Reproductive Health

Kindbody Launches Kindbody 360, a Holistic Health Platform for Pre to Postpartum Care

Kindbody today announced the launch of Kindbody360, a dynamic and integrative solution focused on holistic care. Kindbody360 deftly augments Kindbody’s fertility and family-building offering with mental, physical, and emotional support from pre to postpartum, in-clinic, online and via its telehealth platform. Leveraging proprietary technology, the offering expands the reach of the company’s brick-and-mortar locations, mobile pop-ups, and 300+ partner clinics, furthering its…

Tulip’s Gail Sexton Anderson: “We want our platform to be a trusted source for all intended parents and the go-to place for third party fertility.”

Tulip, the world’s largest egg donor database and trusted resource for intended parents to find their ideal donor, has recently announced the closing of a $1.7M seed round. Launched in November of 2020, Tulip has quickly amassed donors from 90% of the agencies in the U.S. with nearly 20,000 egg donors within its database. The user-friendly, online search platform today helps intended…

Prenatal Genetic Testing Company JunoDx Raises a $25M Series A

JunoDx, a company focused on improving access to vital genetic health information, announced today the closing of an expanded Series A financing round of $25M led by the Perceptive Xontogeny Venture (PXV) Fund. The capital will be used to support clinical validation studies, product development, and commercial launch of JunoDx’s product offerings for noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT). “We are excited to partner…

Male Contraception: Medical Device Industry Veteran Martin J. Emerson Joins Contraline’s Board

Contraline, a venture-backed medical device company devoted to providing men and couples with long-lasting, safe, and effective male contraception, has appointed medical device industry executive Martin Emerson to its Board of Directors. “Marty joins our Board at an exciting time as we transition to a clinical-stage organization and plan to initiate our first-in-human clinical trial of ADAM, the world’s first injectable hydrogel…

Israeli Fertility Startup AiVF Receives CE Clearance

Israel-based startup AiVF has received the European CE Mark which now allows the company to market throughout the European Union. The company has developed technology based on AI, computer vision and big data analytics to help improve iVF outcomes. Professor Daniel Seidman, MD, co-founder and Chief Medical Officer at AiVF, noted: “Traditional embryo evaluation technique is performed manually and is not AI…

Twentyeight Health Announces U.S. Expansion to Increase Birth Control Access for Underserved Communities

Twentyeight Health, a telehealth company increasing access to sexual and reproductive healthcare for women from underserved communities, today announced that it is continuing its national expansion with launches across seven states — Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Virginia. Twentyeight Health is now available to women across 20 states, serving over 70% of U.S. women of reproductive age.  “Telehealth had a…

Alife Health raises a $9M Seed Round to Improve IVF Outcomes

1 in 8 families now struggle with infertility. Studies show that the average healthy couple has a 20 percent natural fertility rate per cycle, and miscarriages in women are increasing by about 1 percent each year. Additionally, Black and Latinx women are less likely to access fertility care and have a successful IVF pregnancy. As fertility continues to be in crisis, new artificial…

Carrot Fertility and Legacy Partner to Expand Access to Male Fertility Care

Legacy, a digital fertility clinic for men, today announced a new partnership with the global fertility benefits provider for employers, Carrot Fertility. Carrot Fertility is the trusted global fertility benefits solution for more than 200 companies including Box, Snap, Inc., and Peloton. The new partnership provides Carrot members in the U.S. with exclusive, discounted access to Legacy’s at-home sperm analysis and cryopreservation services.…