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Tia Raises a $100M Series B to Scale Its “Whole-Woman, Whole-Life” Hybrid Care Model

Women’s health company Tia has reportedly raised a $100M Series B bringing the company’s total funding to $132M. The round was led by Lone Pine Capital with participation from other investors including Threshold, Define Ventures, Torch Capital, ACME, Compound, Combine, The Helm, Human Ventures, Seae Ventures and Gingerbread Capital. The round marks one of the largest Series B investments ever for a…

Best Shot and The Fertility Tribe Merge, Launch Rescripted and Announce $1.65M in Funding for the New Holistic Fertility Care Platform

Best Shot, a fertility medication management and small group therapy platform, and The Fertility Tribe, an online fertility community in the U.S., have announced the launch of Rescripted, a merger between the two brands. The new direct-to-consumer business applies the technology-enabled care platform developed by Best Shot to The Fertility Tribe’s existing community and digital publishing platform, delivering seamless tools and resources…

Canadian WELL Plans to Acquire a Majority Stake in U.S.-based Women’s Health E-Pharmacy Startup Wisp

Canada-based WELL Health Technologies, a company focused on consolidating and modernizing clinical and digital assets within the healthcare sector, has announced plans to acquire a majority stake in Wisp, a U.S.-based e-pharmacy & telehealth startup focused on women’s health, for $41M. It is expected that at the close of the transaction, WELL will own approximately 53% of the issued and outstanding share…

New Survey: Women Are Skipping Cancer Screenings During the Pandemic, But Plan to get ‘Back on the Books’

The Prevent Cancer Foundation has released the results of a survey conducted with 2000+ women and people assigned female at birth in the U.S, that shows that women are skipping cancer screenings during the pandemic. 90% of women say when local pandemic restrictions were lifted, they engaged in normal activities, such as visiting family and friends, dining out and shopping, but only 48%…

The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Announces the New Editors of Its Journal ‘New Nursing for Women’s Health’

The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Board of Directors is has announced the appointment of Heidi Collins Fantasia, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, FNAP, as Editor of AWHONN’s journal ‘Nursing for Women’s Health’ and Tiffany M. Montgomery, PhD, MSHP, RNC-OB, as Associate Editor.   “Dr. Fantasia’s strong record of scholarship and mentorship of other nurse scholars, as well as her extensive experience with NWH as an author, peer reviewer, column editor, and…

Babyscripts Raises $12M in Series B Funding to Roll Out Its Virtual Maternity Care Solution

Babyscripts, the virtual care platform for managing obstetrics has raised $12 million in the first close of its Series B funding. The investment is led by MemorialCare Innovation Fund, a strategic healthcare investment company, and will focus on the roll out of Babyscripts Virtual Maternity Care solution to providers across the US, as well as the development of care models specifically targeted…

Femtech Trendwatch: Femtech in Berlin, E-Pharmacies & Telehealth Utilization Trends

Every Monday we share a quick “best of” from the week that was in the world of women’s health innovation with our Inner Circle members. What’s trending in the Femtech Insider community and beyond? Read on! 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…

Reponsum, Known for Its Fibroid Patient Support App, Raises $25K on Crowdinvesting Platform Republic

Reponsum creates and manages disease-specific, patient knowledge and community building apps in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies. Since entering the market in 2019, the company has launched four platforms, one of them targeting uterine fibroid patients. The company is now giving its users (any anyone else) the opportunity to invest and has started a crowd-investing campaign on Republic aiming to raise $25K, which…