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  • The app that gives new mums the breastfeeding support that they need

    The app that gives new mums the breastfeeding support that they need

    As LatchAid raises £1m to grow its breastfeeding app, Dr Chen Mao Davies tells FemTech World how the company aims to support new mums on their journey. With an app that can show you everything you need to know, teaching new mums practical skills to help them breastfeed has never been easier. LatchAid is an [...]

  • Is cell-based milk our environmentally friendly alternative to breastfeeding?

    Is cell-based milk our environmentally friendly alternative to breastfeeding?

    By replicating milk-producing cells of humans, an Israeli start-up is developing a sustainable breastfeeding alternative to offer nutritional support to infants.  Wilk develops technologies for producing cell-based milk secreted from mammary epithelial cells, which are found in the mammary glands of both humans and animals. After collecting the mammary gland tissue, the milk-producing cells are [...]

  • This is what the US$72m women’s health fund would mean for the future of femtech

    This is what the US$72m women’s health fund would mean for the future of femtech

    As SteelSky Ventures raises the world's largest women's health VC fund, Femtech World asks founding partner Maria Velissaris how this could unlock new growth opportunities. In a world where Covid has catalysed telemedicine and digital healthcare, investment in technology infrastructure is needed more than ever. The close of a US$72m fund makes SteelSky the world's [...]

  • Why Scotland’s first femtech forum could be a major breakthrough

    Why Scotland’s first femtech forum could be a major breakthrough

    Ahead of this week's Women's Health Innovation Forum, Priya Oberoi tells Femtech World how the conference could shape the future of femtech and start a dialogue around gender inequality. Last year Scotland became the first country in the UK to have a Women's Health Plan designed to improve access to healthcare and reduce women's health [...]

  • Interview: Bloom Diagnostics’ Dr Angelica Kohlmann

    Interview: Bloom Diagnostics’ Dr Angelica Kohlmann

    As a new home fertility test is approved, Femtech World finds out how digital technology could transform healthcare around the world. Dr Angelica Kohlmann joins our call from Austria. As the executive chairman of the Swiss company Bloom Diagnostics, she is happy to announce its new at-home Ovarian Reserve test that measures the AMH (anti-Müllerian [...]

  • What does your period say about your health?

    What does your period say about your health?

    Bio engineer Hilla Shaviv explains why your monthly period is a health indicator that no one talks about. From your monthly cycle to menopause symptoms, menstruation has always been a taboo subject. Despite a recent boom in more sustainable products that raise awareness around women's health, there is still a lot of stigma around periods [...]

  • Why we need to start prioritising postpartum care

    Why we need to start prioritising postpartum care

    With some studies suggesting as many as six out of seven women miss vital postnatal visits, FemTech World investigates why we need to change the narrative around postpartum recovery. Sandra Wirström was working in the digital health sector in Sweden when she had her two daughters. She experienced birth injuries both times and she was [...]