Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup, Neko Health, is setting its sights on the United States after raising $700 million from a star-studded group of celebrities, entrepreneurs, and investment firms. It plans to open its first clinic in New York this year before expanding rapidly across the country.
Neko operates private clinics offering full-body scans and blood tests using AI and custom-built medical equipment. Scans are designed to proactively screen customers for conditions including skin cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. The company says its goal is to catch problems early, prevent disease, and help people live longer.
In a press release, cofounder and CEO Hjalmar Nilsonne said the new funding will help Neko take “that mission to the US for the first time,” starting with New York and other cities this year. The company did not specify where else it plans to open clinics or provide a more detailed timeline, though a waitlist for the New York location is now open on its website. The money will also fund further research and development into technology Nilsonne said could “make prevention possible at scale.”
Neko, which was founded in 2018 but operated quietly until launching in 2023, is part of a growing cohort of companies focused on preventive care and private screening, a market driven in part by rising interest in longevity and biohacking and gaps in traditional healthcare systems that are often more reactive, intervening only after symptoms appear.
According to its website, Neko currently operates eight clinics in the UK and Sweden, including four in London and two in Stockholm. Scans cost £299 in the UK and 2,750 Swedish kronor in Sweden — roughly $400 and $285, respectively. The company has not disclosed pricing for its US clinics.
Neko has attracted strong demand at its existing clinics, but has struggled to keep pace as it scales. The company says more than 350,000 people have joined scan waitlists or registered for one, with 100,000 having been scanned so far.
New investors in the latest round include musician will.i.am, tennis player Maria Sharapova, Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, and former footballer Thierry Henry. Existing backers include Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian and actor Zoë Saldaña. Neko did not share its new valuation, though according to unnamed sources cited by the Financial Times, it now sits at around $7 billion. The company last raised $260 million in early 2025.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
