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Reproductive Health Company Twentyeight Health Acquires Competitor SimpleHealth

Twentyeight Health, a telehealth company providing affordable access and convenience for reproductive and sexual health has acquired the platform of SimpleHealth, a digital reproductive care company. As a part of the transaction, Twentyeight Health will be providing the services previously performed by SimpleHealth, and will be addressing SimpleHealth’s users’ ongoing needs for reproductive and sexual health services.  Twentyeight Health recently announced the…

Canadian DTC Telehealth Startup Felix Adds $10M in Series A Funding to Expand its Care Offering

Felix, a Canadian digital health startup has raised $10M in Series A funding led by Whitecap Venture Partners. Other participants in the round include Mantella Venture Partners, BrandProject and US based H Ventures. Founded in January 2019, Felix is a DTC end-to-end digital healthcare platform providing telehealth and prescription delivery, best known for providing online access to birth control and erectile dysfunction treatments.…

Mitera Launches a New Certification Program to Raise Medical Standards Across Third-Party Reproduction

Mitera, a California-based company active in maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) telehealth and at-home reproductive genetic testing, is launching a new certification program. The program aims to establish and raise medical standards across third-party reproduction and bring awareness to surrogacy agencies and fertility centers adhering to such standards. Mitera, founded in 2020, has been providing obstetrical screening and medical oversight for pregnancy as well…

Founder Q&A with Toyosi Babalola: How Abulé Is Transforming Caregiving with Community-Driven, Value-based Care

Founder Q&A is an interview series showcasing founders of disruptive startups in the healthcare and women’s health innovation ecosystem. In today’s Q&A you’ll hear from Toyosi Babalola is the CEO and Co-Founder of Abulé, a social care network that leverages the ancient wisdom of community-driven, value-based care, and the concept of trade by barter with powerful AI neural network algorithms. Babalola recently joined the second cohort…

Meet 13 Startups from Y Combinator’s W23 Batch We’re Watching Closely Right Now

Yes.. It is indeed that time of the year again… YC Demo Day is around the corner and as always we made time to look through the hundreds of startups who just graduated from Y Combinator (Batch W23) to share our picks, who we believe can truly make an impact in the world of healthcare innovation. Sadly – and this is a…

Consumer Biotech Company Tally Health Raises $10M for Its Platform Aimed at Extending Longevity

Tally Health, a consumer biotechnology company created to change the way we age, has raised $10M in seed funding. Tally Health’s proprietary and science-based tools aim to improve healthspan and extend longevity at the cellular level with TallyAge epigenetic age tests, personalized lifestyle recommendations, and research-backed longevity supplements. Tally Health, which launched late February, was co-founded by Dr. David Sinclair, a leading expert on aging…

Medherant Raises £3M to Kick Off Clinical Trials for its Novel Menopause Hormone Patch

Medherant, a startup created as a spinout from the University of Warwick, has raised £3M to commence clinical trials for its hormone patch designed for women experiencing menopause symptoms. The patch provides an alternative method of administering testosterone to women going through menopause, who typically produce lower levels of the hormone. While medical experts advocate testosterone supplements as a means of addressing…

What’s New in Femtech This Week? (April 6, 2023)

Every Thursday we send out a curated newsletter on all things femtech and women’s health innovation. This is an excerpt from the latest edition. If you’d like to subscribe, you can do so at the bottom of this page. Highlights Eli Health raises $3.6M for its at-home hormone monitoring solution toward commercial launch. Clue adds €7M in funding to scale its family planning offering. These 5 startups are…