Every Monday we share a quick “best of” from the week that was with our Inner Circle members. What’s trending in the Femtech Insider community and beyond? We’ve got you covered! In this week's brief we talk about Femtech Investments in April 2022 plus...
- The Value-based Care Market: An Overview
- The Evolution of Cycle Care
- Startup Spotlight
- And more!
Femtech Investment Round-up: April 2022
As every month we share an overview of all the fundraising news we covered on Femtech Insider with you, our Inner Circle audience. Check out our April 2022 Femtech Investment Round-up here or visit our Investment Round-up Archive in the Inner Circle Member Hub.
🌟 Some Highlights:
B2B cycle care company Aunt Flow raises a $8.5M Series A to invest in growth.
Israeli startup Salignostics raises $8M in Series A funding to take its saliva-based pregnancy test to market.
Cosm raises $3.8M in seed funding for its software-enabled medical device platform to address pelvic floor disorders in women.
Menopause startup Evernow adds $28.5M in Series A funding and Hollywood star power to combat stigmatization. Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Gwyneth Paltrow are joining the round as angel investors.
Australian medtech company Baymatob raises $3M for Oli, its AI-guided PPH monitoring device.
For an overview of all deals we covered in April (and more!), check out our round-up below! 👇
The Value-based Care Market: An Overview
Vital Signs' Jacob Effron wrote a great piece on startups, who are taking on value-based care and created a market landscape that provides great orientation about the space.
"Health tech startups are increasingly excited about taking on risk. These value-based arrangements allow them to build new higher touch care models without having to worry about reimbursement for each individual service (fee-for-service). Over the last decade, value-based care has been partially implemented by healthcare executives and furthered by policy. But we’re seeing more and more health tech startups pitch taking on risk. Their care models offer the promise of providing more frequent care that better meets patient needs and helps them better manage their conditions."
The Evolution of Cycle Care
Friends, it seems like the cycle care space is leveling up in big ways and if last week is any indication we're about to see some great innovations hitting the market! But don't just take our word for it! Here's 3 examples that lead us to believe this:
1️⃣ Business Model Innovation: One of the big news we covered last week was Aunt Flow's Series A, which is a great example for go-to market innovation in a somewhat crowded space. As Amboy Street Founding Partner Carli Sapir, who invested in the round puts it: "While the D2C menstrual product space is crowded, Aunt Flow has a unique B2B strategy which allows it to break through the crowd. Not only is innovation in this space a huge economic opportunity, it is also creating much needed progress in the underserved women’s health space."
2️⃣ Diagnostics & Biomarkers: Daye started out as a DTC cycle care brand, but - as shared during their pitch at Women's Health Innovation Summits last week - its ambitions are greater. The team is on a mission to build "a highly ambitious R&D platform to raise the standards in the female healthcare industry." Their aim is "to bridge the gender gap in medical research and product innovation by designing products rooted in scientific rigor and inspired by the female intuition." The team is building a gynae health platform that will address all areas of female health, from the first menstruation up to menopause and is currently working on several new digital and physical products. One to watch!
3️⃣ Therapeutics: Callaly, known for its innovative Tampliner, has its eye on vaginal drug delivery and is currently building out a new vertical under the brand extension Cala Lilly to focus on this effort.
We're sure there's more happening in this space and of course the above are just some examples. Wanna share what you're excited about in the cycle care space? Hit reply! We'd love to hear what you're seeing! 🙌
Startup Spotlight!
Wanna know which startups get us excited these days? Below are a few of our recent (femtech-healthtech-ish) discoveries. This week's round-up is inspired by Women's Health Innovation Summit Europe in Basel, where we got to know some startups that hadn't been on our radar!
Juniver: "An evidence-based program to curb binge-eating and bulimia - available on your phone anytime, anywhere."
My Moves Matter: "Empowering women with Parkinson's to live their best lives."
MOMM Diagnostics: "Point of care tests for preeclampsia"
WAWA Fertility: "wawa is an evidence-based support platform dedicated to improve fertility treatment and advancing research through artificial intelligence"
