March 29, 2024

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Daniel Ek’s Neko Health raises $65M for preventative healthcare through full-body scans

Neko Health, the health tech startup co-founded by Spotify co-creator Daniel Ek, has raised €60 million ($65 million) in its first external round of funding. The Series A round was led by Lakestar, with participation from Atomico and General Catalyst. Founded out of Sweden in 2018 by Ek and Hjalmar Nilsonne, Neko Health exited stealth […]

Daniel Ek’s Neko Health raises $65M for preventative healthcare through full-body scans by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Daniel Ek pumps $50 million into Spotify: ‘I believe our best days are ahead’

Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek said on Friday that he’s pouring $50 million into the music streaming service, driving its stock price up by more than 3% to a high of $108.98 per share during regular trading hours.  The momentary rise, however, is a blip on the radar for Spotify, which has taken a beating this […]

Daniel Ek pumps $50 million into Spotify: ‘I believe our best days are ahead’

Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek said on Friday that he’s pouring $50 million into the music streaming service, driving its stock price up by more than 3% to a high of $108.98 per share during regular trading hours.  The momentary rise, however, is a blip on the radar for Spotify, which has taken a beating this […]

The Spotify-Rogan saga highlights the distinction between publishers and platforms

As our Equity podcast recently asked, “how many times must Spotify step on a rake?” The streaming service is learning the hard way that it’s counterintuitive to act as both a platform and a publisher — now, in trying to reassert its status as a platform, it’s acting even more like a publisher. Back in […]

Spotify will invest $100M in content from underrepresented creators, says CEO Daniel Ek

In the latest installment of the Spotify-Rogan saga, CEO Daniel Ek sent out a company memo on Sunday addressing Joe Rogan’s use of harmful racial slurs in past episodes of his podcast. Over 70 of these past episodes have now been removed from Spotify. In the memo, which was published by The Hollywood Reporter, Ek […]