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NextMed Health
NextMed Health is a community and platform focused on advancing a human-centric, technology-enhanced future in health and medicine. It fosters collaboration among various stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem.
Overview
What NextMed Health does
What NextMed Health is
NextMed Health is a community and platform focused on advancing a human-centric, technology-enhanced future in health and medicine. It fosters collaboration among various stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community and event host capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2011
- Approximate age
- About 15 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community · Event host
- Last reviewed
- April 12, 2026
Official channels
Find NextMed Health elsewhere
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Capability profile
NextMed Health as a community
Community overview
NextMed Health is an interdisciplinary community focused on catalyzing and accelerating the arrival of a new, human-centric, technology-enabled health age. It is the evolution of Exponential Medicine and is chaired by Dr. Daniel Kraft. The organization brings together a global mix of health and biomedical innovators to address significant challenges in healthcare.
Community focus
NextMed Health invests in and provides services related to healthcare innovation, emphasizing the convergence of technology and medicine. The organization addresses a broad range of healthcare issues, including precision wellness, next-generation diagnosis, treatment, and global public health. It aims to unite thought leaders and disruptors from various fields to foster collaboration and innovation.
Member value
Members gain access to a network of health and biomedical innovators, opportunities to showcase their innovations, and participation in events that address significant healthcare challenges.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- hybrid
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- March 30, 2025
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Researchers
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- community and other
- Selection criteria
- open
- Sectors
- Healthcare
- Regions
- Global
Community activity
Events and activity
NextMed Health organizes several events, including the NextMed Health 2025 scheduled for March 30 - April 2, 2025, at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, featuring mainstage sessions, deep-dive workshops, and an Innovation Lab showcasing startups. Additionally, they host a monthly 3rd Thursday Community Get Together for discussions led by Dr. Daniel Kraft and faculty members.
Notable members
Key team members include Dr. Daniel Kraft, Shawna Butler, Eric Topol, Dean Kamen, Catriona Jamieson, and Ray Kurzweil.
Capability profile
NextMed Health as an event host
Event focus
NextMed Health invests in and provides services related to healthcare innovation, emphasizing the convergence of technology and medicine. The organization addresses a broad range of healthcare issues, including precision wellness, next-generation diagnosis, treatment, and global public health. It aims to unite thought leaders and disruptors from various fields to foster collaboration and innovation.
Format narrative
NextMed Health hosts several programs and events, including mainstage sessions, deep-dive workshops, and an Innovation Lab showcasing startups.
Participant value
NextMed Health brings together a global mix of health and biomedical innovators to address significant challenges in healthcare, fostering collaboration and innovation.
Format and cadence
- Event types
- summit
- Recurrence
- monthly
- Modality
- in-person
- Startups can present
- Yes
Availability
- Registration state
- Not currently accepting
- Next recorded event
- March 30, 2025
- Next event location
- Hotel del Coronado, San Diego
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Corporate Innovators
- Sectors
- Healthcare
- Regions
- Global
Speakers and past editions
Speakers
Key team members include Dr. Daniel Kraft, Shawna Butler, Eric Topol, Dean Kamen, Catriona Jamieson, and Ray Kurzweil.
Past editions
Notable past MEDy Award winners include Bloom Standard, NXgenPort, PAfoS.AI, Shape (ShapeScale), and PhotoniCare, Inc.
Common questions
What to know about NextMed Health
Upseed classifies NextMed Health under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community and event host capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 12, 2026
Known limits
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