Cofertility is a startup on a mission to make egg freezing more affordable and accessible by linking it to egg donation. To execute on this vision the company has raised $5M in seed funding from Initialized Capital, Offline Ventures as well as a number of angel investors. At launch 50 egg donors are listed on the new platform with 1000+ on a waiting…
Hey Jane, a telehealth startup that supports safe, private and affordable abortion care, has raised $6.1M in what they are calling their “Roe Round” from Ulu Ventures, The Helm, Amboy Street Ventures, Portfolia, G9, Social Starts and Yard Ventures. The company announced a $2.2M seed round about a year ago and has raised a total of $9.7M to date. Led by Kiki Freedman, Gaby Izarra and Dr.…
Fertility practices around the world use EngagedMD‘s platform to reduce repetitive, manual tasks and streamline the patient journey. The company offers eLearn and eSign solutions for the fast-growing fertility sector, supporting the journeys of more than half of all fertility patients in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. To support international growth and expansion beyond the fertility clinic, EngagedMD has now raised $11M…
P.volve, known for its evidence-based functional fitness for women is expanding its offering to the reproductive health space with the launch of Moving During Fertility Treatment, an exercise program designed for women undergoing ovarian stimulation and retrieval, part of the egg donation, egg freezing and in vitro fertilization process. “One in eight women will require some kind of assisted reproduction, and many have…
OvaryIt is a U.S.-based company with the goal to increase access to family planning services and advance women’s health through technological innovation, DTC contraceptive services, and scientific research. To further its mission the company has now received an Award for a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health. The funds will be used to study the…
Choix, a telemedicine clinic that provides abortion care, has launched a crowdfunding campaign with Republic to support the company’s mission to expand access for all people who seek safe and affordable abortion care through the development of its new service Choix Travel. Choix’s goal is to raise $1M. As part of the campaign members of the public will be able to invest…
Xosomix, a pre-clinical drug discovery company focused on harnessing diagnostic and therapeutic use of exosomes, the critical communication and transport mediators of the body, announced today the awarding of phase I SBIR grant from Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). This grant will enable Xosomix to develop an early diagnostic biomarker for endometriosis. Approximately 10% of…
Sexual wellness company Dame has teamed up with creative agency Mischief @ No Fixed Address to launch a new limited edition sex toy bearing the face of Mitch McConnell, the Republican senator from Kentucky who helped engineer the fall of Roe v. Wade by working to reshape the federal judiciary and the US Supreme Court. Goal of the campaign is to “make…
