Diana Health, a network of modern women’s health practices that partner with hospitals to reimagine the way women’s healthcare is delivered, today announced that it has closed $34M in Series B financing led by Norwest Venture Partners. Existing investors .406 Ventures, LRVHealth and AlleyCorp joined the round, bringing the total raised to $46 million. The company will use the new capital to…
MedTech company GE HealthCare has been awarded a grant of more than $44M by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The funding will accelerate the development of AI-assisted ultrasound tools designed to improve healthcare outcomes in low-and-middle-income countries. Specifically, the grant will focus on creating AI-powered applications to aid healthcare professionals in obtaining more accurate ultrasound scans for maternal and fetal health…
Fertility startup Myma Medical has secured an additional £145K from innovation management consultancy LYVA Labs. bringing LYVA Labs’ total support for the UK-based startup to £779K, including grant leverage. Founded as a spinout from the University of Birmingham, Myma Medical is advancing fertility treatments with its patented autoICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection) system. The next-gen technology aims to minimize inconsistencies that often occur…
Every Thursday we send out a curated newsletter on all things femtech and women’s health innovation. This is an excerpt from the latest edition. If you’d like to subscribe, you can do so at the bottom of this page. Highlights UK-based bladder care startup Jude adds $4.24M in seed funding setting sights on U.S. market. Pumpspotting secures $2.2M in funding to advance breastfeeding support in workplaces and beyond. Miri raises $1.2M in…
Palatin Technologies has announced a partnership with telehealth service provider UpScriptHealth. The collaboration aims to raise awareness about hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) and increase the accessibility of Vyleesi through UpScriptHealth’s Women’s Health Platform. According to the company Vyleesi is the only FDA-approved, as-needed treatment for acquired, generalized HSDD in premenopausal women. The partnership will make Vyleesi available to UpScriptHealth’s extensive patient…
Sequel, a startup focused on advancing women’s wellness experiences, has successfully gained FDA approval for its Spiral Tampon as a medical device. This achievement not only signals a paradigm shift in tampon design but also addresses an industry characterized by a lack of distinct product offerings. Greta Meyer and Amanda Calabrese, former high-level athletes and Stanford engineers, founded Sequel with a vision…
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Every Thursday we send out a curated newsletter on all things femtech and women’s health innovation. This is an excerpt from the latest edition. If you’d like to subscribe, you can do so at the bottom of this page. Highlights Springbank closes a $35M fund to invest in infrastructure serving women and working families. SOS secures $7.6M from Wasserman Ventures and Urban Us Capital to scale its smart…
