Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health raises another $700M
In BriefPosted:12:46 PM PDT · July 15, 2026Image Credits:Neko Health(opens in a new window)under aCC BY 2. 0(opens in a new window)license. Neko Health, thebody-scanning and health assessment startupfounded by. . .
In BriefPosted:12:46 PM PDT · July 15, 2026Image Credits:Neko Health(opens in a new window)under aCC BY 2. 0(opens in a new window)license. Neko Health, thebody-scanning and health assessment startupfounded by Spotify’s Daniel Ek (pictured above, right) and his co-founder Hjalmar Nilsonne (above, left),has raiseda $700 million Series C. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and O. G. Venture Partners. This follows the company’s $260 millionSeries B raisedin January 2025. Neko Health has developed proprietary body-scanning technology, which it couples with bloodwork, to assess a person’s health. For gym lovers, the scan also now includes body composition information. It can couple the assessment with Apple Health data, whichNilsonne saysgives its medical clinicians real-world data to use in its assessments. Neko Health, which has locations in the UK and Sweden, is preparing for its first U. S. location in New York. The company says more than 100,000 people have already had scans and more than 350,000 people have either registered for the waitlist or set an appointment. One of the people who had a Neko Health scan is Calm founder Alex Tew. Heposted on Xthat it found a malignant mole on his back, which he promptly had removed. “I’m grateful to Neko for helping me discover this – I’m not sure how I would have otherwise. ”Neko Health isn’t the only health scanning company founded by tech folks. MidJourney, the AI Lab best known for its AI image and video creation model and website, is alsocreating a body scanner, which it plans to integrate into a spa experience with hot tubs and saunas, opening in San Francisco sometime in 2027. Other investors in Neko Health’s latest round include Atomico, General Catalyst, Lakestar, Liberty City Ventures, Positive Sum, and BDT & MSD. TopicsSubscribe for the industry’s biggest tech newsLatest in Startups