My company recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, which prompted me to reflect on the progress of the women’s health sector over the last decade. There has been so much change, so many technological innovations and clinical breakthroughs. And yet, two things haven’t changed all that much. Our outcomes in the U.S. have not improved; in fact they are in decline. This is true whether you are measuring maternal mortality, health equity, or complication rates. And as an industry, we’ve yet to
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Northwell Holdings & Aegis Ventures Form FemTech Company for Menopause Support
What You Should Know: - Northwell Holdings and Aegis Ventures inked an agreement today for the formation of Upliv, a femtech-based women's virtual care startup that aims to raise the bar for clinical menopause support. - Upliv is the joint creation of Aegis Ventures and Northwell Holdings, the for-profit investment arm of Northwell Health. In April 2022, Aegis Ventures announced the intention to invest at least $100M in seed-stage funds toward the development of joint ventures with
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Women’s Health Initiative Launches in Africa to Advance Women’s Health
What You Should Know: - A continent-wide and dedicated women’s health initiative was launched today to advocate for and implement solutions to improve healthcare for women in Africa. The Coalition for Women’s Health In Africa (CoWHA) is the first initiative emanating from a conference held in February, in Kenya, where private healthcare firms, organizations and governments met to interrogate and carve out a novel approach to better healthcare systems on the continent. - COWHA is a
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Femtech Market to Reach $22B by 2028
What You Should Know: - The global femtech market size is expected to grow from $12.65 billion in 2022 to $22.29 billion by 2028, with an estimated CAGR of 9.9% from 2022 to 2028, according to the latest Insight Partners report. - The report reveals that the global femtech market growth is driven by increasing demand for medical devices used in the female health industry and growing demand for technologically advanced femtech products. Femtech Market Drivers The Femtech market
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Femtech – Changing Dynamics of Women’s Healthcare
Femtech a term coined by Danish entrepreneur Ida Tin in 2016 has become a revolutionary moment for women across the globe. Femtech as the term suggests focuses on using technology to solve health issues in females. Although women are the primary caregivers of families, they themselves are at the receiving end of not getting treated for the ailments they suffer. This is owing to multiple reasons that range from socio-economic conditions, lack of awareness regarding health issues and less or no
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Femtech Startup Nanopath Raises $10M to Develop POC Diagnostics for Women’s Health
What You Should Know: - Nanopath, a molecular diagnostics company enabling high-quality molecular testing in minutes raises $10M in Series A funding, co-led by co-led by Norwest Venture Partners and Medtech Convergence Fund, to develop a point-of-care diagnostics platform for women’s health screenings. - The company plans to use the latest round of funding to support development and commercialization of Nanopath's biosensing platform that aims to transform how women's pelvic and
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Mira Launches Ovum Wand to Predict Menopause and Monitor Fertility Status
What You Should Know: - The FDA has listed Mira's new Mira Ovum Wand as an over-the-counter tool to detect the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in urine. Starting October 2022, the product will be available to U.S. customers. The wands help monitor FSH levels to predict approaching menopause. They can also be used to monitor fertility and find possible causes of reproductive issues for women after 35. - Mira's new Ovum Wand provides lab-accurate detection of the follicle-stimulating
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SimpliFed Raises $6M for Virtual Breastfeeding & Baby Feeding Support
What You Should Know: - SimpliFed, the telehealth platform dedicated to democratizing access to baby feeding services, announced it has closed $6M in its seed round, led by Morningside Ventures and The Venture Collective, with participation from NY Ventures, Elizabeth Street Ventures, Waterline Ventures, and 3CC. - SimpliFed provides virtual breastfeeding and baby feeding support fully covered by your health plan from pregnancy to weaning. Virtual Inclusive Baby Feeding Support for
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UCSF Health & Tia Partner to Open Flagship Women’s Clinic in SF
What You Should Know: - UCSF Health, and women's healthcare provider Tia announced a partnership to transform women's healthcare in the Bay Area -- while also demonstrating a model for how a traditional health system and an upstart can work together to improve health outcomes and experiences for 51% of the population. - The flagship Tia Clinic will provide Bay Area women with a first-of-its-kind medical home designed to make every woman feel seen, heard and cared
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Femtech Startup Ruth Health Secures $2.4M to Transform Telehealth Approach to Pregnancy Care
What You Should Know: - Femtech startup Ruth Health providing progressive telehealth and comprehensive care platform built for women by women announced it has raised $2.4M seed funding round led by Giant Ventures, with participation from Citylight VC, Cleo Capital Scout Fund, Crista Galli Ventures, Duro VC, Emmeline Ventures, Gaingels, Global Founders Capital, Pentas Ventures, SOMA Capital, Techstars, Torch Capital, YCombinator, and various strategic angels. This brings Ruth Health’s
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