AOA Dx has signed an Exclusive License Agreement with Professor H. Uri Saragovi, a Senior Investigator with the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital and Professor at McGill University, to secure a suite of IP related to utilizing gangliosides for early cancer detection through liquid biopsies. A family of gangliosides function as tumor markers, as they are low or absent…
Ovulation tracking app Premom is adding four new membership tiers to its offering. The membership is designed to help women better understand and optimize their menstrual cycles to increase the likelihood of conception. Premom memberships include free at-home fertility testing kits, advanced AI ovulation predictions with patented image and interpretation technology to quantify a woman’s hormone tests, and customized, quality care and…
Juno Medical, the modern doctor’s office that’s designed for the 99%, today announces $5.4 million in seed funding led by Vast Ventures. Existing investors Atento Capital, Company Ventures, humbition, RareBreed Ventures, and Lafayette Square will also participate in the round. This milestone coincides with the launch of Juno’s first flagship location in Harlem, NY after several months of rapid growth providing care for thousands…
London-based menopause startup Vira Health has raised a £1.5M from LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures and a number of angel investors. The new funds will be used for product development and to expand the team. Founded in 2020 by Andrea Berchowitz and Rebecca Love, Vira Health aims to make personalized menopause care accessible to all women by reducing the prevalence of later life conditions…
Healthline Media has expanded its ongoing partnership with the Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM) by becoming the premier partner in BEAM’s Black Wellness Innovation Fund with a $100K contribution. In honor of BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month, which BEAM has reframed as “Mental Health Liberation Month”, BEAM is seeking to expand the Black Wellness Innovation Fund to support underserved Black…
Femtech startup Veera Health has raised $3M in funding co-led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge and Global Founders Capital for its digital therapeutics platform that supports women with PCOS in India. Other participants include Y Combinator, CloudNine Hospitals’ cofounder Rohit M.A. and Tinder India hear Taru Kapoor. Veera Health was founded by sisters Shobhita and Shashwata Narain in August 2020. The platform…
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