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The Body Scan Sweden Can't Stop Talking About

Neko Health just raised another €24 million and hit a €1.67 billion valuation, but the real story is what happens to the data afterward. A friend at work spent twenty minutes last month describing her Neko Health appointment in more detail than I've ever heard anyone describe a doctor's visit. The lighting, the rotating arm full of sensors, the printout she got afterward, thick as a small brochure, showing her skin, her heart rhythm and her blood work all mapped and scored. She wasn't complaining. She sounded proud, the way people get proud after a good workout or a spotless apartment. I asked how long she'd waited for the appointment. Eight months. That number stuck with me longer than anything else she said. The raise.   Neko Health, the Stockholm-based preventative health startup founded by Spotify's Daniel Ek and entrepreneur Hjalmar Nilsonne, announced on July 3 that it had raised another €24 million, pushing its valuation to SEK 17.8 billion, roughly €1....

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