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Neko Health’s promised U.S. expansion arrives on September 24, when the health-scanning startup opens its first American office. It will be located in SoHo, Manhattan’s home of luxury shopping, at 300 Lafayette Street.
Neko was founded by Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek and Hjalmar Nilsonne, who serves as Neko’s CEO. The company says that more than 25,000 New Yorkers have joined a waitlist.
As we previously reported, Neko Health has developed proprietary body-scanning technology, which it pairs with bloodwork and data from fitness devices to assess a person’s health. Currently, the startup has locations in the U.K. and Sweden. When it raised a $700 million Series C last month, it said that 100,000 people already had scans.
Neko is among a growing number of health-scanning companies created by tech founders or backed by VCs. For instance, 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. It plans to open in San Francisco in 2027. Tony Robbins and Peter Diamandis also have a longevity company called Fountain Life that does scans and health assessments. Function Health, co-founded by well-known wellness podcaster Dr. Mark Hyman, offers blood testing, and it added body scans after acquiring the startup Ezra. Function just took on a $450 million loan from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund, where companies repay the money via profit-sharing arrangements.
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