Is Neko Health’s physique scan price it? Spotify billionaire’s startup has come to America

Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s Neko Health raised $700 million to construct a commerce round scanning your physique, however it’s not the one firm centering its roadmap round a brand new form of preventative healthcare. Midjourney is building its own body scanner, whereas Function Health has additionally raised vital capital to construct out its preventative-health platform. Why are buyers betting so massive on this class? 

On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Dominic-Madori Davis talks with Farooq Abbasi, founder and basic associate of Preface Ventures and an investor in Neko Health, about how Neko compares with different consumer-health startups. They focus on what has to occur for physique scanning to turn out to be a part of the broader healthcare system. 

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