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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…

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…

Should Femtech Be a Thing? 4 Femtech Founders Weigh In.

Megan Capriccio’s recently published article Femtech: Controversial or Necessary? initiated some great discussions in our community. To contribute to the conversation, we have reached out to industry experts, founders and researchers and asked them to answer the question: “Should Femtech Be a Thing?”. In the upcoming weeks, we will be sharing their responses. This is the second article in this series. For today’s article…

Kegg: “We’re on a mission to make fertility care affordable, personalized, and stress-free.”

Ladies Technologies, the company behind the kegg fertility tracker, made the news last August, when their Indiegogo campaign reached its funding goal within the first 36 hours after launch. Ever since the San Francisco-based startup has been busy with production and is getting ready ship product this December. What is kegg? kegg is a smart 2-in-1 fertility tracker that is intended to…