Healthcare DTC company Ro is adding $150M in funding raised from existing investors to expand its DTC offer and take further advantage of the digital health momentum and demand generated by the pandemic. The round was led by ShawSpring Partners, with participation from General Catalyst, FirstMark Capital, TQ Ventures, SignalFire, BoxGroup, The Chernin Group, Initialized Capital, Altimeter Capital, Baupost Group, and Seven…
LEIA, a Sweden-based startup focused on the Fourth Trimester, has raised just under $600K in funding to launch its app and advance postpartum care. Investors in this round include The Case for Her, Healthtech VC Crista Galli Ventures, The Angel Network Nyfikna Investerare, Fast Track Malmö, Danish family office Liseno as well as Erik Engellau-Nilsson from leading impact hub Norrsken, Johan Flodin…
About a year ago we spoke to Dr. Britney Blair, the Co-founder of Lover, a digital therapeutic app that supports people on their journey toward sexual wellness: “50% of women and roughly 37% of men have a sexual problem. I then learned how effective treatment is and I was hooked!” Fast forward to today: What started as a brick-and-mortar business is now…
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Australian medtech startup Fertilis has raised $2M (AUS $2.75M) in seed funding led by Horizons Ventures for its new micro medical devices that automate cell culture and allow for precise control of the environment in which cells are grown. Fertilis’ technology has big implications for the treatment of chronic conditions such as cancer, spinal cord injury and even Cystic Fibrosis. When used…
German telemedicine platform Wellster has added $20M in funding from Claret Capital and Mangrove Capital Partners six months after raising its initial $40M Series B. According to today’s press release the new funds will be used to “launch a new femtech vertically across Europe”, which means competition in the European women’s healthtech market is heating up. We’ve written extensively about consolidation and…
Yuvo Health wants to make value-based care delivery easier for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in the U.S. aka Community Health Centers by reducing the administrative burden associated with value-based care contracts. Today the company has announced the closing of a $7.3M seed round led by Alley Corp with participation from institutional investors including AV8 Ventures, New York Ventures, and Brooklyn Bridge…
We’ve said it before and we’ll keep saying it: Pelvic Health is having a year in 2022! And today we can add another successful raise in the space to our list: Canada-based Hyivy Health has announced the closing of a $1.1M pre-seed round to continue work on its first-in-class, holistic pelvic health rehabilitation system, that combines a device as well as digital…
