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March 12, 2025

Is Daniel Ek’s Neko Health worth $1.7bn?

What makes a preventative healthtech with two clinics a unicorn?


Mimi Billing

6 min read

Neko Health founders Hjalmar Nilsonne and Daniel Ek

When Neko Health launched its first clinic in February 2023, it took just a couple of hours to sell out slots for full body scans. The company, which was founded by Spotify founder Daniel Ek and Hjalmar Nilsonne in 2018, was buzzing.

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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