American Heart Association Ventures managing partner Lisa Suennen sits down with StartUp Health for a candid conversation spanning her early days scaling a health services company from $5 million to $800 million in revenue, through her current thesis across AHA's four funds. She talks about fundraising realities…
In this episode, Logan Plaster talks with Drew Schiller, Chief Development Officer at ChartSpan and Co-founder of Validic, about what it takes to get a digital health company across the finish line. Schiller recounts the deals that fell apart, including one derailed by COVID while under letter of intent, and the…
Gregory Moore, MD, PhD, Senior Adviser to Gates Ventures on the Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative (AD Data Initiative), joins Logan Plaster for an update on the Alzheimer's and Brain Health Moonshot ahead of the Alzheimer's Insight Summit 4 coming up in November. Dr. Moore explains why the AD Data Initiative is…
UnaliWear founder Jean Anne Booth talks with Logan Plaster about building the Kanega Watch, a wearable medical alert designed around a simple but overlooked truth: a device only protects you if you're willing to wear it. Jean Anne walks through her mother’s response to wearing a “garage door opener around her neck,”…
In this Fireside Chat, Venrock partner Bob Kocher sits down with StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes to unpack why AI will drive more healthcare activity rather than lower prices, where he sees real opportunity for founders (from geriatric behavioral health to medication titration), and what actually makes an…
After 11 years building Journey and recently named to TIME's World's Top HealthTech Companies 2026 list, founder Stephen Sokoler joins Logan Plaster to unpack why the employee mental health category is shifting from reactive to proactive. They cover the real business case behind the shift, how Journey localizes care…
In this Health Moonshot Update, long-time community member Brant Herman, CEO & Founder of MouthWatch and Dentistry.One, joins StartUp Health's Logan Plaster to talk about building a virtual-first teledentistry network that meets patients at the moments they're already engaging with the healthcare system. They cover…
Cristian Pascual, CEO & Co-founder of Mediktor, talks with StartUp Health’s Logan Plaster about the evolution of AI-powered triage, why healthcare delivery demands professional-grade tools rather than general-purpose AI, and what it's taking to close Mediktor's first government-wide agreement. In this episode, Pascual…
What does it take to build a health AI company that actually gets funded right now? Greg Yap, Partner at Menlo Ventures, sits down with StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes to unpack how a 50-year-old venture firm is investing across the health AI landscape, why product is no longer the moat it once was, and how…
What if the richest data about your health wasn't on your wrist, but in your breath? Sathya Elumalai, CEO & Co-founder of Aidar Health, joins Logan Plaster for a Health Moonshot Update on MouthLab – a handheld device that reads roughly 10 vital signs from a single breath and turns them into a predictive health index…
Fresh off a Series A, Yair Saperstein, MD, MPH, CEO & Co-founder of Avo, sits down with Logan Plaster to talk about the inflection point his company is at. Dr. Saperstein built Avo from his own experience as a hospitalist overwhelmed by the sheer volume of data, guidelines, and tasks standing between him and the best…
Long-time StartUp Health community member Yusuf Sherwani, MD, didn't set out to build an AI mental health specialist. Nine years ago, he co-founded Pelago as a virtual clinic for substance use disorder – called Quit Genius – well before telehealth was widely trusted. Today, Pelago works with employers and health plans…
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