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
Natural Cycles secures $55M Series C funding to accelerator growth ahead of possible IPO.
Gameto secures $33M in Series B funding to advance novel IVF treatments.
Male reproductive health startup Posterity Health raises $6M to fund expansion and technology acceleration
Hornet Therapeutics emerges from stealth with novel data on EBV treatment and funding from 4BIO capital.
Amino Health secures $10M to enhance AI-powered women’s and LGBTQ+ healthcare navigation.
Seek launches first at-home test for alcohol’s effects on women’s health.
Talkspace and Labcorp’s Ovia Health spearhead new ‘women’s health coalition for digital solutions‘.
Uber Health introduces Uber Caregiver to support and empower caregivers.
European medicines agency validates Henlius and Organon‘s biosimilar HLX14 for treating osteoporosis and bone metastasis.
Meditrina’s Aveta System gains CE Mark approval; expands global reach.
Lunit acquires Volpara to anhance AI-driven breast cancer screening and diagnostics.
HHS Office on Women’s Health announces final phase winners for Hypertension Innovator Award Competition.
In the Know
Femtechs take on women’s healht (Nature)
Can Fitness Be Virtual Reality‘s Long Awaited Killer App? (Proto.Life)
The failed promise of egg freezing (Vox)
Menopause is Fueling a Movement (Ms. Medicine)
NIH-funded clinical trials often miss racial and gender diversity enrolment goals, report finds (STAT News)
The new menstruation: Girls are getting periods earlier and less regularly (STAT News)
Can menopause be delayed? (National Geographic)
Who’s Hiring?
Below are some jobs we’ve curated for the women’s health innovation community this week.
Seven Starling is hiring a Senior Operations Manager (Remote).
HerMD is looking for a Revenue Cycle Specialist.
Texas Fertility Center is looking for a Medical Assistant.
Progyny is hiring a Sr. Director, Client Solutions.
Organon is hiring a Senior Specialist, Medical Device and Combination Product Engineering, New Products Commercialization.
Planned Parenthood is looking for a Bilingual Health Care Assistant.
The American Red Cross is looking for a Product Development Director.
Carrot Fertility is hiring a Customer Success Manager.
Flo Health is hiring a Growth UX Writer.
Kindbody is hiring an FDA Compliance Officer.
To view more roles or add your own, visit our job board.
