Amma pregnancy tracker, a mobile app providing pregnant women and their families evidence-based content, pregnancy health tracking, and personalized advice from professional obstetricians and gynecologists, has raised a $2M pre-Series A round to invest in growth and internationalization. New investors in this recent round include Alexey Solovyov A. Partners, the Joint Journey investment office Sergey Dashkov, the Angelsdeck business angel club, as…
Minerva Surgical, a U.S.-based medical device maker focused on minimally invasive alternatives to hysterectomy has filed for IPO seeking to raise up to $100M. According to documents filed with the SEC, the company has applied to list its common stock on the Nasdaq Global Stock Market under the symbol “UTRS”. Minerva has not disclosed the size of the offering or its pricing…
Cocoon, a new employee leave platform publicly launches today after raising a $20M Series A. This brings the company’s total funding to $26M. This most recent round was led by Index Ventures with participation from First Round Capital, SemperVirens, XYZ Venture Capital, Magnify Ventures, Springbank Collective, and prominent individual investors. Mark Goldberg, partner at Index Ventures who co-led Cocoon’s $5.5 million seed…
A new study commissioned by international women’s healthcare brand, INTIMINA and conducted by YouGov, revealed a shocking gap in men’s knowledge of women’s menstrual cycles. With 1,091 U.S. males surveyed, only 41% of men could correctly identify what exactly menstruation is. Of these findings, 52% believed a menstrual cycle to be a duration of 1-6 days, when in fact a menstrual cycle is between…
Lisa Health, a digital health company creating advanced technology solutions for menopause and healthy aging, announced today that it has entered into a license agreement with Mayo Clinic to advance its development and product testing initiatives. Mayo Clinic has also invested in the company. Lisa Health’s digital solution for menopause and healthy aging helps to bridge gaps in care and knowledge, empowering…
Fertility company Kindbody has appointed Dean Morbeck, Ph.D. as its first Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Morbeck is a leading researcher in the area of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and brings more than 25 years of experience in the field to the company. He will apply his scientific expertise and highly specialized areas of research to support Kindbody’s full-service family-building service offering as the…
Brianna Bitton kicked off her career as a Disney Imagineer, launched an LA-based interior design firm and eventually found her way into femtech after struggling with her period for years. Eventually she had enough of having to arrange her work schedule around debilitating cramps and other PMS symptoms. While searching for options to alleviate her ailments, she realized that the market was…
UroCure, the developer of the ArcTV sling treatment for female stress urinary incontinence, and LiNA Medical USA, specializing in minimally-invasive medical devices in the fields of gynecology and urology, have announced a new strategic sales distribution partnership. This distribution and product development collaboration leverages the strengths of both companies, pairing the UroCure ArcTV sling and their expanding women’s health portfolio with LiNA’s US…
