What You Should Know:
- The 2026 WHAM Investment Report, released at the 44th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference, establishes women’s health as a high-growth precision medicine category.
- Redefining the market beyond reproductive care, the report provides a roadmap for capital allocation into conditions that affect women exclusively, differently, or disproportionately. It features six in-depth case studies demonstrating real-world commercial success and durable long-term
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Why Axena Health and Mayo Clinic are Building an AI-Driven Future for Pelvic Health
What You Should Know
- Axena Health has announced a major expansion of its collaboration with Mayo Clinic to develop a new, AI-integrated solution for women with pelvic floor disorders.
- Building on their initial 2025 partnership, the new initiative aims to leverage Mayo Clinic’s clinical expertise to create personalized care pathways that improve treatment adherence for conditions like urinary incontinence and overactive bladder (OAB).
Solving the Adherence Gap: AI as a Clinical
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The Seamless Scan: Why Interoperability is the New Standard for OB-GYN Ultrasound Reporting in 2026
Increasing patient volumes calls for strengthened streamlined processes like never before.
With vast patient data coming from various platforms, tools and systems, the means of connectivity and pooling this information has become a critical factor to successful patient experiences.Today’s healthcare landscape needs a well blended and meticulously integrated system of patient data across all administrative data portals and platforms.
This is why in modern medical practice,
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Xella Health Raises $3.7M to Pioneer AI-Powered Menstrual Fluid Diagnostics
What You Should Know
- Xella Health has emerged from stealth with $3.7M in pre-seed financing to build the infrastructure for "decoding" female biology.
- Led by Precursor Ventures, the company is pioneering a first-of-its-kind diagnostic platform that combines menstrual fluid analysis with peripheral blood and AI-powered multi-omics to identify the root causes of chronic conditions like endometriosis, PCOS, and perimenopause.
The Biological Signal: Tapping Into Menstrual
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Pomelo Care Secures $92M to Scale Virtual Maternity Model Across Women’s Health
What You Should Know
- Pomelo Care has closed a $92 million Series C funding round, propelling the company to a $1.7B valuation.
- After proving its virtual model can reduce preterm births by 37% and emergency room visits by 46%, Pomelo is moving beyond its maternity roots to launch comprehensive pediatric and midlife care programs, now covering more than 25 million lives nationwide.
The Accountability Pivot: Evidence Over Hype
In a 2026 market where "Agentic AI" and "Digital
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Women’s Health Crisis Revealed: 68% Don’t Trust Their OB/GYN, Report Finds
What You Should Know:
- O Positiv Health has released its 2026 State of the Vagina Report, a survey of over 3,000 women that exposes profound deficits in health literacy and provider trust. The data reveals that 96% of women cannot identify the phases of their menstrual cycle, while a startling 68% explicitly lack trust in their OB/GYNs, leading many to skip annual appointments entirely.
- The report underscores how deep-seated stigma and educational gaps are driving dangerous hygiene
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How Female Bodies Became Political Weapons
Hormones are having their 120th birthday this year—in 1905, British scientist Ernest Starling first coined the term “hormone.” And while so much has developed scientifically since then, so much has stayed the same.
Women and their reproductive systems governed by sex hormones have been pathologized as having “hysteria” for centuries (really–the ancient Greek term for uterus came from the word hysteron). Almost immediately after hormones were discovered, estrogen was named in 1906, after
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FamilyWell Health Secures $8M to Expand Women’s Mental Health and Menopause Care Nationwide
What You Should Know:
- FamilyWell Health, an integrated women’s mental health company, raises $8M in Series A funding led by New Markets Venture Partners with participation from existing and new investors– .406 Ventures, GreyMatter Capital, The Alix Foundation, The Donna Fund, and The Lee Foundation.
- The investment will accelerate the company's national expansion of its maternal mental health model and extend integrated services into perimenopause and menopause
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Carrot Partners with ŌURA and Dexcom to Power Metabolic-Fertility Health with Biometric Data
What You Should Know:
- Carrot, a global fertility and family care platform announced a significant strategic partnership with ŌURA, the smart ring company, and Dexcom, the global leader in glucose biosensing. The collaboration introduces a novel, integrated approach to supporting fertility and family-building goals through Carrot’s clinically-backed metabolic-fertility program, Sprints.
- The partnership is marked by a first-of-its-kind integration with Stelo by Dexcom (the FDA-cleared
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Joy Secures $14M to Redefine the Parenting Experience
What You Should Know:
- Joy, a platform revolutionizing the parenting experience secures $14M in Series A funding co-led by Forerunner and Raga Partners, with participation from Magnify Ventures, Ingeborg Investments, Shazi Visram, Rogue Venture Partners, and Next Legacy Partners.
- The funding will be used to accelerate the development of the company’s advanced AI parenting platform, expand integrations with leading parenting brands, grow its expert network, and extend its services across
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