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💌 Issue 127: 2025's defining moments | University spin-out secures £3.5m pre-seed | FemTech Portugal and FemTech Spain launch | FDA expands Addyi approval

2025 in review: 17 defining moments that will shape women’s health in 2026

FDA expands Addyi approval to include postmenopausal women, closing a long-standing gap in sexual health care

A Nordic Charter sets out a 2040 vision for women’s health — and asks governments to commit

Female-founded University of Leeds spinout IVFmicro secures £3.5m to advance IVF technology

FemTech Portugal and FemTech Spain launch to strengthen Europe's women's health ecosystem

💌 Issue 126: 9 Canadian innovators closing the women's health gap | AI-powered endometriosis diagnosis | Nixi Body calls out Sweaty Betty | Menstrual cups tested in space

What one year of Clue data reveals about women's health in 2025

Evvy launches at-home UTI test built for faster, accurate, targeted care

9 Canadian FemTech innovators transforming women’s health

Inside Neuraura's mission to deliver the first new PCOS treatment in 70 years

Revela raises £411,000 pre-seed round to advance AI-powered diagnosis for endometriosis

'We're the Invisalign for pelvic health’: how Cosm is bringing personalized pessaries and tissue-remodeling to gynaecology

💌 Issue 125: Hormonal health innovation | HerMD acquired | Hidden risks of gestational diabetes | Emovi's 3D knee-motion scan | Halal and Kosher HRT

HerMD acquired by Joi + Blokes, consolidating women's virtual care nationally in U.S

What Emovi's 10-minute 3D motion scan reveals about women's knee health

The pregnancy risk hiding in plain sight. And why women aren’t being told about it

Women’s hormonal healthtech: what to expect from the fast-growing innovation landscape in 2026

Ten FemTech innovators join new Innovate UK accelerator

"We're giving women time back" - Juno Technologies takes on menstrual pain with medical device

💌 Issue #124: Asking better questions | $27m for Perelel | Millie's maternity AI solution... while U.S gets 'D+' in preterm birth rates | Big tech and women's health

New My Normative indigenous-led metabolic health project opens conversation on future of women’s health data

Amara Therapeutics launches Dry Days Health, a virtual clinic for women with urinary incontinence

💌 Issue 123: $8m for new osteoporosis treatment | smart earring Lumia | Emm's connected menstrual cup | UVISA opens waiting list

Carea launches Postpartum Mum Tracker as UK mothers face a “silent epidemic” of postnatal mental health struggles

Skeletalis emerges from stealth with $8m seed round to develop precision medicine for osteoporosis

Maven Clinic adds AI-enabled population health features to maternity product to help reduce preventable complications

Rethinking maternity care: how Mino Care is building culturally safe birth support

Danish UVISA opens waiting list for light-based device targeting vaginal infections

Expect unveils GLP-1-era pregnancy fitness and coaching model built around metabolic health

Early intervention for every mind: how Cogni Corp+ Therapies is rethinking mental health assessment

💌 Issue 122: Women's health gets cancelled | YON E Health raises €250K | Endometriosis test prepares for first launch | FDA blackbox warning removal

This wearable detects perimenopause: IdentifyHer launches 'Peri'

From innovation to ownership: inside Daya Ventures’ Community Round

Building the space for prevention: Elan Healthcare’s doctor-led approach to women’s health supplements

YON E Health raises €250K to bring data-driven insight to vaginal health

Inside SYNG Pharma’s decade-long mission as it prepares to launch endometriosis test EndoID

💌 Issue 121: Continuous temperature patch FemSense | LiviWell raises $3.3m | the rise of testosterone for women | Smile Makers expands

FemSense maker SteadySense secures 7-figure investment to scale its continuous temperature patch

From pleasure to pelvic health: Smile Makers expands its wellness mission

LiviWell raises $3.3m to seek FDA clearance and launch vaginal microbiome device

💌 Issue 120: SheMed raises $50m | Wisp's migraine support | Why FemTech struggles with healthcare partnerships | Hot flash approval

Wisp expands into migraine care, offering asynchronous consults and medication access

Austria's Hello Inside launches in US to tackle women's metabolic health

Hertility launches GYN-AI™ to help cut years-long diagnosis delays in women's health

UK's SheMed raises $50M to scale personalised women’s health for weight loss and clinical research

Why FemTech startups struggle with healthcare partnerships - a doctor's perspective

💌 Issue 119: Women's health "outperforms" | Hologic acquired | Record €308 million bet on tackling ovarian cancer | Hers moves into menopause

Y Combinator backed Play Health launches data-driven perimenopause platform

Endogene.bio's menstrual blood breakthrough offers new route to endometriosis detection

“We have an outperforming women’s health track record” - how confidence is growing in women’s health investment

Veradermics raises $150M to advance first non-hormonal oral treatment for hair regrowth — including in women

My Normative launches cross-sector push to fix women’s health data bias

New Swiss alliance aims to unite Europe’s women’s health innovators

Female-founded startup Bummed launches to destigmatize anorectal care

💌 Issue 118: Autoimmune platform WellTheory raises $14 million | Natural Cycles launches first wearable | Unfabled's UK scale-up | Oura's unstoppable growth?

How ŌURA’s $900M raise cements its quiet powerhouse role in women’s health tech

Meet the small but mighty team building Women’s Health Horizons, a global platform dedicated to accelerating progress in women’s health

"It's just the beginning": Natural Cycles launches NC° Perimenopause mode - and its first wearable, the NC° Band

Whole-person autoimmune care: WellTheory raises $14 million Series A to build category leader

Unfabled begins UK-wide scale-up, raising $1.7m and expanding into 737 Boots stores

New app Nexus connects fitness, nutrition and cycle tracking through AI-powered health companion

"Women have been an afterthought in the longevity space": Wisp CEO announces peptide partnership with Vesalius

How FutureFemHealth is advancing gender equity in innovation data and investment

💌 Issue 117: Midi Health's Series C | Natural Cycles launches perimenopause mode | Peloton x Respin partnership | European Femtech map

Natural Cycles projects 50% year-on-year sales growth as it gears up for perimenopause mode launch

Butterfly Network’s AI tool brings faster, easier pregnancy scans to Sub-Saharan Africa

Peloton and Halle Berry's Respin partner on menopause research and impact of exercise

💌 Issue 116: $100m women's health Co-Lab | Neura Health's virtual neurology platform | Flo Health settles in privacy case | Period brands demand overhaul

Mamaya Health raises $3 Million to expand women's mental health platform

Rapidemic wins $2.7M Gates grant to push forward power-free STI diagnostics

Webinar replay: Women's health innovation in 2025 - the trends we can't ignore

Visana Health raises $24M to scale virtual medical home for women

Neura Health raises $11.4M Series A to expand virtual neurology platform

Period brands unite to demand UK tampon safety overhaul

Flo Health to pay $8m settlement in privacy case

💌 Issue 115: Calls for EU women's health strategy | Mercy Bioanalytics $59m boost for ovarian cancer | why are women tracking health?

Why Europe urgently needs an EU-wide women's health strategy

Mercy BioAnalytics raises $59M Series B to advance early ovarian cancer detection

💌 Issue 114: 'The valley of death' in women's health | GG Ventures announces $30m first close | Italy's FemTech landscape | Melinda Gates initiative

Data, innovation and bias: Italy's FemTech report maps the landscape

WHAM to back early-career women's health researchers with new awards

Exclusive: New $5m AthenaBIO vehicle aims to bridge the “valley of death” in women's health

FDA approves Womed's first device for Asherman syndrome offering new hope in reproductive surgery

GG Ventures announces $30m first close of fund to invest in women's health, longevity and sports

💌 Issue 113: 7 women's health startups collaborate on AI tool | BoobyBiome raises £2.5m | Willow's new $35 pump | Europe bans gel nail polish

Seven leading women's health brands back Clara, Rescripted's new AI model

Willow goes back to basics introducing $35 wearable manual breast pump

BoobyBiome raises £2.5 million to harness breast milk microbiome and support feeding choices

Wild.AI’s core assets acquired by Zepp Health in move to expand women’s performance tech

Nurx parent company Thirty Madison sold to Remedy Meds in $500m all stock-deal

💌 Issue 112: €800K for female urinal Lapee | US regulator approves AI embryo assessment tool | Menopause misinformation 'harming care'

Salient Bio raises £2.35m to expand women’s health diagnostics

Fairtility secures FDA clearance for AI-powered embryo assessment tool

Danish start-up Lapee secures €800k for pink urinals for women

A quick favor: your 2-minute input

💌 We're back: 5 stories reshaping women's health this summer

Flo Health launches in-app perimenopause support

💌 Issue 110: €1.6M boost for PCOS care | Progyny x ŌURA | Bayer's regulatory approval

Clue and Ovum partner to bring affordable fertility tools to UK consumers

Winona launches menopause community app as stigma-busting support network goes digital

Progyny partners with ŌURA to bring wearable health insights into reproductive care — from preconception to menopause

Daré Bioscience secures $6m funding installment as smart contraceptive device eyes expansion into obesity and diabetes

💌 Issue 109: The earpiece reducing period pain | Plexāā secures $4.5m to support US launch | WeightWatchers pivots to menopause | Organon abandons trial

WeightWatchers eyes menopause care as it emerges from financial overhaul and returns to Nasdaq

UK MedTech startup Plexāā secures $4.5m to support US launch of breast surgery device

OhmBody launches wearable earpiece to reduce pain and heaviness of periods

💌 Issue 108: Women's health leaders call on big tech | Escala's $4.5m for POP device | UK roll-out for Carevix | 'Plastic-free' periods row

Juniper Genomics lands $4.6m seed funding to launch world-first whole-genome embryo test

Escala completes $4.5 million funding round for pelvic organ prolapse device 'Mendit'

Aspivix set for UK distribution with device to help reduce pain of coil fittings

190+ women’s health leaders sign open letter to demand end to social media and online censorship

💌 Issue 107: $55m for at-home STI testing | Maven ŌURA partnership | approval for saliva-based contraceptive in Europe

June Health launches in Canada to tackle the midlife women's health gap at work

Visby Medical raises $55m to launch at-home STI testing to women across the US

Progyny partners with Origin and Hinge Health to add pelvic floor therapy to its health benefits platform

Materna Medical rebrands childbirth device and adds new investors to Series B2 funding

Physician-owned Almara Women's Health launches in Minnesota, promising to 'redefine whole woman’s care'

'We'll invest in creating our own': US women's health brand Frida takes censorship fight to the UK

Maven Clinic and ŌURA partner to deliver more connected experience for women's health

💌 Issue 106: Hera Biotech acquires HeraFem | €40 million FemTech fund announced for France | A Maven IPO on the horizon? | Measuring heavy periods

Hera Biotech acquires HeraFem in bid to transform cervical cancer diagnostics

Dedicated €40 million FemTech fund announced for France

'Replacing guesswork': Irish startup Joii launches AI menstrual monitoring tool

Aneira Health: the UK startup on a mission to fix women's healthcare

Maven Clinic looks set for IPO with four key hires for executive team

Sweden's EsterCare integrates Ovulai to strengthen PCOS support in the workplace

Monarch launches to power independent, membership-based women’s health practices in U.S

Organon and Evvy team up to broaden access to single-dose BV treatment

💌 Issue 105: Menopause training boost | $12m for Eli Health's saliva-based hormone tracker | Amazon adds women's health to benefits connector program

Canada's Eli Health secures $12m USD to bring saliva-based hormone tracking to market

Progyny becomes first women’s health provider to join Amazon’s Health Benefits Connector program

Berry Fertility launches revamped app as egg freezing soars 39% year-on-year

Biotech startup Daré partners with Rosy Wellness to bring new 'DARE to PLAY' sexual wellness cream to market

The Menopause Society to launch $10 million training program for healthcare professionals

Many women feel under-supported by GPs when seeking menopause help, new research finds

💌 Issue 104: Flo Health to face jury trial | Everlywell settles $5m privacy lawsuit | Samphire Neuroscience raises $5m | 'Biology-based productivity'

Everlywell and Natalist settle $5 Million privacy lawsuit over data sharing

Flo Health to face jury trial over alleged mishandling of sensitive health data

Evvy enters supplement market with 3-in-1 probiotic backed by clinical data

Samphire Neuroscience raises $5 million seed round for wearable women's health neurotech

'Working with, not against': new app Phase launches to reshape productivity for women

Clementine and Bodyform partner to address sleep disruption linked to menstrual health

Women's telehealth company Wisp expands into diagnostics with at-home STI testing

💌 Issue 103: Meet the new women's health VC fund | WellTheory secures $5m for autoimmune care | AOA Dx accelerates ovarian cancer diagnostic | Heavy periods affect education

Fern Capital launches $25 million 'Dignity Fund I' to tackle glaring gaps in women's health

WellTheory secures $5 million to launch AI-led autoimmune care platform

💌 Issue 102: $20m for dog-powered breast cancer detection | World-first urine-based HPV test | Clue study explores air pollution and menstruation

Flex is helping women’s health brands access a $150 Billion pre-tax market — here’s how

PHASE Scientific secures $34m Series A for non-invasive diagnostics including world-first urine-based HPV test

WHAM launches 'Innovator's Circle' network to speed up women's health innovation

NextGen Jane awarded $2.2 million NIH grant for endometriosis diagnostic

How does air pollution impact menstrual cycles? Clue partners with MIT and University of Colorado Denver on largest women's health study of its kind

SpotitEarly launches with $20m funding to advance 'dog-powered' breast cancer detection breath test

💌 Issue 101: Mirvie launches preeclampsia blood test | FDA approves Teal Wand | UVISA funding | Microsoft backs Ovarian Cancer fight

In Women's Health acquires FemHealth Insights - uniting largest online women's health ecosystem communities

Mirvie launches blood test that predicts preeclampsia risk

Granata Bio deepens U.S. fertility play with Gedeon Richter partnership

Prolapse device makers FEMSelect secures new funding and announces move to US

FDA approves first at-home cervical cancer screening device from Teal Health

Withings Health Solutions and Babyscripts partner to combat leading cause of pregnancy-related mortality in the United States

Microsoft backs new Global Ovarian Cancer Research Consortium and $1m AI-powered grant

UVISA secures extra $600k pre-seed - and is greenlighted for first clinical trial of light-based vaginal infection therapy

💌 Issue 100: Valerie raises £514k for perimenopause wellness | Zenith's closing pregnancy info gap | Boots adds menopause zones | Oxford Uni endometriosis study

Zenith Health launches platform to turn pregnancy experiences into evidence-based care

Perimenopause wellness brand Valerie raises £514k pre-seed funding

💌 Issue 99: Two major acquisitions in women's health | supporting breast cancer survivors | $100m for autoimmune therapies | pivotal study on fertility preservation

Granata Bio acquires Oviva Therapeutics to tackle ovarian aging and fertility challenges

Evvy partners with fertility clinics to probe link between vaginal microbiome and IVF outcomes

LifeMD expands into women's health with acquisition of Optimal Human Health MD

Cacto Health raises DKK 3M ($457USD) to develop lymphedema detection device for breast cancer survivors

Faster, easier, fertility preservation: Gameto opens first U.S clinical site for pivotal Fertilo study

Coologics raises $3m in oversubscribed seed round to develop drug-free vaginal infection treatments

💌 Issue 98: The "operating system" for women's health | HerMD pivots | Alloy introduces weight care | The toll of fertility struggles

Pacify and Seven Starling partner on maternal health benefits and mental health

Alloy introduces weight care program for menopausal and perimenopausal women

Fertility struggles take stark toll on mental health, careers and finances - new research

49Care launches Canada's first at-home menopause test

HerMD returns with new virtual-only care model

Flo Health founder-backed Trellis Health emerges from stealth with $1.8m pre-seed funding

💌 Issue 97: Cofertility raises $7.25m for zero-cost egg freezing | Singapore's Moom Health raises $2.7m | Tackling egg quality | Pouch Health's new app

Pouch Health launches pregnancy app to tackle fragmented care journey

Cofertility raises $7.25m Series A to expand zero cost egg freezing model

Care Fertility and U-Ploid Biotechnologies launch research into age-related egg quality decline

Womed’s fertility-preserving innovation set to roll out across 14 European countries

💌 Issue 96: Record levels for women's health VC investment | Predicting preeclampsia | Testing 'Cycle Syncing' | Affordable IVF

The HRT Club partners with MyMenopauseRx to improve access to menopausal care in 21 states

FLO Living and partners launch study to put popular 'Cycle Syncing' method to the test

Breakthrough study backs Mirvie blood test to predict preeclampsia months before symptoms

Future Family secures $400M financing to expand IVF financing and insurance

"They know sleep is important - but don't know where to turn" - new report shows women at the sharp end of sleep struggles

Moody App launches new mode for pregnancy loss and maternal mental health

eSense Health's digital therapy program offers hope for sexual desire disorder, study finds

Calla Lily's pioneering device for threatened miscarriage moves towards clinical trials with £1m NIHR funding boost

Covera Health launches AI platform to boost early detection in women's health

'Record high' VC investment in women's health startups, says Silicon Valley Bank report

💌 Issue 95: Elvie's legacy | €4m for Fizimed expansion | unproven fertility add-ons

Private Equity firm Astorg launches global fertility company Nexpring Health after series of acquisitions

French femtech firm Fizimed raises €4m to expand pelvic health devices and breast pumps internationally

Progyny adds doula services to maternal health support

Willow acquires femtech rival Elvie as it expands global maternal health platform

Uresta launches in the U.S. with $3m investment, offering a non-invasive solution for bladder leaks

💌 Issue 94: New female-led medtech fund | Sprout Family raises CAD$1.7m for accessible fertility | FemTech startups joins NHS accelerator

FemTech innovations selected for 3-year NHS accelerator

Women-led VC fund THENA Capital raises £27m to back UK medtech startups - with focus on women's health

💌 Issue 93: $500k for Pelva Health | Evvy adds fertility insights | CVS Health first in U.S to go 'menopause-friendly' | Can an app prevent postpartum depression?

Wisp partners with Origin on pelvic health in-person and virtual care

Evvy adds fertility insights to its at-home vaginal microbiome test

Making intimacy pain-free: Pelva Health secures $500K pre-seed funding

Women's health clinic Tia rolls out Nabla's AI assistant for clinician note-taking

💌 Issue 92: Let's uncensor women's health | $100bn opportunity | At-home postpartum care

U.S women spend 30% more on out-of-pocket prescription costs - new report

Sidekick Health expands to menopause - begins clinical study for prescription digital therapeutic

Boram introduces at-home postpartum care

Women's health startups submit complaints over big tech censorship of content

Sunrise's sleep clinic Dreem Health launches dedicated women's health program

💌 Issue 91: Femtech VC market snapshot | Big tech suppresses women's health | Tia adds nutrition support | Oura pregnancy study

Tia adds personalized nutrition support through partnership with Nourish

Weight management platform Noom expands into menopause with HRT support

Stork Club launches postpartum depression care to help employers support working mothers

Endo45 app expands to the UK amid growing gynaecology waitlists, offering proactive support for people living with endometriosis

💌 Issue 90: $12m for Millie's maternal healthcare | Cosette Pharma mega $430m buy | First new hormone-free copper IUD in 40 years

FDA approves first new hormone-free copper IUD in over 40 years

Australia's HeraMED partners with Garmin Health to enhance pregnancy monitoring through wearables.

Pumpspotting's national bus tour acquired by advocacy group Chamber of Mothers

UK's SBRI Healthcare awards funding to 14 women's health start-ups

Menopause brain health platform Prickly Pear Health secures $250k pre-seed funding

Kaia Health partners with Vira Health to add pelvic floor therapy and menopause education to MSK program

Canada's My Normative launches new way to reduce barriers in sex- and gender-specific research

Millie secures $12m Series A for midwifery-led, tech-enabled maternal healthcare

💌 Issue 89: $6.9m for Level Zero | NHS contract win | New venture studio | $50m to cut Alzheimer's risk in women

MUTU secures NHS contract for at-home postnatal programme

Wellcome Leap launches $50 million research program to halve Alzheimer's risk in women

Femtech Studios launches in Norway

Google partners with France's Institute of Women's Cancers to improve women's health outcomes

Pelvital research shows efficacy of non-invasive treatment for stress urinary incontinence

Employers to add preconception care to combat rising fertility care costs - says new Maven report

Canadian menopause start-up Coral secures $4.1 million seed round

💌 Issue 88: Endometriosis diagnostic trial | $2m for Comma and 'hyper-secure' period app | at-home IVF injections scale across U.S

Serac Healthcare secures FDA backing for next stage endometriosis diagnosis imaging trial

Comma announces $2million seed round and launch of hyper-secure period tracking app 'Sara'

Dandi scales at-home IVF injection care to 20 U.S. cities

Mayo Clinic's pelvic health education content to feature in Axena Health's Leva app

💌 Issue 87: Ovum's $1.7m for AI assistant | Reya Health birth control matcher | Pregnancy tech predicts growth restriction

FemTech startups share in £3.75 million Innovate UK awards

Ovum raises $1.7 million to build AI health assistant for women

Reya Health launches app to simplify finding the right birth control

Exosomes and women's health: exploring the science and therapeutic potential

Women's Health PAC to highlight reimbursement issues with a first-of-its-kind summit

UK Govt launches world-leading AI trial to tackle breast cancer

Bayer Consumer Health enters menopause category in UK with education hub and product range

Mirvie's technology can now predict severe growth restriction in pregnancy - a leading cause of stillbirth

Are all menopause supplements hype? This plant-based treatment hopes to prove otherwise

💌 Issue 86: Systole Health's $2m boost for heart health | Voice AI in ultrasound | 'pads on a roll' | Roon launches menopause guidance

Progyny acquires parental leave benefits program BenefitBump

Sonio adds voice recognition to AI-powered ultrasounds

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Systole Health launches virtual heart health care for women with $2 million pre-seed investment

Roon launches expert menopause guidance in AI-powered app

Egal raises $4m Series A for 'period pads on a roll' concept

'Painless IUD' gets first launch in Canada

Allara Health raises $26 million Series B for hormonal health virtual care platform

myStoria launches fertility education and support platform

PinkDx raises additional $5 million to advance gynecological cancer diagnostics

💌 Issue 85: Blueprint for change | $10m for Teal Health | novel endometriosis treatment

Sweden's Gesynta Pharma raises $28 million for novel endometriosis treatment

Ovesse becomes UK's first vaginal oestrogen cream without prescription

Teal Health raises $10m ahead of launch of at-home cervical screening device

Granata Bio secures $15million Series A+ to further its fertility medication pipeline and reduce costs for patients

💌 Issue 84: $6.5m for Lady Technologies | World-first automated IVF lab | Embody the private-by-default period tracker

Women's health clinicians join Hippocratic AI for launch of AI agent app store

Cycle tracking app Femble raises €350,000 - and announces new strategy as B2B content platform

'We can't share your data, because we don't have it': How Anna Hall's Embody app is building the future of menstrual tracking

Lady Technologies, makers of kegg, secures $6.5m Series A to develop vaginal health platform

Conceivable Life Sciences secures $18m Series A for world-first automated IVF lab

Insurer Cigna Healthcare partners with Progyny to expand fertility benefits

The role of digital therapeutics for hormonal health conditions

💌 Issue 83: 2025 predictions | $10m for Twentyeight Health | Apricity team 'heartbroken' | FDA report on tampons

Ema - the AI platform for women's health - brings total funding to over $3m

11 experts predict what's in store for FemTech and women's health in 2025

Twentyeight Health secures $10m Series A to expand digital-first reproductive and sexual care

Meta announces it will 'dramatically reduce censorship' on Facebook and Instagram - but could health misinformation soar?

Meet XX Combinator - the new small grant fund backing the future giants of FemTech

FDA-cleared tampons continue to be 'safe option' says FDA

This founder is combating medical gaslighting in women's health

Apricity Fertility team "heartbroken" as the start-up confirms closure