Neko Health, the body-scanning startup from Spotify’s Daniel Ek, has raised $700m and is now worth about $7bn. It is heading to New York, backed by Mark Zuckerberg, Maria Sharapova, and will.i.am.
“We’ve gone into markets where health care is free, and hundreds of thousands of people line up in a queue” to pay for a scan, Daniel Ek told the New York Times. “That also captures the imagination.” It has clearly captured investors too.
Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health has raised a $700m Series C. The round values the company at nearly $7bn, roughly four times its worth in January 2025. Neko will use the money to open its first US clinics, starting in New York this year.
Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round, co-led by O.G. Venture Partners. The backer list reads like a gala guest book. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, Maria Sharapova, will.i.am, Thierry Henry, Jimmy Iovine, and the author Tim Ferriss all put money in.
“With this round, we’re taking that mission to the US for the first time,” co-founder and chief executive Hjalmar Nilsonne said in the announcement. Lightspeed’s Bejul Somaia called Neko “one of the most important healthcare companies of our generation.”
