fertility News of 08/21/19

Sperm Storage Startups Are Raising Millions

A number of startups are bringing technology and innovation to the fertility industry, with a growing few focused specifically on male fertility. “Society at large doesn’t understand the subject of fertility,” Tom Smith, the ...

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 painful test for endometriosis. Her company has just ...

Modern Fertility Raises $15 Million To Sell Its Hormone Tests — And Gather More Fertility Data From Its Users

Modern Fertility is a San Francisco-based company that sells fertility tests directly to consumers, but increasingly, those customers will be educating the company, too. Indeed, the two-year-old startup now plans to develop a database of ...

8 Benefits And Policies That Are Making Your Company Seem Outdated

Georgene Huang & Liv McConnell Contributor Georgene Huang is CEO and Co-founder and Liv McConnell is Associate Editor at Fairygodboss , the largest career community for women, providing them with free resources like career ...

The 10 Benefits And Policies Any Modern Workplace Should Have

Georgene Huang & Liv McConnell Contributor Georgene Huang is CEO and Co-founder and Liv McConnell is Associate Editor at Fairygodboss , the largest career community for women, providing them with free resources like career ...

Kindbody Raises $15m, Will Open A ‘Fertility Bus’ With Mobile Testing & Assessments

Kindbody , a startup that lures millennial women into its pop-up fertility clinics with feminist messaging and attractive branding, has raised a $15 million Series A in a round co-led by RRE Ventures and Perceptive Advisors. The New York-based ...

Ten Steps To Prepare For An Exponential Future

Jamie Metzl Contributor Share on Twitter Jamie Metzl is a futurist and the author of Hacking Darwin: Genetic Enhancement and the Future of Humanity . More posts by this contributor ...

Precursor Ventures Just Raised A Second Fund To Zero In On Pre-Seed-Stage Startups

Precursor Ventures , a 3.5-year-old, seed-stage investment firm in San Francisco, just closed its second fund with $31 million in capital commitments, roughly double what it raised for its debut effort in 2017. Somewhat amazingly, it has 75 ...

It’S A New Era For Fertility Tech

Women’s health has long been devoid of technological innovation, but when it comes to fertility options, that’s starting to change. Startups in the space are securing hundreds of millions in venture capital investment, a significant increase ...

Extend Fertility Banks $15m Series A To Help Women Freeze Their Eggs

Fertility services are raising venture cash left and right. Last week, it was Dadi , a sperm storage startup that nabbed a $2 million seed round . This week, it’s Extend Fertility , which helps women preserve their fertility through egg ...

Thriva Expands Its Range Of Test-At-Home Kits To Add Female Hormone And Cortisol Stress Tests

UK home health analysis kit startup Thriva is adding three more products to its range later this month: A saliva-based cortisol stress test and two female hormone kits. The Seedcamp-backed  UK startup has been offering blood-prick-based health ...

Spotify, EBay Set Standard For Fertility Benefits, Study Finds

The technology sector awards women and same-sex couples the most comprehensive fertility benefit packages, according to a  survey by  FertilityIQ , an online platform for fertility patients to review doctors and research treatments. The company ...

Electronics Giant Philips Invests In Monitoring And Information Platform For Expecting Mothers

The international electronics and medical device giant Philips is pushing further into pregnancy and childcare services by leading a $6 million early stage investment in the pregnancy-focused app-developer and device manufacturer,  Babyscripts.  ...

Future Family Secures A $100m Credit Line To Help More Families With Fertility Care

West Owens, Future Family CFO, and Claire Tomkins, CEO Future Family is a startup (and a Disrupt Startup Battlefield alum! ) that helps families more easily afford fertility services like IVF and egg freezing. They work with fertility clinics to ...

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 consideration that many find vital as we marry and ...