Daniel Ek’s Neko Health plots fast US clinic rollout

Neko Health targets US after $700 million raise

Neko Health, the body-scanning startup co-founded by Spotify founder Daniel Ek, is preparing a major push into the US after raising $700 million from a high-profile group of investors. The company plans to open its first American clinic in New York this year, with a rapid expansion across the country to follow.

Cofounder and CEO Hjalmar Nilsonne said in a press release that 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. Neko has not disclosed which additional cities are on the roadmap or a detailed rollout timeline, but a waitlist for the New York clinic is already live on its website.

AI-assisted full-body scans and blood tests

Neko operates private clinics that offer full-body scans and blood tests using AI and custom-built medical hardware. The scans are positioned as proactive screening tools for conditions including skin cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.

The company says its broader goal is to catch problems early, prevent disease, and extend healthy lifespans. Nilsonne said the money will also fund further R&D into technology that could “make prevention possible at scale.”

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Founded in 2018, Neko operated largely under the radar until launching publicly in 2023. It sits in a growing segment of preventive-care and private-screening providers, a market buoyed by interest in longevity and biohacking, and by gaps in traditional healthcare systems that often intervene only once symptoms appear.

Existing clinics, pricing, and demand

According to its website, Neko currently runs eight clinics across the UK and Sweden:

• Four in London
• Two in Stockholm

In the UK, scans cost £299, and in Sweden 2,750 Swedish kronor — roughly $400 and $285, respectively. Neko has not yet revealed pricing for its US locations.

The company reports strong interest but growing pains as it scales. More than 350,000 people have either joined scan waitlists or registered for one, while around 100,000 have been scanned so far.

Star investors and soaring valuation

The new funding round pulled in a celebrity-heavy cap table. Fresh investors include will.i.am, tennis player Maria Sharapova, Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, and former footballer Thierry Henry. Existing backers include Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian and actor Zoë Saldaña.

Neko did not disclose its latest valuation. However, unnamed sources cited by the Financial Times put the figure at around $7 billion. The company last raised $260 million in early 2025.

With a reported multibillion-dollar valuation and a waitlist already stretching into the hundreds of thousands, Neko is betting that US customers will pay out of pocket for earlier answers about their health.