Vella Bioscience today announces the launch of its breakthrough flagship product – Vella Women’s Pleasure Serum, a pre-play topical serum to promote more frequent, intense, and satisfying orgasms for every cis woman. Founded by a team of medical researchers, scientists and beauty industry experts, Vella leads the intersection of proprietary science and luxury beauty for sexual wellness. For the past century, men have had…
Awkward Essentials, a personal hygiene company with the first after-sex clean up product of its kind, the dripstick, announced the close of a $2.3 million seed round by capital partner Unorthodox Ventures today. As a single-product company, Awkward Essentials will use the investment for innovation, scaling up production, and overall go-to market strategy. “I founded Awkward Essentials to solve a personal need, and it sparked social…
Healthy Pleasure Group (HPG), the global outfit dedicated solely to Sexual Health and Technology has announced the launch of Amboy Street Ventures (ASV), a capital fund focused on Sexual Health (for all genders) and women’s health technology startups. ASV also announced its first two investments in Dame Products, a leading female-focus ed sexual wellness brand and Gennev, the digital health platform for women going through…
In line with the launch of Maddyness UK’s sextech podcast, we delve into the challenges faced by those seeking funding for sex-positive startups. Sitting in that precarious (but arguably enviable) space between absolute no-go zone and next big thing for investors, sextech is a burgeoning market now worth $30B-$40B. Once assigned to the lifestyle business category or else totally shunned because of…
Flo Health, a female health and wellbeing mobile app used by over 160M people around the world, today unveiled findings highlighting the impact the pandemic has had on women’s relationships since the start of lockdown, unearthing insights around shifts in sexual desire, partner interaction, and overall mental and emotional wellbeing. The external survey polled a random, de-identified set of 3,435 self-identifying U.S-based women ages…
Earlier today Coral announced the launch of its new interactive sexual wellness app for couples. Backed by the country’s foremost sex-positive researchers, the app unlocks the new science of sexual wellbeing for partners of all gender expressions and sexual orientations. Launched in 2019, Coral has been among the pioneers in the sexual wellness market. Its new, secure and encrypted in-app messaging thread…
Twentyeight Health, a digital health company offering affordable access and convenience for women’s sexual and reproductive healthcare, today announced an expansion across the West Coast. Starting today, Twentyeight Health is available to residents of California, Oregon, and Washington. “As Twentyeight Health continues to grow its geographic footprint, our team remains committed to giving women who are under- or uninsured an affordable and…
Dame Products announced earlier this week that it has raised $4M in seed funding to expand its team and products assortment, fund research and to assemble a clinical advisory board. Participants in the round included Listen Ventures, Chingona Ventures, Reformation Ventures, igniteXL Ventures, Joyance Partners, The Community Funds VC and others. Dame Founder & CEO Alexandra Fine turned to LinkedIn to share…
