NEKO HEALTH OPENS ITS DOORS IN NEW YORK, BRINGING THE MOST VALUABLE HOUR IN HEALTHCARE TO AMERICA

Booking begins today at Neko's first U.S. clinic in SoHo, where breakthrough technology and prevention-focused clinicians give members the bigger picture of their health in a single hour 

NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the opening day for Neko Health in the United States, after more than 25,000 New Yorkers joined the waitlist ahead of launch. Their clinic at 300 Lafayette Street in SoHo – the first of many planned across NYC and across the country – brings Neko's Scandinavian high-tech and high-touch experience to life. 

Across Sweden and the UK, more than 100,000 members have already experienced the Neko Health Scan. At the end of their first appointment, 75% of members book and prepay for their next scan, and after their second appointment, 80% of members book their third scan. 

The Neko Health Scan is the most valuable hour you can spend on your health. Hjalmar Nilsonne and Daniel Ek (Spotify) founded Neko Health to deliver preventive healthcare at scale, shifting the focus from treating disease after it develops to helping people understand and act on their health earlier. 

Neko engineered its technology and clinical experience entirely from the ground up. In one hour, you'll have a connected view of your skin, heart, blood, and metabolic health, all explained by a clinician before you leave. All of this for $499. 

The stakes are real: six in ten American adults live with a chronic disease, and four in ten live with two or more,¹ and roughly 90% of national health spending goes toward people managing chronic and mental health conditions.¹ And yet, up to 80% of premature heart disease and stroke is preventable.² 

"Hjalmar and I have talked about bringing Neko to America since the earliest days of the company because if you want to change healthcare at scale, the U.S. has to be part of that ambition," said Daniel Ek, Co-Founder of Neko Health. "New York is the starting point. New Yorkers place an incredible value on their time and have exceptionally high expectations for how they spend it. This city doesn't settle for good enough, and neither do we." 

The 60-minute, radiation-free visit combines the best of human, hardware, and health intelligence: a 360-degree skin exam with 6,000 images captured via a combination of cameras in the visual spectrum as well as thermal cameras, a cardiovascular assessment, detailed body composition analysis, on-site blood testing focused on 50+ essential biomarkers, and unrushed time with a clinician to walk through results and build a plan of action. The Neko Health Scan takes roughly 30 minutes, followed by a further 30 minutes with a clinician. Together, this creates a detailed baseline that can be tracked over time and helps surface early signals before symptoms appear, often while there's still time to act. After the appointment, members can access their results anytime through the Neko Health app on iOS and Android, which stores scan history, tracks changes over time, and syncs daily data from wearables like Oura or Whoop via Apple Health. 

The company designed and developed its own medical devices, hardware, software and systems to capture, analyze and present health data within a single experience. This allows Neko to ensure high quality, all while rapidly improving the technology, experience, and outcomes for members. 

"There's no better time than now to bring Neko Health to America," said Hjalmar Nilsonne, CEO and Co-Founder of Neko Health. "We've scanned more than 100,000 people across Sweden and the UK, and what we've seen is unmistakable: when people can see their health clearly and know what to do about it, they get healthier."

In New York, Neko refers members who need additional care to vetted physicians and healthcare systems, including General Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), Schweiger Dermatology, and Mount Sinai Health System. This allows members to be connected quickly with high-quality, trusted clinicians when follow-up is needed, so they can move forward with confidence in the continuity of their care. Members can also be referred to their own clinicians, if they prefer.

Neko also accepts HSA and FSA payment, making the experience more accessible to New Yorkers already setting aside pre-tax dollars for their health. 

The New York opening follows Neko Health's $700 million Series C, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and co-led by O.G. Venture Partners, with participation from Maria Sharapova, Zoe Saldaña, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, Danny Meyer, Claudia Schiffer and Sir Matthew Vaughn, Thierry Henry, Tim Ferriss and will.i.am. New York marks the first step in Neko Health's U.S. expansion. Additional New York locations and a Miami clinic are expected to follow, with Washington, D.C. and San Francisco also planned. 

Press kit link for imagery. 

To learn more or book an appointment, visit NekoHealth.com and follow Neko Health on social @neko. 

About Neko Health
Neko Health is a health technology company that opened its first clinic in Stockholm in 2023, founded by Daniel Ek and Hjalmar Nilsonne. Neko designs and engineers its own hardware, software, and clinical protocols in-house, powering a next-generation health scan delivered across clinics in Sweden, the UK, and now the United States.