Caraway, a femtech with plans to take on the societal and medical imperative of caring for college students by providing integrated mental, reproductive and physical healthcare has come out of stealth announcing a $10.5M seed round. The company was hatched through a partnership between 7wireVentures, OMERS Ventures, and veteran digital health leaders Lori Evans Bernstein and Joshua Tauber. The round was led by 7wireVentures and OMERS Ventures,…
Menopause startup Lisa Health has raised $2.5M in seed funding led by Radical Ventures and announced the launch of its new app, Midday, which has been created in collaboration with Mayo Clinic. Other investors in the round include SRI International and Broadway Angels. The Midday app leverages AI, sensor technology and digital therapeutics to support women on their menopause journey. By 2030,…
U.K.-based Contraception review platform The Lowdown has raised $2.5M in seed funding led by Speedinvest, who are joining joining existing investors Nina Capital, Calm/Storm VC, Entrepreneur First and four Atomico Angels. The Lowdown was founded by by Alice Pelton after suffering debilitating side effects from her contraception throughout her twenties. 78% of the 1 billion people worldwide who use contraception, experience side…
Arise, the digital healthcare company enabling comprehensive care for eating disorders, mental health, and long-term healing, has launched today after raising over $4M in a seed funding round. Arise is building a virtual-first care model to reach and engage more of the 30 million Americans who will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime — 80-90% of whom will not get care today.…
Choix, a telehealth clinic focused on abortion, sexual and reproductive healthcare, secured $1 million in its initial seed round. The first round of funding was led by Elevate Capital, a venture capital fund. Choix plans to raise an additional $500,000 to $1 million in the coming months. “We’re incredibly grateful to Elevate for believing in our mission to improve access to safe abortion care from home,” says Cindy Adam,…
AiVF, known for its AI-based IVF software platform, has raised $25M in Series A funding led by Insight Partners, a New York-based venture capital and private equity firm with participation from Adam Neumann’s Family Office, 166 2nd. The company will use the funding to fuel adoption of the company’s AI platform, EMA, in the United States and Europe, expand its work force…
Oma Fertility, a division of Oma Robotics, was founded in 2020 by a team of engineers, AI experts, and fertility specialists who believe that combining AI and robotics in the lab and human-centered care in the clinic will make parenthood possible for more people. The company’s first innovation is Oma Sperm InSight, which uses AI to help pinpoint the most promising sperm…
According to MinneInno Minneapolis-based women’s health focused digital health startup Visana Health has raised $2.6M in seed funding. Investors participating in the round include Flare Capital Partners, Pixel Perfect Ventures, InHealth Ventures, SWL Healthcare Ventures as well as a number of angel investors. Visana Health was founded in by Joe Connolly after he had watched his mother struggle with menstrual pain throughout…
