Maternal health company Ruth Health is on a mission to bring an outdated, historically inadequate system into the 21st century, while empowering the people who are birthing our next generations with empathy, education, and support. Its suite of remote patient services includes pelvic floor training, lactation counseling, C-section recovery resources, intimacy and sexual support, and exercises on demand, which are performed by…
Early motherhood is a beautiful thing, and nursing is a great opportunity for moms to really bond with their little ones after they’ve entered the world. Unfortunately, there also exists the other side of the coin- nursing often comes with myriad unpleasant lactation issues, from painful breast engorgement, clogged ducts, mastitis, and other let-down issues. This becomes especially difficult for parents who…
Innitius, a Spanish startup specialized in improving diagnostics for women’s health, has raised €1.8M in a financing round led by Clave Capital and Nara Capital. Several existing investors also participated in the round. Founded in 2017 and based in Bilbao, Innitius is committed to enhancing the health and well-being of pregnant women and newborns by mitigating the impact of pathologies such as…
Wingwomen, a California-based fertility company, that started out as a peer support platform, is now adding health literacy programs, 1:1 health coaching, and group education to its offering. The new programs feature a curriculum for preconception and postnatal health for women including those with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), Endometriosis, Hashimoto’s, Diabetes, Preeclampsia, Advanced Maternal Age, Sickle Cell Disease, in addition to a…
Cord Blood Registry (CBR), a brand by fertility and women’s health company CooperSurgical, is the largest family newborn stem cell preservation company in the world. Founded in 1994 CBR helps parents store stem cells from cord blood and cord tissue for their children. CooperSurgical and CBR are now teaming to launch an educational campaign – starring no other than Chrissy Teigen –…
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…
Babylist, the leading vertical marketplace and commerce destination for all things baby, has acquired Expectful, a health and wellness app and media site. Babylist’s established media business provides product recommendations and expert-guided content to over 7.5 million unique visitors each month. This deal will enable Expectful to expand into the leading media site for anyone on the pregnancy journey, providing a one-stop destination…
LEIA Health, a Swedish startup focused on supporting new parents during the Forth Trimester has raised €1.4M in pre-seed funding. The round was led by People Ventures with participation from Norsken, Unconventional Ventures, The Case for Her, and Octaquest. LEIA raised a €600K angel round about a year ago. Out of the 140 million women giving birth each year, 90% will experience…
