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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Clinics, employer benefits, data layers, and operator infrastructure connecting the women's health stack end-to-end.

Allara Health raises $38.5M Series B to scale virtual hormonal-health platform
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

DTC brands, period care, sexual wellness, supplements, skin, and the consumer products being built around women's health stages.

Drug pipelines, clinical-stage therapeutics, and pharma programs targeting diseases that disproportionately or exclusively affect women.