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Hormonal
The diagnostics, therapeutics, clinics, and data forming around hormonal health across the female lifespan — from adolescence to menopause.
- JAHA: Perimenopausal women 2x more likely to have poor cardiovascular health scores
- Midi Health raises $100M Series D, hits unicorn status for virtual peri/menopause care
- Hims & Hers launches menopause and perimenopause specialty on Hers, targeting $1B Hers revenue in 2026
Fertility
At-home diagnostics, vertically integrated clinics, employer benefits, and the capital reshaping how people build families.
- Daré Bioscience receives FDA clearance of IND for Phase 2 DARE-HPV trial
- Gameto licenses Harvard meiosis-induction IP, advances human ovary-in-a-dish platform
- F&S Reports: Only 29% of Gen Z women correctly estimate IVF success rates at 35
Maternal
Pregnancy, postpartum, and the care infrastructure being rebuilt around the most under-resourced transition in healthcare.
- Cayaba Care rebrands to Nadia Care, raises $12M to scale Medicaid maternal care in DC, MD, TN
- CDC NCHS: U.S. maternal mortality rate 17.9 per 100,000 live births in 2024 (down from 18.6)
- Withings and Babyscripts partner for real-time RPM of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Cardio
Cardiometabolic health, GLP-1 companion services, and the female-specific risk biology long missing from cardiac care.
- WeightWatchers integrates Zepbound vials via LillyDirect pharmacy for member access
- AHA Circulation 2025 Go Red issue calls for mandatory sex-disaggregated cardiovascular data
- Calibrate's 4th annual results report: members achieve 19% avg weight loss over 3 years via GLP-1 + ILI
Diagnostics
The on-ramp to the rest of the stack — at-home, in-clinic, and longitudinal diagnostics rewiring how women enter the system.
- BrightHeart raises €11M Series A to scale AI prenatal ultrasound
- AOA Dx reports 94.8% sensitivity for early-stage ovarian cancer in peer-reviewed publication
- Evvy surpasses 75,000 patients and 2,000 providers; launches at-home clinical care program
Mental health
Mood, hormonal-cognitive interplay, and the clinical infrastructure forming around women's mental and behavioral health.
- Spring Health to acquire Alma, expanding precision mental-health access to 23,000+ therapists
- FamilyWell Health closes $8M Series A for integrated women's mental health care
- Seven Starling raises $8M led by Rethink Impact to expand maternal MH to 30+ states by 2026
Longevity
Female aging biology, biomarkers, and the clinics, research centers, and capital rebuilding longevity around female physiology.
- Oura launches hormonal birth-control support & menopause insights, closing wearable data gap for women
- ŌURA raises over $900M at ~$11B valuation, led by Fidelity
- TruDiagnostic awarded NIH SBIR grant to build W-Function Epigenomic Roadmap
Care infra
Clinics, employer benefits, data layers, and operator infrastructure connecting the women's health stack end-to-end.
- Origin secures Series B led by SJF Ventures to scale 19-clinic pelvic-floor PT network nationally
- Transcarent adds Maven, Midi, Progyny to its Experience Store for employer women's health
- BCBS Global Solutions partners with Carrot Fertility to deliver international fertility benefits