123 Baby Box, a monthly baby product subscription service was founded by Zarina Bahadur after she witnessed a mother struggling to manage her crying baby and toddler while shopping for them at Target. For $59.99 or less a month her company offers a solution to the overload of baby products by curating products based on their child’s age and development stage. The…
Emulait is a baby feeding system designed to emulate the experience of breastfeeding. Combining four years of research, seven patented technologies, 3D scanning and FDA-approved medical grade materials, Emulait replicates the mother’s breast shape, color, elasticity, texture and feel. The company, founded by serial entrepreneur, Shilo Ben Zeev, after witnessing his wife and daughter struggle with breastfeeding, has now raised $11M in Series…
Fount, a company specializing in experiment-driven health and performance optimization, has announced a successful $12M Series A fundraise to expand its mission of making personalized health and performance optimization programs more widely available. The round was led by Amity Ventures with participation from Elysian Park Ventures, Not Boring Capital, Allen & Co, Champion Hill Ventures, and angel investors. The company initially began…
Unsuccessful breastfeeding costs society $1bn per day globally. Research shows that around 90% of women give up brestfeeding before they want to because of pain, health issues or a lack of support. Swehl, a new startup, that is reimagining the breastfeeding journey, wants to change this and give US women access to all the resources they need. Swehl offers both physical and digital products…
Gynoveda, a startup that provides Ayurveda-backed healthcare solutions for women, has raised $10M in Series A funding led by India Alternatives Fund. Other participants in the round include several family offices and institutions such as Wipro Enterprises, RPG Ventures, Dharampal Satyapal Ltd, and Alteria Capital. The company’s previous investor, Fireside Ventures, also participated in the round. The startup, founded by Rachana and…
Berlin-based startup theblood has raised close to €1M in pre-seed funding to advance research on menstrual blood analysis and biomarkers as well as the development of a non-invasive blood at-home test that helps menstruators monitor their health. The round was led by RoX Health with participation from Leanox VC and several business angels including HealthHero and Fernarzt Founder Felix Kaiser, Prof. Dr.…
Iron Health, a tech-enabled, virtual care partner that empowers OB/GYNs and their patients, has launched to support better outcomes across a woman’s healthcare journey. The company serves as an extension of the OB/GYN practice by giving patients quick access to their own personal primary and specialty care team. The fragmentation between OB/GYN, primary, specialty, behavioral, and wellness care has been a longstanding…
Pivotal Ventures, a venture capital firm founded by Melinda French Gates with a mission to accelerate equality in the US, has invested an undisclosed amount in Tia, a women’s health scale-up based in California. Tia raised its $100M Series B back in September 2022. Total funding is estimated to be around $150M today. Tia, founded in 2017 by Carolyn Witte and Felicity…
