Meet the Startups

Meet the companies Femovate is investing in to advance women's health equity with tech innovation.

$1.8M+ Invested

Femovate has provided $1.8M+ in design capital across 16 key femtech verticals, helping unlock over $100M in investment.

Breast Health

Design Capital Invested:

$61k

Cardiovascular

Design Capital Invested:

$61k

Chronic Conditions

Design Capital Invested:

$160k

Fertility

Design Capital Invested:

$92k

General Gynecological

Design Capital Invested:

$154k

Hormone Health

Design Capital Invested:

$154k

Infant Health

Design Capital Invested:

$37k

Maternal Health

Design Capital Invested:

$246k

Menopause

Design Capital Invested:

$98k

Menstrual Health

Design Capital Invested:

$98k

Mental Health

Design Capital Invested:

$74k

Oncology

Design Capital Invested:

$123k

Pelvic Health

Design Capital Invested:

$172k

Safety

Design Capital Invested:

$98k

Sexual Health

Design Capital Invested:

Planned

Uterine Health

Design Capital Invested:

$37k

Women's Health Research

Design Capital Invested:

$154k

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Wellness Device
Wellness Device
SaMD
SaMD
CPG
CPG
Regulated Devices
Regulated Devices
Telehealth
Telehealth
Data Management
Data Management
Medical Procedure
Medical Procedure
Marketplace
Marketplace
In-person care
In-person care
Supplements
Supplements
SaaS
SaaS
Medical Device
Medical Device
Healthcare Software
Healthcare Software
Educational Platform
Educational Platform
Digital Health
Digital Health
Diagnostics
Diagnostics
Consumer Digital Product
Consumer Digital Product
Biotech
Biotech
Afynia Labs

Afynia (formerly AIMA Laboratories) is developing an at-home screening test that will shorten the path to diagnosis and treatment for endometriosis.

Founder(s)

Jocelyn Wessels, PhD and Lauren Foster, PhD

Vertical

Chronic Conditions

Canada

Armor Medical Inc

Armor Medical Inc is biomedical device company that dares to innovate better health for all. Our groundbreaking wearable device, Maternal Armor, is revolutionizing early obstetric hemorrhage detection - offering objective, real-time monitoring to enhance patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs.

Founder(s)

Kelsey Mayo, PhD, Christine O’Brien, PhD

Vertical

Cardiovascular

United States

BB Imaging

TeleScan is a telesonography® provider that connects healthcare facilities and their patients with remote, expert sonographers. By combining a facility's existing resources with FDA-cleared and HIPAA-compliant technology, TeleScan can bring high-quality prenatal ultrasound care to all patients.

Founder(s)

Blanca Lesmes

Vertical

Maternal Health

United States

Betty’s Co

Betty's Co. is the next generation of care for Gen-Z – normalizing, destigmatizing and depoliticizing womxn's healthcare through integrative gynecology, mental health, and wellness care.

Founder(s)

Jennifer Newell

Vertical

General Gynecological

United States

Bloomful

Bloomful is a diagnostic solution delivering streamlined, accessible gynaecological care to underserved women globally.

Founder(s)

Dupe Burgess, MD

Vertical

General Gynecological

United Kingdom

Bloume Health

Bloume Health is a digital health solution for people with genito-pelvic pain. Their clinically-validated approach addresses the mental, physical, and social aspects of these conditions, making comprehensive care more effective, and accessible.

Founder(s)

Claudia Chisari

Vertical

General Gynecological

United Kingdom

Cacto Health

MyLymphCare is a research-based home-monitoring solution for early detection of lymphedema, one of the major side-effects of breast cancer treatment. We empower women to monitor at home to catch symptoms before they are visible, enabling early treatment that results in a dramatically lower risk of chronic lymphedema.

Founder(s)

Ida Grønborg, Mads Skak

Vertical

Oncology

Denmark

Celeste

Celeste is the one-stop-shop for medication management, rooted in precision medicine. Backed by the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps and UC San Diego, Celeste's ExactRx is a medication diagnostic tool that transforms traditionally diagnostic lab panels into actionable medication safety and efficacy insights. By using AI-powered precision medicine, it enables healthcare providers and payers to pre-emptively assess how a patient will respond to medications and subsequently create personalized adherence plans.

Founder(s)

Athena Doshi, MPH

Vertical

General Gynecological

United States

Chava

Chava is the first comprehensive platform providing access to sexual and reproductive health education, community, and care for young women in Latin America.

Founder(s)

Susan Cotton, Anielka Medina

Vertical

General Gynecological

Nicaragua

United States

Ciconia Medical

The first AI-based medical device that allows clinicians to base critical labor decisions on accurate and user-independent measurements, providing a safe and gentle process for both mom and baby.

Founder(s)

Roni Cantor-Balan, Yoni Balan

Vertical

Maternal Health

United States

Cosm Medical

Cosm Medical is developing a digital gynecology platform to create custom-made, gynecological prosthetics for pelvic floor disorders and beyond.

Founder(s)

Derek Sham

Vertical

Pelvic Health

Canada

Curiva

Curiva offers a non-invasive diagnostic patch for early detection of cervical cancer. Their diaPatch™ provides same-day, highly accurate results, addressing mental, physical, and social aspects of care, making comprehensive diagnostics more effective and accessible.

Founder(s)

Eydis Lima

Vertical

Oncology

United States

DeepLook Medical

DeepLook Medical is revolutionizing radiology for cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment, with their FDA-approved, patent-protected software. The shape recognition software accurately measures, segments, and displays the density of soft tumor masses in Mammograms, Ultrasounds, CT scans, and MRI images — with just one click.

Founder(s)

Marissa Fayer, Greg Belanger, MD

Vertical

Breast Health

United States

ELANZA Wellness

ELANZA is a personalized wellness platform, offering resources and support to reduce stress without the use of therapy or medication.

Founder(s)

Brittany Hawkins, Catherine Hendy

Vertical

Chronic Conditions

United Kingdom

EXO Technologies

EXO is battling disparities in women’s health research and treatment while enhancing the standard of care for maternal health.

Founder(s)

Emily Maginn

Vertical

Mental Health

United States

Elektra Health

Elektra's comprehensive digital health platform helps women navigate the 10-year menopause transition. It offers virtual support from a dedicated "Elektra Guide" (i.e., menopause doula), on-demand and evidence-based education built by board-certified doctors, and a private, moderated community.

Founder(s)

Alessandra Henderson, Jannine Versi

Vertical

Menopause

United States

Eli Health

Eli is the women's health company providing at-home insights in real-time, and over a lifetime, from hormones in saliva.

Founder(s)

Marina Rivas, Thomas Cortina

Vertical

Hormone Health

Canada

EmGenysis, Inc

EmGenysis employs AI-driven video analysis to determine the viability of an embryo, boosting the likelihood of successful implantation.

Founder(s)

Cara Wells, PhD

Vertical

Fertility

United States

Embie Clinic Ltd

Embie empowers those undergoing IVF and IUI treatments to manage their fertility journey with personalized tracking, insights, and community support.

Founder(s)

Ravid Israel

Vertical

Fertility

Israel

Epowar

Epowar is a UK-based start-up using wearable technology to make women safer. They recently launched the first safety app that detects if the user is physically attacked, alerting their chosen contacts, sharing live location data and storing valuable evidence in the cloud.

Founder(s)

E-J Roodt, Maks Rahman

Vertical

Safety

United Kingdom

FemHealth Insights

FemHealth Insights aims to alter the face of FemTech by providing a comprehensive data platform that encompasses everything there is to know about the FemTech market.

Founder(s)

Brittany Barreto, PhD

Vertical

Women's Health Research

United States

FemInsights AI

Feminsights AI is a research repository of qualitative women's health research across dozens of conditions and phases of women's lives, powered by AI to surface unique opportunities and requirements for future femtech solutions.

Founder(s)

Guidea

Vertical

Women's Health Research

United States

Fertilitæ

Fertilitae increases accessibility to fertility wellness through automated assessments, personalized plans, care, and education on a mobile app.

Founder(s)

Ashley Florestal, ND

Vertical

Fertility

United Kingdom

Girls First Finance

Girls First Finance (GFF) promotes equitable access to education and financial services for vulnerable young women starting in Africa who are otherwise at risk of exploitation to cover their education expenses. Through its mobile super app platform, GFF provides access to student loans along with tools focused on safeguarding, financial literacy, career development and community support across over a dozen features.

Founder(s)

Andrea Pizziconi, CFA

Vertical

Safety

Kenya

Health Evolve

Health Evolve Technologies is bringing care delivery closer to home. We designed LAUREN, a digital health platform, to help pregnant and postpartum women manage their health while receiving support from a personalized care village outside of the walls of the clinic.

Founder(s)

Kimberly Smith

Vertical

Cardiovascular

United States

Health in Her Hue

Health in Her HUE® is a digital health platform dedicated to connecting Black women and women of color to culturally sensitive healthcare providers, evidence-based, culturally tailored health content, and community support.

Founder(s)

Ashlee Wisdom, MPH

Vertical

General Gynecological

United States

Hopstair

HopStair provides confidence coaching via an app to help its users build their core foundation, unlock their full potential, and achieve their goals.

Founder(s)

Nadine Pfeifer

Vertical

Mental Health

United Kingdom

Hyivy Health

Hyivy Health provides data-driven medical devices that facilitate the rehabilitation of the pelvic floor.

Founder(s)

Rachel Bartholomew

Vertical

Pelvic Health

Canada

Iameno

IAMENO. is an end-to-end hormonal health management platform leveraging AI, data and sciences to provide daily step-by-step personalized guidance and action plans to women going through hormonal changes impacting their physical, emotional and cognitive health. Our mission is to create a new generation of women who are smarter about their health.

Founder(s)

Farah Dehmouni

Vertical

Menopause

United Arab Emirates

Impli

Impli is developing subdermal implants that monitor fertility hormone levels, frequently and in real time so that clinicians can make better decisions during the IVF treatment. Clinicians need more data points to deliver precision care to move the dial on success rates but also increase the safety of women.

Founder(s)

Anna-Luisa Schaffgotsch

Vertical

Hormone Health

United Kingdom

Incora

Incora Health empowers women to meet their fertility and wellness goals by providing actionable health insights using the Incora smart earrings.

Founder(s)

Lindsey Calcutt, PhD, Theresa Gevaert

Vertical

Hormone Health

United States

KnowBra

KnowBra uses AI and computer vision for post-mastectomy bra fitting. The platform automates insurance claims and offers zero touch fittings. KnowBra's solution reduces discomfort, boosts confidence, and guarantees a proper fit.

Founder(s)

Brittney Gray

Vertical

Oncology

United States

Lasa Health

Lasa Health is a digital companion for people with endometriosis, providing care navigation and evidence-based patient education.

Founder(s)

Margaret Melville, Chris Fortuna

Vertical

Chronic Conditions

United States

Mindful IVF

Mindful IVF leverages extensive fertility expertise and the science of meditation to foster a healthier, happier IVF journey.

Founder(s)

Gordon Mullins

Vertical

Fertility

Ireland

Momsanity

Momsanity aims to provide support for mothers suffering from Postpartum Depression.

Founder(s)

Margarita Koleva

Vertical

Maternal Health

Austria

Bulgaria

NAWAT Health Technologies

NAWAT Health is a digital platform that provides Arab women access to sexual and reproductive health educational programs and judgement-free and pleasure-positive online care with diverse trusted and trained sexual and reproductive health experts.

Founder(s)

Noor Jaber, Hisham Chehayeb

Vertical

Safety

United Arab Emirates

Nesa Medtech

Nesa Medtech is a leading deep tech medtech startup that specializes in developing patented, scar-less image guided surgical solutions in the field of women’s health using advanced technology. The management team at NESA has decades of experience working with large medtech MNCs. Additionally, NESA has received clearance from the US FDA and is backed by renowned investors. NESA’s goal is to transform women’s healthcare by introducing empathetic innovation.

Founder(s)

Sreekar Kothamachu

Vertical

Uterine Health

India

Nura Health

We use innovative, evidence-based diagnostic methods optimized by AI to improve outcomes and longevity for complex diseases such as endometriosis, infertility disorders, and genetic conditions impacting quality of life.

Founder(s)

Varun Kapoor, Rajit Malhotra, David White

Vertical

Chronic Conditions

United States

NuroKor FemTech

NuroKor FemTech is developing bioelectronic wearable solutions for underserved conditions affecting female health on a global scale.

Founder(s)

Rick Rowan

Vertical

Menstrual Health

United Kingdom

Partum

Partum Health is a hybrid clinic delivering the best of online and offline care to women and families through the fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum journey. Partum supports families with essential specialty services - including mental health, lactation, nutrition, physical therapy, and birth and postpartum doula care - that together improve maternal and family health outcomes by preventing and addressing the incredibly common complications of the perinatal period.

Founder(s)

Meghan Doyle, Matt Rogers

Vertical

Maternal Health

United States

Peli Health

Peli Health aims to transform the conversation around pelvic care, offering an abundance of resources and educational materials.

Founder(s)

Helen Grimshaw, Kerstin Recker

Vertical

Pelvic Health

United Kingdom

United States

PherDal

PherDal Fertility Science stands at the forefront of innovative reproductive healthcare, dedicated to transforming fertility assistance with groundbreaking and accessible solutions. Their flagship product, The PherDal Kit, is a patented, sterile, over-the-counter option, meticulously designed to empower individuals on their path to parenthood.

Founder(s)

Jennifer Hintzsche, PhD

Vertical

Fertility

United States

Plan Your Baby

Global Fertility and Pregnancy Telehealth Clinic providing end-to-end clinical, digital, affordable, effective, personalised and fast solutions for fertility and pregnancy related problems.

Founder(s)

Marija Skujina

Vertical

Fertility

United Kingdom

Proov

Proov is a proactive fertility testing platform that helps couples identify the leading causes of infertility at home. Proov is the only FDA Cleared test to confirm ovulation at home. It combines simple urine-based diagnostics with an easy-to-use app to give women a clear view on their menstrual cycles and fertility status.

Founder(s)

Amy Beckley, PhD

Vertical

Hormone Health

United States

Prosoma

Prosoma is a global medical company delivering digital healthcare solutions for oncology. Our product portfolio supports the patient’s mental and behavioural health. It aims to improve cancer-related symptoms of anxiety and depression, and to enhance patient quality of life. The solutions are to provide accessible, supportive care, with an aim to improve overall treatment effectiveness and decrease costs.

Founder(s)

Marek Ostrowski, Emanuela Kufel, Andrzej “AJ” Jonczyk, MD

Vertical

Oncology

Germany

Seesaw Health

Seesaw Health empowers women to combat chronic, systemic inflammation with an innovative, evidence-based solution. Combining cutting-edge digital sensors and advanced data analytics to enable smart breathwork and efficient anti-inflammatory stimulation, we help women tap into the body’s natural healing abilities and improve overall well-being.

Founder(s)

Celine Vignal, Pierre Bonnat

Vertical

Chronic Conditions

United States

SkiiMoo Tech

SkiiMoo Tech creates technologically advanced solutions for niche markets. Our premiere product, The VDOM, is an app-connected prosthetic genital designed to enhance sexual intimacy and overall wellness for people who suffer from anatomical restrictions of the genitals.

Founder(s)

Glenise Kinard-Moore

Vertical

Sexual Health

United States

Skincubator Neocare

Skincubator Neocare is revolutionizing neonatal care by developing solutions that foster connection instead of separation between preterm infants and their parents. Our flagship product, the Skincubator, is a first-of-its-kind wearable incubator designed to enable full skin-to-skin care while maintaining the environmental control of a traditional incubator.

Founder(s)

Alon Metrikin

Vertical

Infant Health

Israel

Tandem Community

Tandem Community is a digital health platform offering culturally supportive resources and communities to enhance maternal and postpartum emotional wellness for women of color.

Founder(s)

Sheila Pande

Vertical

Maternal Health

United States

TheraB Medical

TheraB Medical is a medical technology company dedicated to developing innovative solutions for infant care. Their flagship product, the SnugLit, is a portable and wearable phototherapy device designed for the treatment of infant jaundice.

Founder(s)

Alexa Jones

Vertical

Infant Health

United States

Thyia

We are Thyia the comfortable and convenient alternative to the smear test. We are a digital health platform providing women with access to at-home cervical cancer screening tests making cervical cancer a thing of the past.

Founder(s)

Chris Ross, Naomi Forward

Vertical

Oncology

United Kingdom

Uvisa

UVISA is on a mission to benefit women globally by offering drug-free solutions to common gynaecological infections.

Founder(s)

Ella Harris

Vertical

Pelvic Health

Denmark

Veera (Avira Health)

Veera (formerly Avira Health) develops technology to uplift the mother-infant dyad during the life-changing transition into motherhood and beyond.

Founder(s)

Tina John

Vertical

Maternal Health

United States

Villie

Villie is a platform that connects expecting parents with support from loved ones through cash, gifts, and services, while also helping brands target moms by placing products in front of their villagers to drive revenue.

Founder(s)

Kimberly Jolasun

Vertical

Maternal Health

United States

iSono Health

Transforming breast cancer screening by combining automated ultrasound and artificial intelligence (AI) to empower women and physicians with accessible and personalized breast health monitoring.

Founder(s)

Maryam Ziaei, PhD, Shadi Saberi, PhD

Vertical

Breast Health

United States

joni

joni is a menstrual care brand that’s making organic and sustainable products mainstream in our mission to make period care accessible for everyone. Organizations of all sizes have signed up for our wholesale period care and dispenser solutions to support DEI initiatives ahead of the 2024 requirement for federally regulated businesses.

Founder(s)

Linda Biggs, Jayesh Vekariya

Vertical

Menstrual Health

Canada

riskLD

riskLD is a clinician-facing perinatal patient safety software platform that has been developed to elevate situational awareness on inpatient obstetric units and to improve outcomes for pregnant patients and their newborns.

Founder(s)

Steve Porter, MD

Vertical

Maternal Health

United States