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
Maven Clinic raises $125M in Series F, becomes highest valued digital health company in women’s and family health.
Levy secures $4.5M seed funding to accelerate fertility diagnosis.
Rezilient Healthraises $10M Series A to expand tech-enabled family healthcare model.
Canada-based Marlowsecures $1.9M for novel lubricated tampon product.
Flora Fertilityraises $1.5M to launch fertility insurance product.
SimXsecures $1.25M from AFWERX, DAF’s innovation arm, for VR-based women’s health training.
Sollis Healthlaunches family membership for integrated emergency and everyday care.
Consumer health startup Beliexpands from supplements to at-home fertility testing for men and women.
Harbor introduces Remote Nanny Service for affordable overnight infant care.
INNITIUS‘s Fine Birth Device shows promise in preterm labor diagnosis.
RH Capital Team launches Foreground Gapital; a new chapter in women’s health investing.
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The challenge is open to startups worldwide with a U.S. entity and a product in the U.S. market. API integration experience is a plus! Applications close October 25, 2024.
In the Know
Women’s Health Investment Recap – September 2024 (Femtech Insider)
Bridging the Gender Gap in Health Research: Charting a Course for Inclusive Healthcare (Femtech Insider)
How Cleveland Clinic Is Innovating In Healthcare With Data, Analytics, And AI (Forbes)
Endometriosis: addressing the roots of slow progress (The Lancet)
The ‘huge disadvantage’ women behind femtech phenomenon face (The Guardian)
How AI “twins” could help fill women’s health gap (Axios)
Why It’s TIme to Uncouple Obstetrics and Gynecology (Time)
Who’s Hiring?
Below are some jobs we’ve curated for the women’s health innovation community this week.
Pivotal Ventures is hiring a Director, Program Strategy, Planning & Management.
Simplyhealth is looking for a Business Development Manager.
Merci is looking for a Medical Assistant – Women’s Health.
Allara is looking for a CRM Marketing Lead.
Planned Parenthood is looking for a Training Coordinator.
Theramex is looking for a Women’s Health Account Manager.
Bayer is hiring a Senior Medical Liaison – Women’s Health.
Cambridge Health Alliance is looking for a Manager, Lab.
Wisp is looking for a Nurse Practicioner.
Molecular Devices is looking for an Account Manager Drug Discovery.
To view more roles or add your own, visit our job board.
