Reproductive Health

STI Screening and Care Startup TBD Health Opens a Care Hub in Las Vegas

TBD Health, a healthcare startup making STI screening more accessible has announced the opening of its first in-person Care Hub located in Las Vegas. The TBD Care Hub is a dedicated sexual health center offering STI and COVID-19 testing and soon expanding into other sexual health services like birth control, UTI testing and sex coaching. Ultimately, with the Care Hub, TBD will…

Twentyeight Health Expands Medicaid Coverage of Birth Control Delivery in Georgia

Twentyeight Health, a telehealth company increasing access to sexual and reproductive care for women from underserved communities, has announced that it is now accepting Medicaid in Georgia for birth control. “As a Georgia resident and physician, I’ve seen firsthand the difficulty women can have accessing birth control for myriad reasons, from not being able to get to the doctor to get a…

Eggschain Partners with Boston IVF for Cryogenic Preservation of Sperm for Use in IVF and Long-term Storage

Eggschain, the first patented supply chain system that combines blockchain and genetics to bring medical grade information and data to individuals undergoing IVF in a secure, transparent and universally trackable format, is partnering with Boston IVF, one of the country’s most renowned fertility networks. The partnership will leverage Eggschain technology for cryogenic preservation of sperm for use in IVF and other fertility…

Future Fertility, a Company Using AI to Improve Fertility Care and IVF Outcomes, Raises Series A Funding

Future Fertility, a fertility technology company developing AI-enabled and non-invasive fertility solutions to optimize clinical decision making in fertility care and in vitro fertilization (IVF), today announced that it has successfully raised a Series A financing round. The investment was led by M Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Merck, with participation from Whitecap Venture Partners. Future Fertility was co-founded in…

The Ava Bracelet May Be Covered Through Your Employee Benefits

Essential Takeaways If you have fertility benefits through your employer, there’s a good chance Ava Fertility is a covered benefit. If you have benefits through Carrot and Ava Fertility is covered, you can get it here. If you have benefits through Maven Wallet and the Ava bracelet is covered, log in to your Maven account to check and learn how to claim…

Ovia Health Collaborates With Nurx to Add Birth Control Tracking to Its Fertility Mobile App

Ovia Health, a clinically-backed, digital family health platform, today announced the launch of a new birth control tracking feature on the Ovia Fertility mobile app in collaboration with Nurx, a healthcare service providing hassle-free access to birth control and emergency contraceptives. The new feature is designed to help women stay on top of their preferred method of birth control, and it allows users…

Clue Adds €16M in Funding to Support the Roll-out of Clue Birth Control, Its FDA-Cleared Digital Contraceptive

Femtech company Clue, known for its pioneering period tracking app that initially launched in 2013, has raised an additional €16M in funding led by Balderton Capital and Future Positive Capital. The new funds will support commercialization of the company’s recently FDA-approved app-based digital contraceptive, team growth as well as new product development. Previous investors NGP Capital, Union Square Ventures, Atlantic Labs, Adjacent,…

Fertility Company Univfy Raises $6M in Series B Funding to Expand Its Platform Services to Health Plans and Employers

Univfy, a company using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to personalize counseling and increase access to fertility care, has announced that it raised $6M of its Series B funding round led by a portfolio company of Atlantic Street Capital. The Univfy AI Platform empowers individuals with personalized information and counseling to inform smarter spending and decision-making. Based on proprietary technology developed at Stanford University,…