In our “Starter Story” series we invite femtech founders to share their stories of how it all began. How did they come up with the idea? Where did they meet their cofounders and what was the hardest part of going from 0 to 1? In today’s Starter Story we get to share The Lowdown’s founding story as told by co-founder Alice Pelton.…
Babyscripts, a virtual care platform for managing obstetrics, recently welcomed Krista Drobac; Christina Jenkins, MD; and Fran Soistman, Jr. to the Babyscripts Advisory Board. The new group of advisors will offer guidance on Babyscripts’ payer strategy: a unique collaboration for care coordination between Babyscripts, the payer and the provider that seeks to open up new pathways to reimbursement and expand access to…
We talked about Dakota Johnson’s decision to join sexual wellness brand maude a litte earlier this week. And.. well.. We have some more “celebrity news” to share! Actress and model Cara Delevingne is joining sextech startup Lora DiCarlo as new co-owner and creative adviser. Lora DiCarlo was founded in 2017 and is on a mission to elevate the sex toy industry with…
Our Office Hours are back and we’re excited to have Giordana Mahn join us for our next session of ‘Ask Me Anything’! This time we are covering an important topic: Intellectual Property. Giordana is a US patent attorney and collaborates closely with clients to gain a deep understanding of their business objectives in order to deliver patent strategies with an eye toward…
Admittedly here at Femtech Insider we often look to the US and Western Europe, when it comes to our coverage and femtech news. So needless to say: We were quite excited when AMMA, the largest Russian service for pregnant women with more than 10 million users worldwide, approached us to let us know about a femtech market overview for Russia they were…
Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, and British universal bank, Barclays, have today announced their partnership to launch Female Founders First, a unique program designed to provide 30 trailblazing, female-led companies with resources to grow, scale, and advance their businesses. The 30 selected founders—representing a wide range of industries including health care, legal, finance, e-commerce, and artificial intelligence—will receive access…
FemTech Lab, a new London-based femtech accelerator program, today announced the details of its inaugural program. Applications for the first cohort open on December 1. FemTech Lab is a 3 month program, that will kick-off in February 2021. Goal is to help 10 selected startups to take their products to market. During the program, startups get access to world-class experts and resources to scale…
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…
