infertility
Posterity Health raises seed funding to help address male fertility needs
The recent decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade leaves plenty of unanswered questions about conception and what rights women have over their bodies. One startup, Posterity Health, is focusing on a long-
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It’s telling of our maturity as a society that infertility is a concept approached with awkwardness and uncertainty.
How compassion and inclusivity are helping Kindbody change the fertility industry
When the topic of fertility comes up, we often hear hushed tones discussing someone else’s or their own journey through infertility.
Why focusing on holistic care helped Kindbody triple its revenue in 2021
Kindbody isn’t solely selling a dream of belonging, however — there is a large focus on the consumerism of patient care.
Chipping away at the problems of reproductive healthcare, one patient at a time
One in eight couples, single parents by choice and much of the LGBTQ+ population in the United States seek out fertility services.
Conceive wants to answer the loneliest questions in healthcare
Lauren Berson originally left Andreessen Horowitz to help Weight Watchers grow past weight loss. What the growth strategy expert didn’t know, though, was that she’d soon stumble upon inspiration f
Future Family takes in new capital as need for fertility treatments increases
Less than a year after a Series A extension, Future Family, a startup aiming to make fertility services, like IVF and egg freezing, easier, is back with $25 million in Series B funding.
Startups should look to state-of-the-art tech to tackle diseases affecting women
Using state-of-the-art technologies on complex women’s diseases will allow the field to advance much faster and can put drug candidates into clinics in a few short years.
Google to add COVID-19 vaccine information panels to Search
Google announced today it’s introducing a new search feature that will surface a list of authorized vaccines in users’ locations, as well as informational panels about each individual vacc
Demand for fertility services persists despite COVID-19 shutdowns
Plenty of investments are made during a recession, and it’s no secret that smart investors will put money into recession-proof markets.
Fertility startup Mojo wants to take the trial and error out of IVF
Fertility tech startup Mojo is coming out of stealth to announce a €1.7 million (~$1.8M) seed round of funding led by Nordic seed fund Inventure. Also participating are Doberman and Privilege Ventur
Natalist founder Halle Tecco wants to get you pregnant
Halle Tecco is no stranger to conception struggles. The Rock Health founder and former CEO has been public about her journey on social media, including two rounds of IVF, eventually leading to a healt
Period app Clue hopes to find out if you have PCOS
Clue, an app built on machine learning to track a woman’s monthly menstrual cycle, has been paying close attention lately to those with irregular periods. The Berlin-based company hopes to identify
Sperm storage startups are raising millions
Men's fertility solutions capture the attention of venture capitalists.
With a fresh $10 million in the bank, DotLab hopes to bring endometriosis test to market
Thirty-three-year-old founder of personalized medicine company DotLab, Heather Bowerman, wants to shake up the women’s health industry with what she believes to be a better, cheaper, less painfu
Kindbody raises $15M, will open a ‘Fertility Bus’ with mobile testing & assessments
RRE Ventures has backed the New York-based fertility startup.
Extend Fertility banks $15M Series A to help women freeze their eggs
Regal Healthcare Capital Partners backs Extend Fertility with $15 million to help the egg-freezing service expand to new markets.
Legacy freezes your sperm so you don’t have to
Legacy is tackling an interesting problem: the reduction of sperm motility as we age. By freezing our sperm, this Swiss-based company promises to keep our boys safe and potent as we get older, a consi
uBiome launches an at-home women’s health test for HPV, STI’s and bacterial vaginosis
SmartJane is a new women’s health test out from uBiome today that promises to check for 23 vaginal flora as well as 19 strains of the human papilloma virus and a string of sexually transmitted d
Future Family wants to make male fertility testing more accessible
Back in June of this year, we wrote about a company called Future Family that aimed to simplify the world of female fertility testing, all while bringing down the cost of treatment options. But female