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An ongoing read of what's moving in the women's health economy — financings, regulatory shifts, research, launches, and ecosystem moves. Filter by beat and signal type.
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Type
- Hormonal
- LongevityLongevityProduct LaunchOura launches hormonal birth-control support & menopause insights, closing wearable data gap for women
- PostpartumMaternalFundingCayaba Care rebrands to Nadia Care, raises $12M to scale Medicaid maternal care in DC, MD, TN
- PostpartumMaternalResearchCDC NCHS: U.S. maternal mortality rate 17.9 per 100,000 live births in 2024 (down from 18.6)
- Fertility
- MenopauseHormonalFundingMidi Health raises $100M Series D, hits unicorn status for virtual peri/menopause care
- FertilityFertilityFundingGameto licenses Harvard meiosis-induction IP, advances human ovary-in-a-dish platform
- Mental HealthMental healthFundingSpring Health to acquire Alma, expanding precision mental-health access to 23,000+ therapists
- Care InfrastructureCare infraFundingOrigin secures Series B led by SJF Ventures to scale 19-clinic pelvic-floor PT network nationally
- PostpartumMaternalEcosystem ShiftWithings and Babyscripts partner for real-time RPM of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
- Postpartum
- Diagnostics
- Fertility
- Mental Health
- DiagnosticsDiagnosticsResearchAOA Dx reports 94.8% sensitivity for early-stage ovarian cancer in peer-reviewed publication
- Care InfrastructureCare infraEcosystem ShiftTranscarent adds Maven, Midi, Progyny to its Experience Store for employer women's health
- DiagnosticsDiagnosticsEcosystem ShiftEvvy surpasses 75,000 patients and 2,000 providers; launches at-home clinical care program
- MenopauseHormonalProduct LaunchHims & Hers launches menopause and perimenopause specialty on Hers, targeting $1B Hers revenue in 2026
- Care InfrastructureCare infraEcosystem ShiftBCBS Global Solutions partners with Carrot Fertility to deliver international fertility benefits
- Longevity
- Longevity
- Mental HealthMental healthFundingSeven Starling raises $8M led by Rethink Impact to expand maternal MH to 30+ states by 2026
- PostpartumMaternalFundingDiana Health raises $55M Series C; expands to 9 hospital-embedded locations; names Dr. Neel Shah to board
- Mental HealthMental healthFundingEquip Health discloses $46.6M raise, bringing total to $156.3M for virtual eating-disorder treatment
- Mental HealthMental healthEcosystem ShiftTia Health partners with Talkspace to integrate virtual mental health into women's primary care
- Longevity
- Care InfrastructureCare infraEcosystem ShiftProgyny joins Amazon's Health Benefits Connector as first women's-health solution on the platform
- Hormonal
- LongevityLongevityProduct LaunchMidi Health launches AgeWell — first insurance-covered longevity program for women
- Diagnostics
- Hormonal
- MetabolicCardioEcosystem ShiftWeightWatchers integrates Zepbound vials via LillyDirect pharmacy for member access
- FertilityFertilityFundingOverture Life crosses $57M total funding and earns U.S. CLIA license for IVF automation
- LongevityLongevityFundingSuperpower raises $30M Series A and publicly launches 'world's first health super app'
- Fertility
- PostpartumMaternalFundingMillie Maternity Clinic raises $12M Series A from all-female VC slate including Pivotal Ventures
- Fertility
- Mental HealthMental healthFundingSummer Health acquires Gen Z women's mental & reproductive health platform Caraway Health
- CardiovascularCardioPolicyAHA Circulation 2025 Go Red issue calls for mandatory sex-disaggregated cardiovascular data
- Postpartum
- Care InfrastructureCare infraFundingAllara Health raises $26M Series B led by Index Ventures to scale virtual hormonal-health platform
- Diagnostics
- Longevity
- MetabolicCardioResearchCalibrate's 4th annual results report: members achieve 19% avg weight loss over 3 years via GLP-1 + ILI
- Care InfrastructureCare infraFundingProgyny completes $10.5M acquisition of BenefitBump, adding parental-leave navigation
- MetabolicCardioPolicyFDA approves Zepbound (tirzepatide) as first drug for obstructive sleep apnea in adults with obesity
- PostpartumMaternalResearchPomelo Care publishes peer-reviewed data: virtual maternity care reduces NICU use, costs, preterm births in Medicaid
- LongevityLongevityPolicyNIH issues special-interest notice on female reproductive aging & healthspan research (NOT-AG-24-074)
- PostpartumMaternalEcosystem ShiftOuma Health and Marani Health partner on RPM + telehealth maternity care for underserved communities
- PostpartumMaternalFundingQuilted Health acquired by MultiCare Health System — midwife-led care goes health-system scale
- Fertility
- Care InfrastructureCare infraFundingMaven Clinic closes $125M Series F at $1.7B valuation to scale fertility and virtual women's health
- Mental HealthMental healthFundingCanopie secures $3.7M Seed to scale prevention-focused maternal mental health platform
- FertilityFertilityResearchFrontiers in Endocrinology: critical review of ART efficacy, safety, long-term offspring outcomes
- Metabolic
- Menopause
- CardiovascularCardioResearchSELECT trial sex subgroup in JACC: semaglutide reduces MACE in both sexes; women face higher baseline risk
- Mental HealthMental healthFundingSeven Starling closes oversubscribed $10.9M Series A to expand specialized women's mental healthcare
- CardiovascularCardioResearchSTEP-HFpEF pooled sex analysis: semaglutide drives greater weight loss in women (-9.6%) vs men (-7.2%)
- LongevityLongevityFundingFunction Health raises $53M Series A led by a16z to expand 100+ biomarker longevity platform
- Care InfrastructureCare infraFundingProgyny acquires Berlin-based fertility benefits platform Apryl to expand global employer offerings
- Postpartum
- Mental HealthMental healthEcosystem ShiftTalkspace and Labcorp's Ovia Health launch Women's Health Coalition with Nurx, Evernow, Conceive
- Metabolic
- PostpartumMaternalEcosystem ShiftBabyscripts and Lyft Healthcare partner to sponsor rides for transport-insecure pregnant patients
- LongevityLongevityFundingMidi Health closes $60M Series B (to $100M total) to scale insurance-covered menopause & midlife care
- Postpartum
- Longevity
- Mental HealthMental healthFundingFamilyWell closes oversubscribed $4.3M Seed to embed perinatal mental health into OB/GYN practices
- Postpartum
- Metabolic
- Menopause
- MetabolicCardioProduct LaunchRo launches Ro Body Program — GLP-1 + lab testing + 1:1 coaching for obesity treatment
- Mental HealthMental healthFundingPeppy Health raises £37M (~$45M) Series B to fund US menopause & maternal MH employer expansion
