Coffee with a Founder Podcast: Yehuda Kogan, Lin Health

24- Feb-2026

On this episode of Coffee with a Founder, Beck Bamberger sits down with Yehuda Kogan, co-founder and CEO of Lin Health, just hours after the company announced its $11 million Series A raise.

The conversation explores how Lin Health is rethinking chronic pain care through a multidisciplinary digital platform, why pain can be understood as a learned skill, and how mental health, anxiety, and depression shape recovery. Yehuda also shares his own decade-long experience living with chronic pain, the company’s shift from direct-to-consumer to B2B, and the importance of trusted partnerships, including work with organizations like Mayo Clinic.

If you’re interested in digital health, mission-driven startups, and what it really takes to scale a healthcare company while staying human, don’t miss this one.

show notes:

1:20: What LIN Health does and the $11M announcement

2:29: Chronic pain as a learned neural pathway

4:41: Yehuda’s personal journey with chronic pain

6:49: How the LIN Health model works

8:15 The scale of the chronic pain crisis

9:08: Technology versus relationships in healthcare

10:46: Moving from D2C to B2B2C

17:39: Fundraising lessons and choosing the right partners

Read More About The Episode:

1:20: What LIN Health does and the $11M announcement

Yehuda explains how LIN Health treats the brain component of chronic pain and shares the announcement of their $11 million Series A.

2:29: Chronic pain as a learned neural pathway

The conversation dives into how chronic pain can become a learned neural pattern driven by fear and reinforcement cycles.

4:41: Yehuda’s personal journey with chronic pain

Yehuda talks about his eight-year struggle with chronic pain and how it shaped LIN Health into a mission-driven company.

6:49: How the LIN Health model works

Yehuda explains the multidisciplinary approach combining physicians, pain recovery coaches, AI tools, and behavioral protocols.

8:15: The scale of the chronic pain crisis

The conversation highlights that roughly 50 to 60 million Americans live with chronic pain, straining patients and the healthcare system.

9:08: Technology versus relationships in healthcare

Yehuda explains how he shifted from thinking technology was the full solution to realizing partnerships drive scale in healthcare.

10:46: Moving from D2C to B2B2C

The conversation dives into why LIN Health intentionally stress-tested engagement through D2C before scaling through provider partnerships.

17:39: Fundraising lessons and choosing the right partners

Yehuda shares why selecting investors based on people and long-term alignment matters more than terms.