As we observe a year since the Dobbs decision, people seeking reproductive health care in the U.S. face new threats to their privacy and access to their personal health. One of the biggest concerns for reproductive health is data privacy: how data collected from patients could be used to penalize anyone considering or seeking an abortion, along with tracking health care providers who provide care.
With the widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), a digital version of a
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FemTech: Oova Launches New Fertility Membership Model
What You Should Know:
Femtech solutions company OOVA launches its brand NEW fertility membership model designed to support and empower women by providing advanced at-home hormone testing and full-circle assistance along their fertility journey with unmatched ease, for only $99/mo. OOVA, the first and only OTC hormone test that quantitatively measures two essential hormones in a single, at-home urine test, provides women with insights into their ovulation patterns to increase the
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FemTech: Pomelo Care Secures $33M for Value-Based Virtual Maternity Care Platform
What You Should Know:
Pomelo Care, an NYC-based value-based virtual maternity care platform that improves maternal and newborn health outcomes, announced $33M in Seed and Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. The latest round brings its total capital raised to date to $33M. The company supports its patients from preconception through an infant’s first year with personalized and proactive 24/7 care from a dedicated, multispecialty team.
Pregnancy & newborn care,
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Morgan Health Invests $25M in Fertility Network Kindbody
What You Should Know:
Morgan Health, the JPMorgan Chase & Co. business unit announced a $25M investment in Kindbody, a fertility clinic network and global family-building benefits provider for employers offering the full-spectrum of reproductive care from preconception to postpartum through menopause.
Kindbody is a technology-driven fertility clinic network and family-building benefits provider for employers offering virtual and in-person care supporting 112 leading employers, covering
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Amboy Street Ventures Launches $20M Fund to Support Femtech Startups
What You Should Know:
- Amboy Street Ventures, the world's first venture capital firm focused on women's health and sexual health for all genders, closed its debut $20 million fund.
- Amboy Street plans to invest in the Seed and Series A stages of women’s health and sexual health startups to both lift associated stigmas and usher forward a new world of inclusive health and wellbeing.
Investment Thesis & Portfolio
The world is undergoing a massive social reformation
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FemTech Startup Iron Health Launches with $4.5M to Empower OB/GYNs
What You Should Know:
- Built at Redesign Health, Iron Health, the tech-enabled, virtual care partner that empowers OB/GYNs and their patients today announced its official launch with $4.5 million in seed investment.
- March of Dimes both contributed funds to Iron Health as part of its seed as its first investment from its first Innovation Fund but is also a partner resource for the startup. Iron Health addresses the fragmentation between OB/GYN, primary,
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Unite Us Advances Black Maternal Health in Miami-Dade
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- Today, Unite Us -- a software company enabling collaboration across sectors to improve the health and well-being of communities -- announced a partnership with Metro Mommy Agency, a full-spectrum doula service provider to improve the quality of maternity care for Black women in Miami-Dade County.
- Black women in Miami-Dade face maternal and infant mortality rates 168% higher than white and Hispanic women in the county. Doula care
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FemTech: Joi Women’s Wellness Launches Nationwide
What You Should Know:
- Joi Women’s Wellness (Joi), a modern, femtech proactive approach to women’s health care, today announced the company’s official nationwide launch and availability of its hormone optimization and peptide therapy treatments, as well as the introduction of a new telehealth platform that provides a goals-based, customizable experience to help women own their health journey and manage the hormone and age–related changes to their bodies.
- Joi offers health coaching and
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FemTech: Samsung Adds Menstrual Cycle Tracking Capabilities to Galaxy Watch5
What You Should Know:
- Samsung Galaxy Watch5 users will soon be able to access temperature-based menstrual cycle tracking through the Cycle Tracking feature. This new capability was developed in partnership with Natural Cycles, a women’s health company and app maker, and marks the first time Natural Cycles’ algorithm has been adapted for a smartwatch.
- The partnership combines Natural Cycles’ fertility technology with Samsung’s BioActive Sensor to give users more detailed
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5 Key Trends in Women’s Health Technology for 2023 to Watch
Women's healthcare faces an uphill battle after centuries of being ignored. Yet, ironically enough, women currently share half of the consumerism market, hold power over 80% of household financial decisions, and make 70% of healthcare-related choices in their families.
Despite this, their access to proper healthcare often comes up short.
But with the market for women's healthcare predicted to be worth over $47 billion, changes are starting to occur. And with the recent attacks and laws on
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