This article was first published on Femtech Insider Founder Kathrin Folkendt’s personal blog. I’m at a coffee shop in Berlin right now, sipping on oat milk cappuccino, and watching Berlin life pass by on a rainy Friday afternoon. I’m about to leave for the airport after spending the past couple of days with entrepreneurs, advocates, investors, and many other stakeholders from all…
It was last May when Google announced Health Connect, its newest venture in the healthcare space. Today the Health Connect app officially launches in beta with several partners from across the digital health and wellness space. The idea behind Health Connect is to centralize access to health and fitness data from various eligible apps. The app syncs data from eligible platforms and…
Highlights Y-Combinator Alum Almond raises $7M to pursue its vision of holistic OB/GYN care. Parenting support platform Happity raises £800K to invest in growth. UK-based Emm raises $1M in pre-seed funding to take its smart menstrual cup to market. YourBio teams up with Turtle Health to introduce a new method for AMH testing. Sexual wellness brand Lora DiCarlo quietly ends operations. This week’s newsletter is powered by Guidea UX design agency, Guidea, is proud to announce the names of the 30 FemTech companies…
Guidea, an award-winning, women-led UX design consultancy announces a $500k investment in women’s health innovation through their FemTech-focused UX design sponsorship program, Femovate. In September, Guidea reached out to the FemTech community to offer three promising FemTech startups the opportunity to receive sponsored UX research, design, and mentorship services. After a whirlwind month of presentations from over 100 FemTech founders who demonstrated…
YourBio Health and Turtle Health are teaming up to introduce a new kind of AMH testing. According to a trial published in ‘Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology’ the TAP II device, when utilized as part of Turtle Health’s lab-developed home test, can reliably produce similar results to in-clinic venipuncture. The study, conducted in 41 women of reproductive age and sponsored by Turtle Health,…
UK-based biotech startup Emm, has developed a novel smart menstrual cup that uses proprietary sensing technology to monitor and analyze specific biometrics to empower and inform the user through unique health insights and data regarding their menstrual cycle. Having closed its pre-seed funding of over $1M, it is now in beta-testing, readying for full production and launch in 2023. Emm was founded…
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…
Almond is on a mission to re-invent OB-GYN care and create a “one stop shop” for birthing people. It’s goal is to do for OB/GYN what One Medical has done for primary care. To build towards this vision, the company has now raised $7M in seed funding led by True Ventures. Almond also graduated from Y Combinator a few months ago. The new…
