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.
Cofertility secures $7.25M Series A funding to expand egg freezing and donation platform.
illumicell AI raises $2M to launch portable AI platform for real-time male fertility diagnostics.
Women’s health supplement brand Moom Health raises $2.9M (S$3.5M) in pre-Series A funding.
Startup raises $1M to launch world’s first competitive sperm racing event in Los Angeles.
Gaia partners with Genomic Prediction’s LifeView to improve IVF accessibility and success rates.
Wellcome Leap launches $50M program for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Research.
Care Fertility and U-Ploid partner to improve egg quality in women of advanced maternal age.
IVI RMA North America partners with TMRW Life Sciences to digitize IVF specimen management and storage.
Study confirms Daye‘s diagnostic tampon as accurate as traditional cervical screening methods.
Cigna partners with Carrot for global fertility and hormone health support.
Womed launches its fertility-preserving device in Europe.
HerMD relaunches as virtual care platform following closure of physical locations.
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In the Know
The Evolution of Egg Freezing: From Perk to Platform (Femtech Insider)
After Decades of Misunderstanding Menopause Is Finally Having Its Moment (Yale School of Medicine)
Female Doctors Outnumber Male Peers in UK for First Time (The Guardian)
Mifestrone as Weekly Contraception Performs ‘Beyond Expectations’ in Clinical Trials (Ms Magazine)
The Market for Menopause Products Is Booming – But There’s An Easy Way to Find What Actually Works (Women’s Health)
One-Third of Maternal Deaths Occur Long After Delivery (The New York Times)
Does a Fetus Have Constitutional Rights? (The New Yorker)
How The Real Housewives Helped Me Through My Own Black Maternal Health Crisis (Refinery29)
Who’s Hiring?
Below are some jobs we’ve curated for the women’s health innovation community this week.
carafem is looking for a Marketing Strategist.
Flo Health is hiring a Senior Content Designer.
Ro is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Clinical Platform.
Tia is hiring a Director, Member Success.
Evvy is looking for a Head of Engineering.
Progyny is looking for a Product Marketing & Sales Enablement Intern.
Hims & Hers is looking for a Director, Product Analytics.
Carrot Fertility is looking for a Sr. Marketing Manager, UK.
Frida is looking for a Talent Program Manager.
To view more roles, visit our job board.
