“The patient experience today is slow, it’s incomplete, and ultimately it’s delivering not great outcomes. We are under-delivering as a country. Almond is coming in and modernizing the OB-GYN office.” Almond Co-founder Tara Raffi. (Picture with Co-founder Carly Allen. Image: Almond)

Highlights

Y-Combinator Alum Almond raises $7M to pursue its vision of holistic OB/GYN care.

Parenting support platform Happity raises £800K to invest in growth.

UK-based Emm raises $1M in pre-seed funding to take its smart menstrual cup to market.

YourBio teams up with Turtle Health to introduce a new method for AMH testing.

Sexual wellness brand Lora DiCarlo quietly ends operations.


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In the Know

Innovation in Women’s Mental Health (Femtech Insider)

The growing menopause-at-work market (Axios)

Harassment in Economics Doesn’t Stay in Economics (The Atlantic)

The way we tell #MeToo stories is changing (Washington Post)

For-Profit Abortion Telemedicine Startups Are Proliferating in the Wake of Roe (Truthout)

Q&A: Caraway’s CEO on the ‘tsunami’ of healthcare need among young women (MobiHealthNews)

A History of Missed Opportunity (The Medicine Maker)

Activists Are Burning Out – No One’s Picking Up the Pieces (Refinery29)

Will sextech survive a tech crackdown and cost of living crisis? (Sifted)

Giving equal chances for everyone to become a parent. Interview with Jenny Saft, Co-founder, Apryl (EU Startups)

Who’s Hiring?

Inne is looking for a Medical Director.

Lvndr is looking for a Senior Backend Developer.

Mirvie is hiring a Clinical Trial Manager.

Tia is looking for a Sr. Growth Marketing Manager.

Visit the Femtech Insider Job Board to see more roles or to add your own! 

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