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...
To mark Endometriosis Awareness Month, we sat down with the charity Endometriosis UK to discuss the invisible illness that affects 1.5 million women in the UK. ...
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...
Female-founded app, Hormonious Flo, has been awarded a £5,000 bursary, as part of Starling Bank’s Take Flight campaign for small businesses. Alexis Abayomi, a self-taught app...
As the first woman in the world is believed to be cured of HIV, could this pave the way for a future cure against the virus? ...
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...
Vira Health, creator of menopause app Stella, has raised US$12m in new funding to continue its mission of improving women’s long-term health. The new investment will...
This is the first study to demonstrate the superiority of digital therapeutic devices over Kegels alone in treating urinary incontinence.
Over 40 brands have signed a petition highlighting their experiences with censorship online
"If you start talking about female pleasure then everyone starts clutching their pearls. We can't say vagina or run any adverts that support vulva pleasure."
SWORD Health has launched Bloom, a physical therapy product aimed at women struggling with pelvic pain Bloom is a clinical-grade digital solution aimed at women’s physical...
UK start-up, EveryBaby has appointed Angela Spang as its new CEO with the aim of getting this point-of-care instrument to professionals as quickly as possible. EveryBaby...
The campaign is their second with Mother London
The funding is the highest pre-seed round raised in the UK by solo female founder
AI-enabled cancer care, personalised approaches and greater menopause awareness have been identified as key femtech post-pandemic growth trends. Global consultancy Frost & Sullivan has issued a...
With one in four women accessing abortion during their lifetimes, we examine if femtech’s interest in fertility could provide options for abortion aftercare Femtech is taking...
A study has shown that lifestyle interventions during menopause are more valuable when applied during peri-menopause – so how can femtech help? Women going through menopause...
FemTech World speaks to Petronela Sandulache of CorDiFio about why heart condition diagnoses are harder for women
The team hopes that identifying those at risk will allow doctors to target resources to those who need them
the UK has some of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world with eight out of ten women stopping before they want to.
