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Report: Asia HealthTech Investment Landscape FY 2019 (Galen Growth)

Galen Growth has just released a new report on the HealthTech Investment Landscape in Asia. Insights include: Asia Pac HealthTech ecosystem momentum continues despite geopolitical and domestic headwinds to close at US$5B invested, across 340 deals, well ahead of our forecast last October; Early stage and Series A deal activity shrinks yet further, whereas total Series B deal value share continues to grow, raising questions…

Moon + Leaf: When CBD Meets Women’s Health

After 10 years climbing the career ladder, getting an MBA and travelling the world, Shaina Kandel’s body, let her know that enough was enough. Despite a healthy lifestyle she experienced constant colds, migraines, heart palpitations, digestive problems, tendonitis and eventually lost her period. Today the founder of Moon + Leaf, a company selling hemp-derived women’s health products, says that her body was…

Liz Klinger: “For various reasons, most topics related to sex have been withheld from both industry forums like CES and the general public.”

It’s been a few months since the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced, that it will allow sex tech startups to participate and compete for awards on a one-year trial basis at CES, one of the world’s largest consumer technology trade shows. The announcement followed the events of 2019, when the CTA revoked an innovation award from sextech startup Lora DiCarlo and eventually…

[M]otherboard: Building Relationships Between Care Providers and Birthing Parents

This article was originally published on Medium. We are sharing it here with permission of the author. You can access the original article here. 130 million people give birth around the world every year. Up to 50% of these will have surgical intervention. Medical procedures require consent — but how? Femtech startup founder Amy Haderer is on a mission to make sure that millions…

What’s New in #Femtech This Week?

Every Thursday we send out a curated newsletter on “all things femtech”. This is the latest edition. If you’re interested in subscribing, you can do so at the bottom of this page. Highlights TMRW Life Sciences, the company behind an automated fertility tissue management system for IVF clinics, closed a $25M Series B; Kindbody, a healthtech company providing fertility, gynecology, and wellness services, announces…