Hormonal Health

Hertility Acquires Netherlands-based Hormone Testing Company Grip as It Gears Up for International Expansion

A couple of weeks ago Hertility took over London with its thought-provoking out-of-home campaign, but the company’s ambitions clearly aren’t limited to the UK. Today, as Hertility gears up for rapid international expansion, the company is announcing the acquisition of Netherlands-based competitor Grip. Until now, comprehensive data on women’s health hasn’t existed, but acquiring Grip will expand Hertility’s own dataset and help…

Serena Ventures-backed Hormonal Health Brand WILE Launches in Whole Foods Market with $3M in Pre-Seed Funding

WILE, a hormonal wellness brand focused on women going through perimenopause has raised $3M in pre-seed funding and will debut nine SKUs in all Whole Foods Market doors this month. The round was led by Serena Ventures with participation from Springdale Ventures, angel investor Sara Bright and Coyote Ventures. The company was co-founded by Gwen Floyd, Corey Scholibo, and Julie Kucinski alongside…

Elix’s New Herbal Supplement Uses Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to Support Hormonal Health

Elix, a modern platform to deliver organic, personalized and clinically proven herbal healing formulas derived from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), has seen quite some success since its launch in 2019 supporting women struggling with painful periods. Now the company, that has raised $2.7M to date, is adding a new product to its line-up: Daily Harmony, a clinical strength, natural hormone-balancing formula fortified…

Gameto Raises $23M to Redefine Reproductive Longevity with Reprogrammed Ovarian Cells

Gameto, a biotechnology startup solving the problem of accelerated ovarian aging to change the trajectory of women’s health and equality, today announced that it has raised a $20M in Series A funding led by Future Ventures, with participation from Bold Capital Partners, Lux Capital, Plum Alley, TA Ventures, Overwater Ventures, Robert Nelsen and Anne Wojcicki. Gameto also raised $3M in Seed funding in March 2020 from a range of notable investors…

Carrot Fertility Partners with imaware to Launch a New At-Home Female Fertility and Wellness Test

Carrot Fertility, the fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits provider for employers and health plans, is launching new capabilities for members to perform at-home fertility hormone and related biomarker monitoring. This custom, one-of-a-kind test kit goes beyond traditional fertility hormone tests to offer a more complete picture of fertility health, enabling earlier action and interventions from the comfort of home. The Female Fertility…

Organon Completes the Acquisition of Forendo Pharma, a Biotech Firm Focused on Women’s Health

Women’s Health Pharma company and Merck spin-off Organon, has completed its recently announced acquisition of Forendo Pharma, a clinical-stage drug development company focused on novel treatments in women’s health. Forendo’s lead candidate, FOR-6219, is an investigational, potentially first-in-class oral 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (HSD17B1) inhibitor entering Phase 2 clinical development for endometriosis. Forendo’s pipeline also includes a preclinical program targeting polycystic ovarian…

Reproductive Health Company Proov Raises a $9.7M Series A to Support Its New “Complete” Hormone Testing Product

Reproductive health company Proov has raised a $9.7M Series A led by Hambrecht Ducera Growth Venture to invest in its newly launched “Complete” product. Other participants in the round include SteelSky Ventures, WCC Partners, LightShip Capital, GingerBread Capital, and Portfolia Proov is known for its PdG test and associated patented protocol, that lets women confirm ovulation quality, which pertains to when ovulation…

Hormonal Health Startup Hormona Wins the Slush 100 Pitching Competition

Women’s Health startup Hormona has won the Slush 100 Pitching Competition which took place last week at Slush Conference in Helsinki, Finland. Hormona is a young healthtech company helping patients detect patterns in their bodies’ rhythm, learn how to tweak them, and get their hormonal health back on track. The Hormona team launched their first product, a data-driven solution for women to…