StartUp Health

What StartUp Health does

StartUp Health Holdings, Inc. is a privately held company founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, operating a private global membership community that connects health innovators, founders, investors, and healthcare executives around eleven named Health Moonshots (Access to Care, Addiction & Opioid Crisis, Alzheimer's & Brain Health, Cancer, Cardiometabolic & T1D, Caregiving, Children's Health, Food as Medicine, Healthy Longevity, Mental & Behavioral Health, Oral Health, and Women's Health). The core product is a subscription membership delivered through a private app, a content library, weekly expert AMAs, monthly fireside chats, a weekly newsletter, and VIP access to in-person meetups at major healthcare conferences, with the flagship Apollo House summit held during JPMorgan Healthcare Week. Supporting offerings include Health Moonshot Impact Boards, Health Transformer University, a quarterly magazine, a podcast (StartUp Health NOW), a video property (StartUp Health TV), and the Civic Health Forum convening launched with Fedcap and the Digital Health Hub Foundation. The company has invested in more than 500 entrepreneurs and 300 companies across 27–29 countries and six continents, deploying capital through the StartUp Health Moonshots Impact Fund (launched April 2021) alongside strategic partners such as SVB, Johnson & Johnson, Advocate Health, AWS Healthcare & Life Sciences, Gates Ventures, the Helmsley Charitable Trust, and the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation.

The business generates revenue through recurring membership subscriptions for the standard community plan and through quote-based partner packages that bundle custom content creation, media campaigns, and one-to-one support. A secondary revenue stream comes from venture-style returns on portfolio investments in Health Transformers, including a $2.5 million seed participation in NEXT Life Sciences in 2025. Go-to-market is community-led and event-driven: member acquisition flows from content marketing (podcast, magazine, newsletter, blog), word of mouth, and presence at JPM Healthcare Week, HLTH, VIVE, and HIMSS, while enterprise-level relationships are cultivated through Impact Boards and Apollo House co-hosting. The company is privately held, governed by a Board of Directors that includes Toby Cosgrove (former Cleveland Clinic CEO) and Jon Miller (former AOL and IAC CEO), with co-founders Unity Stoakes (CEO and President) and Steven Krein (Strategic Advisor) controlling the firm alongside a senior team of six partners.

Name

StartUp Health

Legal name

StartUp Health Holdings, Inc.

Website

http://www.startuphealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

StartUp Health operates a private global membership community connecting health founders, investors, and executives across eleven Health Moonshots, supported by events, media, and a venture impact fund investing in 500+ entrepreneurs worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Innovation Community Platform

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Health & Health Equity Organizations (BPAGACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health Systems Strengthening & Primary Care Development (HLAJAKAJ), Global Health Advocacy, Policy & Rights Organizations (HLAJAKAO)

Keywords

• Health innovation community
• Healthcare startup network
• Digital health membership
• Health moonshot investing
• Healthcare venture community

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: Simple membership plan providing access to the private global community, member network, virtual events, content library, weekly newsletter, and member-only perks and discounts. Additional partner packages available for custom content creation, media campaigns, and 1:1 support.
2. Partner Packages: Custom content creation, media campaigns, and 1:1 support services for partners seeking enhanced visibility and engagement within the Health Transformer community.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

StartUp Health operates a private global membership community connecting health innovators, investors, and industry stakeholders through a member app, virtual and in-person events, expert AMAs, and content. It organizes members into 11 Health Moonshot Communities focused on specific health challenges, and supplements membership with partner packages for custom content creation, media campaigns, and 1:1 support. The company also makes direct investments in selected health startups as part of its Health Moonshots Impact Fund.

Product overview

StartUp Health operates as a private global community platform for health innovators, offering a membership program that connects founders, investors, healthcare executives, and industry stakeholders. The core offering is the StartUp Health Membership, which provides access to a private app, live events, expert AMAs, content library, and member discounts. The platform organizes members into Health Moonshot Communities focused on specific health challenges including Access to Care, Addiction, Alzheimer's, Cancer, Cardiometabolic & T1D, Caregiving, Children's Health, Food as Medicine, Healthy Longevity, Mental & Behavioral Health, Oral Health, and Women's Health. Supporting offerings include Apollo House (JPM Healthcare Week networking summit), Civic Health Forum (quarterly convening), Health Transformer University (educational platform), and media content including the StartUp Health Magazine, Podcast, TV, and Insider Newsletter.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• StartUp Health Membership
• Health Moonshot Communities
• Apollo House
• Civic Health Forum
• Health Transformer University
• StartUp Health Magazine
• StartUp Health NOW Podcast
• StartUp Health TV
• StartUp Health Insider Newsletter
• Health Moonshot Impact Boards

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ entrepreneurs and 300+ companies invested across 27 countries
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• FedcapflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2026Co-host of Civic Health Forum 2026, a platform focused on improving health outcomes before people require medical intervention. Fedcap is a disability and workforce solutions organization.
• Digital Health Hub FoundationflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2026Co-host of Civic Health Forum 2026, partnering to bring together investors, AI innovators, healthcare providers, payors, and policymakers for the inaugural Civic Health Forum.
• Civic HallcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2026Venue partner for Civic Health Forum 2026 in New York City, hosting the inaugural convening focused on civic health innovation.
• LongeveroncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 December 2025Selected as a StartUp Health Alzheimer's Disease Moonshot Company. Longeveron participates in StartUp Health Apollo House during JPM Healthcare Week 2026 to host meetings with investors and partners advancing Alzheimer's treatments.
• Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in launching the global Alzheimer's Moonshot alongside Gates Ventures and several additional founding champions to focus on ending Alzheimer's disease.
• Toby Cosgrove, MDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBoard of Directors member. Former President & CEO of Cleveland Clinic, providing strategic guidance and industry expertise to StartUp Health.
• Jon MillercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBoard of Directors member. CEO of Integrated Media Co. and former CEO of AOL & IAC, bringing technology and media expertise.
• Sue SiegelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth Moonshot Impact Board member. Former CIO of GE and Former CEO of GE Business Innovations, providing strategic advisory on innovation and technology.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Rock Health: Rock Health is a digital health venture fund and advisory that operates a portfolio of health startups alongside a research, community, and content platform. It is the most direct comparable as a venture-backed digital health community combining capital, founders, and thought leadership.
• Techstars: Techstars operates a global accelerator network including dedicated healthcare and digital health programs. Comparable as a structured accelerator/membership platform running founder cohorts, mentor networks, and demo days targeting the same health entrepreneur segment.
• Plug and Play: Plug and Play runs a corporate-venture-driven innovation platform with a dedicated Health vertical, connecting startups, corporates (including pharma and payers), and investors. Comparable as an event-driven, partner-anchored health innovation community.
• Matter: Matter is a community of healthcare innovators (founders, investors, providers, payers) offering curated events, programming, and content. Highly comparable in business model as a membership-driven health innovation community with networking and education at its core.
• Health Wildcatters: Health Wildcatters is a Dallas-based healthcare startup accelerator with mentor-driven programming and investor networking for early-stage health companies. Comparable as a health-focused accelerator combining cohort programming with investor deal flow.
• Startupbootcamp Digital Health: Startupbootcamp runs a Digital Health accelerator program alongside a global network of mentors, corporates, and investors. Comparable as a cohort-based accelerator serving the same digital health founder and partner segments.
• Redesign Health: Redesign Health is a healthcare startup studio that builds and launches digital health companies with operating support and capital. Comparable in operating health moonshot-style companies and providing founder/funding infrastructure.
• Newlab: Newlab operates an innovation community and venture platform bringing together startups, corporates, and investors across deep tech and health. Comparable as a membership-driven innovation community with curated events and corporate partnerships.
• MassChallenge HealthTech: MassChallenge HealthTech is a non-equity accelerator partnering health startups with enterprise champions (payers, providers, pharma). Comparable as a structured accelerator targeting the same digital health founder and enterprise partner base.

Broad incumbents

• HLTH: HLTH is one of the largest annual health innovation conferences (alongside VIVE and HIMSS) and increasingly extends into year-round content and community. Comparable as the broader incumbent event/community ecosystem in which StartUp Health runs its VIP meetups and Apollo House.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments397 records

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