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StartUp Health NOW Podcast

StartUp Health NOW celebrates the innovators, industry leaders, and entrepreneurs who are reimagining health and wellness.

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Enhance-d: Empowering Everybody Living with Diabetes...

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2025/10/24

This week on the StartUp Health NOW podcast, we sit down with Sam Scott, PhD, CEO & Co-founder of Enhance-d, a Switzerland-based company transforming how people with diabetes approach exercise.Sam shares how his experience working with professional athletes living with Type 1 diabetes inspired a digital coaching platform that integrates CGM and wearable data to personalize workouts and improve glucose control. He also talks about the company’s new clinical pilots with Dexcom, its growing global

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Bridging Lifespan and Healthspan: Sen-Jam’s...

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2025/10/21

Discover how long-time StartUp Health community member Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical is revolutionizing healthcare through groundbreaking anti-inflammatory solutions that could bridge the critical gap between lifespan and healthspan. In this StartUp Health NOW episode, co-founders Jim and Jackie Iversen share their journey in developing innovative medications targeting inflammation – the hidden culprit behind numerous age-related diseases and conditions The episode highlights their impressive progress,

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How NEXT Life Sciences Is Redefining Contraception...

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2025/10/14

For the first time in decades, a major innovation in reproductive health is on the horizon.In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, StartUp Health community member Dr. Darlene Walley, CEO of NEXT Life Sciences, joins Unity Stoakes to discuss Plan A™, a long-acting, non-hormonal, fully reversible male contraceptive that could reshape how couples share family planning. Dr. Walley explains how Plan A works as a medical device, the company’s global license for Vasalgel®, and the breakthrough results

How Suggestic Is Transforming Sick Care into Scalable...

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2025/10/09

Discover how Suggestic is transforming healthcare by turning food into a powerful therapeutic tool. In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Unity Stoakes sits down with new StartUp Health community members Shai Rosen and Carver Anderson to unpack their company’s innovative approach to personalized nutrition and wellness technology.From their unique journeys - Carver's roots in medical equipment and Shai's transition from aspiring doctor to tech innovator - the duo shares how they're bridging the

Avanlee Care Partners with Health Plans to Provide...

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2025/09/25

Bridging Home, Family, and Health Plans: Avanlee Christine on Caregiver-First Health InnovationStartUp Health community member Avanlee Christine, CEO & Co-founder of Avanlee Care, joins Unity Stoakes on StartUp Health NOW to share how a pivot from fundraising to customer development unlocked product traction, investor interest, and partnerships with innovative health plans. From Billings, Montana, Avanlee explains why integrating unpaid family caregivers into care workflows improves outcomes,

Investing with Purpose: A Conversation with Vishal...

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2025/09/11

In this special episode of StartUp Health NOW, recorded in front of a live virtual audience of StartUp Health community members, Unity Stoakes sits down with Vishal Vasishth, Co-founder & Managing Director of Obvious Ventures. Listeners get to hear not only Vishal’s insights on purpose-driven investing but also questions from community members who joined the conversation in real time.Vishal shares how Obvious Ventures backs founders building companies that align human, planetary, and economic

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Why We Opened the StartUp Health Network to the...

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2025/09/05

An insider interview with StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes on our new membership that invites the world’s leading investors, buyers, industry experts, and policymakers to our exclusive member community dedicated to health innovation and achieving health moonshots.We flipped the script. In this special episode of StartUp Health NOW, our regular host Unity Stoakes sits in the guest chair while Logan Plaster leads the interview. Unity shares why StartUp Health is opening the StartUp Health

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Supercharging Alzheimer’s Research: Gates Ventures...

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2025/08/22

Unlocking Innovation: The Alzheimer's Insights AI Prize and Its Impact on HealthcareThere are currently more than 55 million people worldwide living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Recent breakthroughs in new treatments and diagnostics provide hope, but there is potential to accelerate the pace of discovery and development. Last year, StartUp Health, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation’s (ADDF) Diagnostics Accelerator (DxA) and Gates Ventures, the private

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The Future of Health Fundraising: How Ribon Is...

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2025/08/19

Transforming Healthcare Fundraising: A Revolutionary Approach In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, discover how Rafael Rodeiro, CEO & Founder of Ribon Health, is revolutionizing nonprofit healthcare fundraising through an innovative platform that's changing the game. From a modest start in Brasilia to developing a groundbreaking "reverse matching gifts" system, Rafael's journey showcases the power of reimagining traditional giving methods. The episode explores how Ribon's unique approach provides

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Caregiving Reimagined: How CAREgivers Insight...

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2025/08/05

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Unity Stoakes, President & Co-founder of StartUp Health, speaks with Christopher Jue, CEO & Co-founder of CAREgivers Insight, a leading member of our Caregiving Health Moonshot Community. Christopher, a serial entrepreneur with a personal connection to caregiving, shares the story behind his company’s mission to transform how family caregivers manage care and track their loved ones' health.Key highlights of the conversation include: Personal Journey &

Protected: Collaborative Innovations: Navigating...

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2025/06/25

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Feeding Health Equity: How EntreVita Is Using AI to...

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2025/06/09

From Personal Tragedy to Transformation: Cory Mitchell’s Food as Medicine Mission with EntreVitaIn this powerful episode of StartUp Health NOW, Unity Stoakes sits down with Cory Mitchell, D.Bioethics, CEO & Founder of EntreVita and a founding member of StartUp Health’s Food as Medicine Health Moonshot Community. Cory shares a deeply personal and inspiring journey — from growing up in poverty, losing family to diet-related illnesses, and serving in the Navy, to becoming a public health researcher

How Thryvly Health Tech Is Unlocking Lasting Wellness...

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2025/05/27

In this episode, StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes sits down with Jeff Boyes, founder of Thryvly Health Tech, to explore a crucial challenge in modern healthcare: how do we go beyond breakthrough treatments to truly support patients on their long-term health journeys?Jeff dives deep into his mission to reimagine how people connect with their health, turning advanced technology into deeply personal experiences. From his early days as a teacher to building a groundbreaking platform, Jeff

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Encore: Unity Stoakes on How to Use Storytelling to...

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2025/05/15

We’re taking a short break while we work on our new season, but in the meantime, we’ve got a special encore episode from our archives with Unity Stoakes, President & Co-founder of StartUp Health, to discuss the power of branding and storytelling.In this insightful conversation, you’ll learn: The importance of a strong brand identity for startups Lessons learned from building StartUp Health’s brand that has become synonymous with health innovation How to leverage media and storytelling to

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Encore: From Caregiver to Changemaker – A Look Inside...

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2025/04/30

We’re taking a short break while we work on our new season, but in the meantime, we’ve got a special encore episode from our archives where we chat with a powerful force in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease: Meryl Comer, a member of our Alzheimer’s Moonshot Impact Board.Driven by personal experience watching her husband battle the disease, Comer transformed from award-winning journalist to passionate advocate. She is the Co-founder & Board Member of UsAgainstAlzheimers; the U.S. Representative

Food as Medicine: Expanding Access and Impact with...

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2025/04/17

The phrase "Food as Medicine" has moved beyond buzzwords to become a powerful force in health tech and digital health. From dedicated pavilions at major conferences like HLTH to a growing understanding of its profound impact to StartUp Health's newly-launched Food as Medicine Health Moonshot Community, the concept is clear: what we eat plays a crucial role in preventing and managing chronic diseases – often more so than medication alone. Nutrition is not just about sustenance or weight management;

Radio Waves, Real Results: Inside NeuroEM’s...

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2025/04/03

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, we dive into one of the most fascinating innovation stories in health tech. Our guest is Chuck Papageorgiou, CEO of NeuroEM Therapeutics, a company that’s part of StartUp Health’s Alzheimer’s Moonshot Community and is making waves with a radically different approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease — using radio waves.What started as a research study to prove that cell phones cause brain cancer led to an unexpected breakthrough: the very same radio frequencies

The Challenges & Opportunities of AI in Healthcare...

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2025/03/21

AI has been quietly transforming healthcare for years, but the arrival of ChatGPT changed the game. Suddenly, everyone—from patients to investors—could see the real-world impact of AI in making healthcare more efficient and accessible.One company leading this transformation is Mediktor, a pioneer in AI-powered symptom assessment. Before AI had its cultural moment, Mediktor—a member of the StartUp Health community since 2016—was already using it to help stratify patients and guide them to the right

How Optoceutics Is Exploring the Power of Light...

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2025/03/14

We all know light therapy can brighten our mood, especially for those battling depression or seasonal affective disorder. But what if light could do so much more? In this week's episode of StartUp Health NOW, we dive deep into the revolutionary work of StartUp Health community member Mai Nguyen, PhD, CEO & Co-founder of Optoceutics.Forget what you think you know about light therapy. Nguyen and her team are pioneering a new frontier, demonstrating how precisely delivered light, through the eyes, can

Early Detection = Better Outcomes: Transforming...

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2025/03/06

Imagine this: 73 million Americans are over 65. Among them, 10-20% experience mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a potential precursor to Alzheimer’s. Yet their primary care doctors, with only 14 minutes per patient, lack the time for crucial neurological screenings. This is a critical gap in our healthcare system, especially as groundbreaking Alzheimer's research and therapies emerge, making early detection more vital than ever.That’s where Cx Precision Medicine comes in. In this episode, we sit

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