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It’s a new era for fertility tech
We explored venture capitalists’ latest bets on fertility and contraception tech, including Modern Fertility, Extend Fertility, Natural Cycles, Nurx, Clue and more.
View More It’s a new era for fertility techHealthcare by 2028 will be doctor-directed, patient-owned and powered by visual technologies
Evan Nisselson Contributor Evan Nisselson is a partner at LDV Capital. More posts by this contributor Deep learning with synthetic data will democratize the tech industry The war over artificial intelligence will be won with visual data Visual assessment is critical to healthcare – whether that is a doctor peering down your throat as you […]
View More Healthcare by 2028 will be doctor-directed, patient-owned and powered by visual technologiesThe Pill Club raises $51M as VCs find new opportunities in women’s health
VMG Partners has led the $51 million round, with participation from new investors GV and ACME Capital (fka Sherpa Capital).
View More The Pill Club raises $51M as VCs find new opportunities in women’s healthBirth control delivery startup Nurx now offers an at-home HPV testing kit
Kleiner Perkins-backed Nurx provides birth control, emergency contraception, the HIV prevention medication PrEP and an at-home HPV testing kit.
View More Birth control delivery startup Nurx now offers an at-home HPV testing kitKeeps parent company Thirty Madison raises $15 million to fight male pattern baldness
Men’s hair loss brand Keeps has raised $15 million in a round co-led by Maveron and Northzone.
View More Keeps parent company Thirty Madison raises $15 million to fight male pattern baldnessSequoia backs Maven, a virtual health clinic for women
Maven has raised a $27 million Series B co-led by Sequoia and Oak HC/FT, bringing its total raised to date to $42 million.
View More Sequoia backs Maven, a virtual health clinic for womenErectile pharmacy app Roman raises $88M to launch ‘quit smoking’ kit
Roman is a rocket ship, and I’m not talking about how it sells Viagra and Cialis. Less than a year after launching its cloud pharmacy for erectile dysfunction with $3 million in funding and a five-person team, Roman has grown to seventy team members and a revenue run-rate in the 10s of millions — up […]
View More Erectile pharmacy app Roman raises $88M to launch ‘quit smoking’ kitNurx raises $36 million and adds Chelsea Clinton to its board of directors
Telemedicine startup Nurx recently closed a $36 million funding round led by Kleiner Perkins. As part of the investment, Kleiner Perkins General Partner Noah Knauf is joining the startup’s board of directors, along with and Chelsea Clinton . With this new funding, CEO and co-founder Hans Gangeskar told TechCrunch that the startup plans to scale its […]
View More Nurx raises $36 million and adds Chelsea Clinton to its board of directorsFuzzy Pet Health launches a $10-per-month telemedicine vet care plan
A new subscription service will now let you chat with a vet from your smartphone for $10 per month. This telemedicine vet care plan is the latest from Fuzzy Pet Health, a subscription vet care service providing in-home vet visits to subscribers in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. But while in-home pet care may take […]
View More Fuzzy Pet Health launches a $10-per-month telemedicine vet care planKry bags $66M to launch its video-call-a-doctor service in more European markets
Swedish telehealth startup Kry has closed a $66 million Series B funding round led by Index Ventures, with participation from existing investors Accel, Creandum, and Project A. It raised a $22.8M Series A round just over a year ago, bringing its total raised since being founded back in 2014 to around $92M. The new funding will be put towards market expansion, […]
View More Kry bags $66M to launch its video-call-a-doctor service in more European marketsHow telemedicine can fill the void left by ‘abortion deserts’
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Today, we use the internet to find everything – new restaurants and bars, the closest movie theater, and the most efficient route to our friends’ houses. Finding health information and researching health care providers is no different, and that includes finding the closest provider for abortion care. But unlike many other health care services, where a Google search will produce a multitude of local options, people logging on to try to find an abortion provider are met with a harsh reality: In order to reach the closest abortion clinic, they may need to travel hundreds of miles.
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