According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 1 in 8 women experience significant symptoms of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders that can negatively impact their overall health, daily activities, and family life. Cedars-Sinai investigators have now discovered that women who developed mood and anxiety disorders related to pregnancy and childbirth had altered proteins circulating in their bloodstream during the…
Therapist-patient matchmaking platform Meela was founded by Tiffany Boswell and Natali Suo with the mission to help women find their best-fit therapist from day 1. The company launched with €400K in funding in October 2022, and has now raised another €550K from Unconventional Ventures, Calm/Storm Ventures, and existing investor The Inner Foundation to invest in growth. Meela’s algorithm takes into account 43 clinical data…
Woebot Health has enrolled the first patient in a pivotal clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of WB001, an investigational digital therapeutic for postpartum depression (PPD) that was granted Breakthrough Device Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2021. The multi-center, double-blind, randomized controlled study is actively recruiting women ages 22 to 45 who have given birth in the last three…
A global pandemic, the unlawful killings of women like Breonna Taylor, Black Lives Matter protests, and workplace microaggressions, it’s no secret that Black women have a harder time, but still an even greater expectation to be the “strong” one for herself and the people she supports. Because of this, the need for culturally responsive mental wellness support has skyrocketed. MoodWellth, a digital…
Mindbloom is a leader in ketamine therapy, offering a combination of science-backed medicine with clinician and guide support for people looking to improve their mental health and wellbeing. The compan yhas now announced the launch of a new partnership with This is Jane Project, a nonprofit organization that supports and builds community for women and non-binary survivors of trauma. Through this partnership,…
Earlier this month the German government added two programs by Selfapy – one supporting patients with binge eating disorder, and one supporting those struggling with bulimia nervosa – to its DiGA directory after the courses successfully completed the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices’ (in German: Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte aka BfArM) assessment procedure. The DiGa database is essentially a collection of…
Sipra Laddha and Shama Rathi, the co-founders of femtech startup LunaJoy, are both psychiatrists and sisters in law. After struggling with postpartum depression and experiences the many problems with today’s mental health care in the US, they founded LunaJoy, a mental health startup that just announced its $2.4M seed round. LunaJoy is focused on the needs of women during different life stages…
At the start of each week we share a quick “best of” from the week that was with our Inner Circle members. What’s trending in the Femtech Insider community and beyond? We’ve got you covered! In this week’s brief we talk about… Spotlight: Mental Health Tech Virtual Panel: Marketing & Advocating for Femtech Brands in Times of Ad Bans & Stigmatization Startup Spotlight: Hormonella, FemXX Health & BabyFORTE…
