# Neko Health raises $700M Series C at $7B valuation for AI-powered full-body health scanning

> Neko Health, the preventive-health startup co-founded by Spotify's Daniel Ek, has raised a $700 million Series C at a valuation of around $7 billion. Lightspeed Venture Partners and O.G. Venture Partners led, with Atomico, General Catalyst, and Lakestar also taking part. The company's product is a full-body scan that uses AI to analyze skin health, screen for signs of pre-diabetes and blood abnormalities, and assess risk factors for heart disease and stroke, all in a single visit. The idea is to shift healthcare toward catching problems early rather than treating them late, and this funding is aimed largely at expanding from its European base into the US market. The trajectory is steep. Neko was valued at $1.7 billion in early 2025, so this round marks roughly a fourfold jump in about eighteen months, and the fundraising cadence keeps accelerating. That pace reflects strong investor appetite for AI applied to consumer health, though the model still has to prove that mass preventive scanning improves outcomes rather than just surfacing more findings.

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## Wortins' read

Neko Health, the preventive-health startup co-founded by Spotify's Daniel Ek, has raised a $700 million Series C at a valuation of around $7 billion. Lightspeed Venture Partners and O.G. Venture Partners led, with Atomico, General Catalyst, and Lakestar also taking part. The company's product is a full-body scan that uses AI to analyze skin health, screen for signs of pre-diabetes and blood abnormalities, and assess risk factors for heart disease and stroke, all in a single visit. The idea is to shift healthcare toward catching problems early rather than treating them late, and this funding is aimed largely at expanding from its European base into the US market. The trajectory is steep. Neko was valued at $1.7 billion in early 2025, so this round marks roughly a fourfold jump in about eighteen months, and the fundraising cadence keeps accelerating. That pace reflects strong investor appetite for AI applied to consumer health, though the model still has to prove that mass preventive scanning improves outcomes rather than just surfacing more findings.

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