# Neko Health Raises $700M Series C at $7B Valuation for US Clinic Expansion

> Neko Health, the preventive-health startup co-founded by Spotify's Daniel Ek, has raised a $700 million Series C led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with backing that reportedly includes the Zuckerberg-Chan family. The round values Neko at $7 billion, roughly quadrupling its $1.7 billion valuation from early 2025. Neko builds full-body scanning clinics that use AI to analyze a battery of health measurements and flag potential issues early, and demand has clearly outrun supply: the company reports over 100,000 completed scans, more than 350,000 people on its waitlist, and 75% of members prepaying for annual follow-ups. The new money funds a US push, with first clinics opening in New York and other cities alongside next-generation hardware. Preventive scanning is a genuinely contested idea in medicine, but the scale of the waitlist shows how much appetite there is for AI-driven early detection, and how much capital is betting the model works.

_Section: [AI Funding Tracker](https://www.wortins.com/funding) · Source: Tech.eu · Published Sunday, July 19, 2026_

## Wortins' read

Neko Health, the preventive-health startup co-founded by Spotify's Daniel Ek, has raised a $700 million Series C led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with backing that reportedly includes the Zuckerberg-Chan family. The round values Neko at $7 billion, roughly quadrupling its $1.7 billion valuation from early 2025. Neko builds full-body scanning clinics that use AI to analyze a battery of health measurements and flag potential issues early, and demand has clearly outrun supply: the company reports over 100,000 completed scans, more than 350,000 people on its waitlist, and 75% of members prepaying for annual follow-ups. The new money funds a US push, with first clinics opening in New York and other cities alongside next-generation hardware. Preventive scanning is a genuinely contested idea in medicine, but the scale of the waitlist shows how much appetite there is for AI-driven early detection, and how much capital is betting the model works.

## Source

[Read the full story at Tech.eu](https://tech.eu/2026/07/15/neko-health-raises-700m-as-demand-grows-for-preventive-health-scans/)

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