Femtech company Clue, known for its pioneering period tracking app that initially launched in 2013, has raised an additional €16M in funding led by Balderton Capital and Future Positive Capital. The new funds will support commercialization of the company’s recently FDA-approved app-based digital contraceptive, team growth as well as new product development. Previous investors NGP Capital, Union Square Ventures, Atlantic Labs, Adjacent,…
Portfolia, the global venture investment firm for women, has announced its pre-IPO investment in Athena Technology II SPAC, the all-women-led special interest acquisition company that closed its initial public offering last week. This collaboration of the financial industry’s most influential women investors and one of very few SPACs to be founded and funded by women marks two new milestones for Portfolia as…
Medtech company Cooler Heads has announced FDA clearance for its scalp cooling device to help cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy save their hair and adds $1.5M in funding to invest in commercialization. The company participated in Ad Astra’s San Diego-based accelerator program and has raised $3.1M in funding to date from Robin Hood Ventures, Anathem Ventures, Crescent Ridge Partners, Gaingels, Astia Angels, and Teal Ventures,…
As we shared with our Inner Circle members earlier this week audio erotica is having a moment. The latest addition to the category is OhCleo!, who have launched a new audio-based app that encourages sexual health and wellbeing through education, inspiration and collaboration. OhCleo! was founded in 2021 in Sweden by Celine Fierro and Anders Lövbrand, who are on a mission to…
Marlow, a new company founded by four Canadian women, has developed a new lubricant designed for tampons to empower menstruators with the products they deserve. Launched today Marlow lubricant and tampons are now available for purchase on the company’s website. Products are delivered straight to customers’ door through a subscription model. According to a survey conducted by the company 86% of menstruators have…
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…
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Babyscripts, the virtual care platform for managing obstetrics, announced today that additional investors have joined its Series B funding raise, adding $7.5M with investments from Cigna Ventures, Texas Medical Center Venture Fund and Atlantic Health System, bringing the Series B raise to $19M to date. The investment is expected to accelerate the roll out of Babyscripts Virtual Maternity Care solution to providers…
