Spotify billionaire’s body scan startup has come to America
Neko Health seems to be the hottest body scan in the world right now. The scan, co-founded by Spotify’s David Ek and Hjalmar Nilsonne, uses advanced technology to screen for issues in the blood, skin, and metabolism. The company was founded in Sweden, has raised nearly $1 billion total, and just landed in New York.
- ▪Neko Health seems to be the hottest body scan in the world right now.
- ▪The scan, co-founded by Spotify’s David Ek and Hjalmar Nilsonne, uses advanced technology to screen for issues in the blood, skin, and metabolism.
- ▪The company was founded in Sweden, has raised nearly $1 billion total, and just landed in New York.
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Neko Health seems to be the hottest body scan in the world right now. The scan, co-founded by Spotify’s David Ek and Hjalmar Nilsonne, uses advanced technology to screen for issues in the blood, skin, and metabolism. The company was founded in Sweden, has raised nearly $1 billion total, and just landed in New York. It has a global waitlist already topping 300,000 people, the company says. TechCrunch sat down with Farooq Abbasi of Preface Ventures, who invested in the company. He hopes Neko Health can be the future of preventative medicine, especially in a country like the United States, where the medical system is notoriously plagued with issues. Abbasi contends that preventative care utilization is low in the U.S. as people have concerns about how much it costs.
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