About a year ago we spoke to Dr. Britney Blair, the Co-founder of Lover, a digital therapeutic app that supports people on their journey toward sexual wellness: “50% of women and roughly 37% of men have a sexual problem. I then learned how effective treatment is and I was hooked!” Fast forward to today: What started as a brick-and-mortar business is now…
About two weeks ago the femtech world was in uproar yet again as the New York Times article “Why did Facebook reject those ads?” brought attention to the difficulties around advertising faced by many companies in the women’s and sexual health space. This most recent discussion was triggered by a new report released by the Center for Intimacy Justice (CIJ), a nonprofit…
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…
Sexual wellness brand Womanizer has announced a five-year, €250K investment into their newly minted “Pleasure Fund” committed to championing women’s health, sexual well-being and sexual pleasure research. Since its inception, the brand has always strived to create pleasurable experiences for all and is continuously dedicated to investing back into its community by funding women-led research focused on women’s sexuality, pleasure and health. Womanizer’s new Pleasure Fund…
“To put it bluntly, I love sex, and I wanted to be able to have sex with my wife anywhere, at any time, and just as easily as heterosexual couples can without any awkwardness”, explains SkiiMoo Founder Glenise Kinard-Moore, the creator of VDOM, a new prosthetic smart penis and alternative to the old-fashioned strap-on. The VDOM is an app-connected adult wearable device…
As we shared with our Inner Circle members earlier this week audio erotica is having a moment. The latest addition to the category is OhCleo!, who have launched a new audio-based app that encourages sexual health and wellbeing through education, inspiration and collaboration. OhCleo! was founded in 2021 in Sweden by Celine Fierro and Anders Lövbrand, who are on a mission to…
Israeli sexual wellness startup Aquafit Intimate develops products and services that support women, who experience vaginal pain related to sexual health. A couple of days ago the company kicked off sales in the EU and is now serving women across 10 countries. Aquafit Intimate was founded in 2017 by Rebecca Sternberg, Varda Messer and Vered Italiano and has developed a patented line…
Despite a long history of conservative culture in the Philippines when it comes to the topic of sex, the last few years has shown significant strides in our pursuit of sex positivity — one of the most recognized names in this pursuit is Dr. Rica Cruz, one of the country’s leading sex therapist and educator. Dr. Rica made it her life’s work to…
