Ovia Health, a digital health platform for family care, is set to introduce a fertility and family-building benefit designed to comprehensively support the diverse journeys of employees and health plan members.
Slated for release in January 2024, the offering goes beyond traditional fertility solutions, aiding the entire family-building process, including preconception, pregnancy and postpartum....
Femtech has grown over the last decade, but investments in female-focused companies pale in comparison to the larger digital health sector.
Ida Tin, cofounder and chairwoman at Clue, a Berlin-based menstrual health app, coined the term femtech in 2016 and joined MobiHealthNews to discuss investment and advancement in the sector.
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The Supreme Court's decision that overturned Roe v. Wade officially came down more than half a year ago, and abortion access has narrowed for a large portion of the country.
Elizabeth Bailey, managing director at RH Capital, said there are plenty of opportunities for digital health investors and startups to make waves in the women's health space.
Though women's health tech still makes up a...
Editor's note: This article has been updated with a comment from Apple.
Ten state attorneys general are urging Apple to add new protections for reproductive health data contained in third-party apps hosted on the App Store.
In a letter sent to CEO Tim Cook, attorneys general of California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont and...
It's no secret the U.S. healthcare system is frequently hard to navigate, even for industry experts.
Finding doctors, figuring out insurance and accessing care can be a particular challenge for young people who are doing it for the first time, said Lori Evans Bernstein, CEO and cofounder of Caraway. Young women and others assigned female at birth also face a complex landscape of abortion...
Northwell Holdings, the investment arm of New York-based health system Northwell Health, and startup studio Aegis Ventures announced Thursday they had signed an agreement to launch Upliv, a virtual menopause care company.
Upliv is the first company formed through Northwell and Aegis' partnership focused on equity in women's healthcare. In April, the startup studio announced plans to invest at...
Caraway, a virtual care startup focused on providing mental, physical and reproductive healthcare for college students, emerged from stealth with $10.5 million in seed funding.
The seed was led by 7wireVentures and OMERS Ventures, with participation from Hopelab Ventures and angel investors.
WHAT IT DOES
Built from a partnership between 7wireVentures, OMERS Ventures, CEO Lori Evans Bernstein and...
FemTec Health announced Monday it had acquired nutrition platform Nutrimedy, the latest in a spate of deals from the women's health startup.
Nutrimedy allows users to take photos of their food to log their meals and offers nutrition recommendations. FemTec said it will integrate the tool into its Awesome Woman direct-to-consumer platform, which sends products like at-home tests and supplements to...
Nearly half of period-tracking apps studied used or shared data for third-party advertising, according to an analysis by cybersecurity and VPN company Surfshark.
The review examined 20 popular apps from the Apple App Store and ranked each app depending on the amount and sensitivity of the information they collect. For instance, an app received one point for data collected that isn't linked to a...
Maternal health startup Cayaba Care scooped up $12 million in a Series A round led by Seae Ventures and Kapor Capital.
Other participants in the round include Wellington Partners, Citi Impact Fund and Rhia Ventures. Founded in 2020, Cayaba Care launched in August with $3.2 million in seed funding.
WHAT IT DOES
The startup works with local providers and obstetricians to offer home-based or...
