The investor behind Neko Health’s $700M bet on scanning your whole body
Spotify founder Daniel Ek's Neko Health has raised $700 million to develop a business model centered on full-body scanning for preventative healthcare. This investment highlights a broader trend where companies like Midjourney and Function Health are also pursuing similar preventative health technologies. Farooq Abbasi of Preface Ventures discusses the rationale behind the investment, noting that low primary-care utilization in the U.S. creates a significant opportunity for such consumer health solutions.
- ▪Neko Health, backed by Spotify founder Daniel Ek, raised $700 million to build its body scanning platform.
- ▪Competitors such as Midjourney and Function Health are also developing preventative health technologies and raising significant capital.
- ▪Preface Ventures partner Farooq Abbasi invested in Neko after personally trying the company's $500 scan.
- ▪Abbasi identifies low primary-care utilization as a major issue in U.S. healthcare that body scanning could help address.
- ▪The discussion suggests that better health data from these scans could enable a new generation of AI-powered healthcare tools.
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The investor behind Neko Health’s $700M bet on scanning your whole body Dominic-Madori Davis , Theresa Loconsolo Sep 30, 2026 Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify 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.
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