specialist to the patient
What does it take to keep a community hospital's doors open? According to StartUp Health community member Josh DeTillio, CEO of Access TeleCare, the answer…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastFocus, validation, and the future of women's health: A conversation with Jill Angelo of Oura
From menopause pioneer to commercial leader at one of digital health's most watched companies, Jill Angelo joins Unity Stoakes for a wide-ranging conversation…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastUse AI. Don't let it use you: Esther Dyson on human limits in an age of artificial scale
What does it mean to build technology that serves human life rather than consuming it? In this episode, Esther Dyson, investor, thinker, and StartUp Health…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastThe Brain as a Metabolic Monitor: Casey Halpern, MD, of SynchNeuro on Predicting Blood Sugar from Behind the Ear
For decades, the noninvasive continuous glucose monitor has been the holy grail of diabetes technology. SynchNeuro believes the signal has been there all along…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastThe Medicare Playbook for Health Tech Founders, with Abe Sutton of CMS
What does the senior CMS official focused on payment and delivery innovation actually want health tech founders to understand? In this episode, we listen in on…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastReal Voices, Real Impact: Dan Kendall & Unity Stoakes on Podcasting in the Age of AI
What if the most underused tool in health innovation communication was sitting right in your pocket? In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, recorded live at…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastEarly Answers, Better Outcomes: How Cx Precision Medicine Is Rethinking Alzheimer's Diagnosis From the Ground Up
What if the most important moment in Alzheimer's care happened not in a neurologist's office, but at a routine primary care visit? That is the premise behind…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastFrom Startup Founder to Cleveland Clinic Innovations: Jerry Wilmink on Building Health Tech That Reaches Patients
🔬 What does it actually take to get a health technology from the lab to the patient's hands? Gerald (Jerry) Wilmink, PhD, knows the journey firsthand. As a…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastRethinking the Rules: Julie Yoo of a16z on Infinite Healthcare, Compound Businesses, and the New Investor Playbook
Julie Yoo has seen healthcare from nearly every angle, as a founder who scaled Kyruus to 20 million patients, as a board member, and now as a General Partner…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastThe New Data Layer in MRI: Valerie and Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, of Imaginostics on Building a One-of-a-Kind Vascular Health Platform
What does it mean to build something that has never existed before? In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Unity Stoakes sits down with CEO & Co-founder…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastKim Fisher on Why Food as Medicine Is at a Tipping Point — And What It Will Take to Get There
What does it actually take to transform the way the world thinks about food as a driver of health? Kim Fisher has spent years finding out — as an entrepreneur…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastFrom Record to Reason: Mehmet Kazgan of cliexa on Building the Brain Behind Healthcare AI
Most healthcare AI conversations start and end with documentation. StartUp Health community member Mehmet Kazgan, CEO & Founder of cliexa, thinks that is the…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastFood as Medicine x AI: Two Pioneering Founders on the Future of Personalized Nutrition
Food as medicine is having a moment, but for leaders like Richard Bennett of Epicured and Victor Penev of Edamam, this is not a passing trend. It is the…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastReducing 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, joins us on StartUp Health NOW to discuss how administrative friction quietly limits…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastEqualityMD’s Pre-Insurance Strategy to Reduce Care Avoidance and Lower Healthcare Costs
In this Health Moonshot Update, StartUp Health community member Justin Ayars of EqualityMD explains how the company is redefining employer healthcare through a…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastSana Health Clears a Major Milestone in the Fight Against Chronic Pain
StartUp Health community member Richard Hanbury of Sana Health joined Unity Stoakes for a Health Moonshot Update just prior to achieving a major regulatory…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastSami Inkinen of Virta Health on AI-Native Healthcare and Reversing Metabolic Disease
In this Apollo House 2026 fireside chat, StartUp Health community member Sami Inkinen, CEO & Founder of Virta Health, shares how a personal diagnosis of…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastVinod Khosla on AI Interns, Trust, and Health Moonshots in the Age of Superintelligence
Recorded live at Apollo House 2026, this fireside chat captures a candid, in-the-room conversation between StartUp Health’s Unity Stoakes and entrepreneur…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastThe Caregiving Front Door: How CAREgivers Insight Is Rewiring Home-Clinic Connections
In this Health Moonshot Update, StartUp Health community member Christopher Jue of CAREgivers Insight joins Unity Stoakes to share how empowering caregivers…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastLive from Apollo House: Building the Modern Health Stack in the Age of Superintelligence
What does it really take to achieve Health Moonshots in the Age of Superintelligence? Recorded live at StartUp Health’s Apollo House during JPM Healthcare…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastMaking Behavioral Health Work in Primary Care: A Conversation with Indira Paharia, PsyD, of VIBEcare
Behavioral health conditions are rising, providers are burned out, and primary care is carrying the load. In this episode, Unity Stoakes sit down with StartUp…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastFrom Evidence to Adoption: How datosX Is Redefining Digital Health Validation
Digital health is moving at AI speed, but evidence generation is still stuck in the past. In this episode, StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes sits down…
StartUp Health NOW PodcastInside MUTU System: Clinical Validation, Real Outcomes, and a Global Mission to Transform Core & Pelvic Health for Women
Pelvic health conditions affect millions of women, yet most are told to simply cope. In this conversation, StartUp Health community member Wendy Powell shares…
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Term Limits for an Infinite Age: Esther Dyson & Unity Stoakes on Abundance, Power, and Staying Human in an Age of AI
In this special year-end episode, StartUp Health Co-founder Unity Stoakes has an intimate chat with Esther Dyson – investor, thinker, and StartUp Health Impact…
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From Personal Journey to Global Mission: Richard Lui on Love, Labor, and Why He Is Leading StartUp Health’s Caregiving Moonshot
Caregiving touches every family, yet caregivers often remain unseen. In this conversation from HLTH in Las Vegas, StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes sits…
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Born from Experience: How The Care Hack Is Fixing the Caregiver Crisis
In this episode of the StartUp Health NOW podcast, Unity Stoakes sits down with Mitul Desai, co-founder of The Care Hack, a member of StartUp Health’s…
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How EmTech Care Labs’ Care-Wallet Is Changing Dementia Care at Home
StartUp Health community member Aarabi Balasubramanian, CEO & Founder of EmTech Care Labs, joins StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes to share the deeply…
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What Happens After the Doctor Visit? How Starlight Is Reinventing Follow-Up Care
When a patient is diagnosed with a chronic condition, the real journey begins at home – not in the doctor’s office. In this episode, StartUp Health community…
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Meet Cognimark: How Andrew Lu Is Reimagining Brain Health with an AI-Powered Neurology Copilot
In this episode of the StartUp Health NOW podcast, Unity Stoakes sits down with StartUp Health community member Andrew Lu, CEO & Co-founder of Cognimark, to…
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Edamam’s Victor Penev: Building a 24/7 AI Nutritionist for a Healthier World
StartUp Health community member Victor Penev, CEO & Founder of Edamam, joins Unity Stoakes to talk about how AI is accelerating the Food as Medicine…
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Glen Tullman: The Playbook for Health Founders in a Time of Change
Transcarent CEO and 7wire Ventures co-founding Partner Glen Tullman joins StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes for a candid conversation on what it takes to…
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How Spotlight-AQ Is Redefining Diabetes Care Through Psychosocial Precision
StartUp Health community member Katharine Barnard-Kelly, PhD, CEO & Co-founder of Spotlight-AQ, joins StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes to share how her…
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InHealth’s Next Chapter: Transforming Engagement Into Healthcare’s First-Line Therapy with CoachLinq
Perseverance. Proof. A Decade in the Making. Scaling Health Coaching with Heart and Intelligence. In this Health Moonshot Update, StartUp Health community…
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A Mother on a Mission to Fix Maternal Nutrition: How Mother of Fact’s Nutrition Care Saves Mothers & Babies
One-third of maternal deaths are linked to malnutrition or lack of nutrition care. StartUp Health community member Emily Sylvester, MS, RD, is determined to…
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Enhance-d: Empowering Everybody Living with Diabetes to Reach Their Exercise Goals
This week on the StartUp Health NOW podcast, we sit down with Sam Scott, PhD, CEO & Co-founder of Enhance-d, a Switzerland-based company transforming how…
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Bridging Lifespan and Healthspan: Sen-Jam’s Innovations in Age-Related Disease Treatment
Discover how long-time StartUp Health community member Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical is revolutionizing healthcare through groundbreaking anti-inflammatory solutions…
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How NEXT Life Sciences Is Redefining Contraception for Men with Plan A™
For the first time in decades, a major innovation in reproductive health is on the horizon. In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, StartUp Health community…
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How Suggestic Is Transforming Sick Care into Scalable Healthcare
Discover how Suggestic is transforming healthcare by turning food into a powerful therapeutic tool. In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Unity Stoakes sits…
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Avanlee Care Partners with Health Plans to Provide Simple Tools & Big Outcomes for Seniors at Home
Bridging Home, Family, and Health Plans: Avanlee Christine on Caregiver-First Health Innovation StartUp Health community member Avanlee Christine, CEO &…