Anja Health, the personalized doctor-backed cord blood banking company, has raised $4.5M in seed funding led by Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six. Other participants in the round include Harvest Ventures and Crista Galli Ventures, in addition to prominent athletes and executives including Aly Raisman, Cleo Abram, Chris Ovitz, Balaji Srinivisan, Zachariah Reitano, CEO and founder of Ro, and Tim Lenardo, CEO and founder of JetFuel. Anja Health will use the…
SimpliFed, a telehealth platform dedicated to democratizing access to baby feeding services, has closed a $6M seed round, led by Morningside Ventures and The Venture Collective. Other participants int he round include NY Ventures, Elizabeth Street Ventures, Waterline Ventures, and 3CC. The funds will be used to expand the virtual baby feeding platform, to implement and scale its unique service offering in…
Singapore-based healthtech startup Ordinary Folk raises $5M in pre-Series A funding from Monk’s Hill Ventures to scale its services in Singapore and expand to Hong Kong. The company operates two brands, Noah and Zoey, that address men’s and women’s health needs through its virtual care platform. Noah’s focus is on sexual health, mental wellness, hair care and weight management, Zoey addresses sexual…
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…
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Apryl, a Berlin-based fertility and family planning benefits platform has raised €4.1M led by Breega to invest in growth. Other participants in the round include Atlantic Labs, Crista Galli Ventures, Myelin VC, Alliance For Impact Ventures (a Ventech fund) and Westtech Ventures. The company was founded in 2019 by Jenny Saft and Tobias Kaufhold to reinvent the way companies support their employees…
Last year Los-Angeles based maternal health company Ruth Health went through Y-Combinator and UnitedHealthcare Accelerator Powered by Techstars. Today, as the company is preparing for further growth, they are announcing a $2.4M seed round led by Giant Ventures. Other participants in the round include Citylight VC, Cleo Capital Scout Fund, Crista Galli Ventures, Duro VC, Emmeline Ventures, Gaingels, Global Founders Capital, Pentas…
Frame Fertility, a platform for early identification of fertility risk and care navigation has raised $2.8M in seed funding. The round was led by Looking Glass Capital with participation from Flare Capital Partners, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Healthworx and Brand Foundry Ventures. Frame was founded by husband and wife team Jessica and Corey van der Wal, who started the company in collaboration…
