All Posts

Femtech Startup Syrona Health Launches ‘SORA’, a New Mobile Virtual Health Assistant for Women Living with Endometriosis

Just like many other conditions in the women’s health space endometriosis is under researched, underserved and underfunded although it affects around 170 million women globally. The most common symptom of endometriosis is pelvic pain, which often correlates to the menstrual cycle. As the symptoms of the disease are not easily recognized – by providers and affected women – many experience a significant…

Dr. Jennifer Peña Joins Nurx as New Chief Medical Officer to Support the Company’s Expansion into New Categories of Care

Nurx, the telehealth platform providing convenient and affordable care for female health needs, today announced that Dr. Jennifer Peña will join the company as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Peña brings deep experience in telehealth, expertise in primary care, and a passion for expanding access to high-quality healthcare at scale. As Chief Medical Officer, she will help Nurx build upon its record year…

Nurx Expands Its Service and Now Offers At-Home Acne Care

Digital Health care provider Nurx, known for birth control prescriptions, STI screenings and medications prescriptions, has now expanded into at-home acne care. While acne care may seem like a leap coming from a company that’s built its reputation (and base of over one million patients) mainly on reproductive health care, Nurx clinical team lead Nancy Shannon MD, PhD, says the company added acne…

Clue Receives FDA Approval to Launch a Digital Contraceptive

Clue, the company behind the popular period tracking app, has announced that it has received FDA clearance to launch a digital contraceptive. The new functionality allows users to prevent pregnancy based only on the start date of a user’s period. This algorithmic prediction is based on Bayesian modelling. The app will display a high risk window across a number of days of…

Dr. Raquel Hammonds Joins Carrot Fertility as Director of Integrative and Preventative Medicine, a Newly Created Role at the Company

Dr. Raquel Hammonds is a Doctor of  Medicine in Naturopathic Medicine. She comes from The Center for Reproductive Health & Gynecology in Beverly Hills, California, where she worked with patients to uncover the root cause of subfertility/infertility in men and women undergoing IVF and IUI. In January Dr. Hammonds has now joined Carrot Fertility as Director of Integrative and Preventative Medicine, a…

Femtech Startup AMMA Pregnancy Tracker Secures Investment from SOSV to Enter the Asian Market

AMMA Pregnancy Tracker, a femtech platform catering to pregnant women with personalized healthcare recommendations, has received a 250K investment from US venture capital fund SOSV, and will participate in the upcoming 19th cohort of SOSV’s Shanghai-based cross-border accelerator, Chinaccelerator. AMMA Pregnancy Tracker’s evidence-based pregnancy information and personalized recommendations from professional obstetricians and gynecologists allow expecting mothers to track key changes during pregnancy,…

Marani Health Raises $3.7M to Accelerate Development of Its AI-Powered Pregnancy Care Platform

Marani Health, an AI-powered platform for remote pregnancy care co-founded by the Mayo Clinic, announced today strategic milestones that advance its clinical research & development and go-to-market plans. Heightened demand for telehealth fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an oversubscribed funding round of $3.7 million. SWL Healthcare Ventures led the round, joined by new investor TFX Capital, bringing the total capital raised to-date…

Femtech Investment Round-up (February 2021)

At the beginning of each month, we look back and share which companies have announced new funding rounds. Below is February 2021’s round-up. You’ve found some of our exclusive Inner Circle Content. This article is only available for our Inner Circle Members. To read on: Sign in to your Inner Circle account to access this content. If you aren’t a member yet…