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Hormone Health Startup Inne Adds $10M in Funding to Scale Production and Invest in R&D Ahead of Further Commercialization

Hormonal health focused hardware startup Inne has raised $8.8M in Series A+ funding led by DSM Ventures. Other investors in this recent round include Borski Fund, Calm Storm Ventures as well as a number of angels, including Wise’s Taavet Hinrikus, Crista Galli Ventures’ Dr. Fiona Pathiraja and Trivago’s Rolf Schromgens. The company closed an $8.8M Series A back in 2019. According to…

Thinx Appoints Meaghan Davis as the Company’s New CEO

Thinx, an industry leader in the reusable period and incontinence underwear category, has appointed Meghan Davis as CEO after Maria Molland decided to step down to spend time with her young children. Davis joins Thinx with more than 20 years of experience leading healthcare and beauty businesses across multiple geographies, cultures, and demographics. “We’re excited for what the future holds for the Thinx brand and…

Femtech Trendwatch: On Contraception and Precision Medicine, The US Baby Formula Shortage & Femtech Investment Round-up

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Fertility Company Apricity acquires Period Tracking and Community Support App Woom

London-based Apricity, the company known for its virtual fertility clinics, has acquired Woom, a women’s health app offering period tracking and community support for those trying to conceive. Woom was founded in 2015 by Clelia Morales and Laurence Fontinoy in Spain and has created a robust AI engine that offers a personalized period tracker and manages a community of 1.8 million registered…

Hormonal Health Startup Hormona Raises £1.2M in Pre-Seed Funding to Prepare for Launch in Europe and the U.S.

London-based Hormona, a digital health startup focused on hormonal health, has raised £1.2M in pre-seed funding from Nascent Invest AB, Techstars and Blackheat Capital AB. The company plans to use the new funds for R&D and to grow the team ahead of its launch in Europe this fall, which will be followed by a U.S. launch in early 2023. Hormona was founded…

New Book: Women’s Brain Project Releases “Sex and Gender Bias in Technology and Artificial Intelligence: Biomedicine and Healthcare Applications”

Non-profit organization The Women’s Brain Project has published its newest book, “Sex and Gender Bias in Technology and Artificial Intelligence: Biomedicine and Healthcare Applications” in collaboration with Elsevier and a group of international experts and initiatives including the Bioinfo4Women program at Barcelona Supercomputing Center. Women’s Brain Project Co-founder & CEO Dr. Antonella Santuccione Chadha shares: “This textbook was much needed because it collects for the very first…