Meet the Startups

Afynia (formerly AIMA Laboratories) is developing an at-home screening test that will shorten the path to diagnosis and treatment for endometriosis.

Founder(s)

Jocelyn Wessels, PhD and Lauren Foster, PhD

Vertical

Chronic Conditions

CA

Armor Medical Inc is biomedical device company that dares to innovate better health for all. Our groundbreaking wearable device, Maternal Armor, is revolutionizing early obstetric hemorrhage detection - offering objective, real-time monitoring to enhance patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs.

Founder(s)

Kelsey Mayo, PhD, Christine O’Brien, PhD

Vertical

Cardiovascular

US

TeleScan is a telesonography® provider that connects healthcare facilities and their patients with remote, expert sonographers. By combining a facility's existing resources with FDA-cleared and HIPAA-compliant technology, TeleScan can bring high-quality prenatal ultrasound care to all patients.

Founder(s)

Blanca Lesmes

Vertical

Maternal Health

US

Bloomful is a diagnostic solution delivering streamlined, accessible gynaecological care to underserved women globally.

Founder(s)

Dupe Burgess, MD

Vertical

Women's Wellness

UK

MyLymphCare is a research-based home-monitoring solution for early detection of lymphedema, one of the major side-effects of breast cancer treatment. We empower women to monitor at home to catch symptoms before they are visible, enabling early treatment that results in a dramatically lower risk of chronic lymphedema.

Founder(s)

Ida Grønborg, Mads Skak

Vertical

Oncology

DK

Celeste is the one-stop-shop for medication management, rooted in precision medicine. Backed by the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps and UC San Diego, Celeste's ExactRx is a medication diagnostic tool that transforms traditionally diagnostic lab panels into actionable medication safety and efficacy insights. By using AI-powered precision medicine, it enables healthcare providers and payers to pre-emptively assess how a patient will respond to medications and subsequently create personalized adherence plans.

Founder(s)

Athena Doshi, MPH

Vertical

Women's Wellness

US

The first AI-based medical device that allows clinicians to base critical labor decisions on accurate and user-independent measurements, providing a safe and gentle process for both mom and baby.

Founder(s)

Roni Cantor-Balan, Yoni Balan

Vertical

Maternal Health

US

DeepLook Medical is revolutionizing radiology for cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment, with their FDA-approved, patent-protected software. The shape recognition software accurately measures, segments, and displays the density of soft tumor masses in Mammograms, Ultrasounds, CT scans, and MRI images — with just one click.

Founder(s)

Marissa Fayer, Greg Belanger, MD

Vertical

Breast Health

US

Epowar is a UK-based start-up using wearable technology to make women safer. They recently launched the first safety app that detects if the user is physically attacked, alerting their chosen contacts, sharing live location data and storing valuable evidence in the cloud.

Founder(s)

E-J Roodt, Maks Rahman

Vertical

Safety & Privacy

UK

EXO is battling disparities in women’s health research and treatment while enhancing the standard of care for maternal health.

Founder(s)

Emily Maginn

Vertical

Maternal Health

US

Girls First Finance (GFF) promotes equitable access to education and financial services for vulnerable young women starting in Africa who are otherwise at risk of exploitation to cover their education expenses. Through its mobile super app platform, GFF provides access to student loans along with tools focused on safeguarding, financial literacy, career development and community support across over a dozen features.

Founder(s)

Andrea Pizziconi, CFA

Vertical

Women's Wellness

KE

Health Evolve Technologies is bringing care delivery closer to home. We designed LAUREN, a digital health platform, to help pregnant and postpartum women manage their health while receiving support from a personalized care village outside of the walls of the clinic.

Founder(s)

Kimberly Smith

Vertical

Maternal Health

US

Health in Her HUE® is a digital health platform dedicated to connecting Black women and women of color to culturally sensitive healthcare providers, evidence-based, culturally tailored health content, and community support.

Founder(s)

Ashlee Wisdom, MPH

Vertical

Women's Wellness

US

Hyivy Health provides data-driven medical devices that facilitate the rehabilitation of the pelvic floor.

Founder(s)

Rachel Bartholomew

Vertical

Pelvic Floor Health

CA

Transforming breast cancer screening by combining automated ultrasound and artificial intelligence (AI) to empower women and physicians with accessible and personalized breast health monitoring.

Founder(s)

Maryam Ziaei, PhD, Shadi Saberi, PhD

Vertical

Breast Health

US

IAMENO. is an end-to-end hormonal health management platform leveraging AI, data and sciences to provide daily step-by-step personalized guidance and action plans to women going through hormonal changes impacting their physical, emotional and cognitive health. Our mission is to create a new generation of women who are smarter about their health.

Founder(s)

Farah Dehmouni

Vertical

Hormone Health

UAE

Impli is developing subdermal implants that monitor fertility hormone levels, frequently and in real time so that clinicians can make better decisions during the IVF treatment. Clinicians need more data points to deliver precision care to move the dial on success rates but also increase the safety of women.

Founder(s)

Anna-Luisa Schaffgotsch

Vertical

Hormone Health

UK

Incora Health empowers women to meet their fertility and wellness goals by providing actionable health insights using the Incora smart earrings.

Founder(s)

Lindsey Calcutt, PhD, Theresa Gevaert

Vertical

Women's Wellness

US

joni is a menstrual care brand that’s making organic and sustainable products mainstream in our mission to make period care accessible for everyone. Organizations of all sizes have signed up for our wholesale period care and dispenser solutions to support DEI initiatives ahead of the 2024 requirement for federally regulated businesses.

Founder(s)

Linda Biggs, Jayesh Vekariya

Vertical

Menstruation

CA

KnowBra uses AI and computer vision for post-mastectomy bra fitting. The platform automates insurance claims and offers zero touch fittings. KnowBra's solution reduces discomfort, boosts confidence, and guarantees a proper fit.

Founder(s)

Brittney Gray

Vertical

Breast Health

US

NAWAT Health is a digital platform that provides Arab women access to sexual and reproductive health educational programs and judgement-free and pleasure-positive online care with diverse trusted and trained sexual and reproductive health experts.

Founder(s)

Noor Jaber, Hisham Chehayeb

Vertical

Women's Wellness

UAE

Nesa Medtech is a leading deep tech medtech startup that specializes in developing patented, scar-less image guided surgical solutions in the field of women’s health using advanced technology. The management team at NESA has decades of experience working with large medtech MNCs. Additionally, NESA has received clearance from the US FDA and is backed by renowned investors. NESA’s goal is to transform women’s healthcare by introducing empathetic innovation.

Founder(s)

Sreekar Kothamachu

Vertical

Uterine Health

IN

Partum Health is a hybrid clinic delivering the best of online and offline care to women and families through the fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum journey. Partum supports families with essential specialty services - including mental health, lactation, nutrition, physical therapy, and birth and postpartum doula care - that together improve maternal and family health outcomes by preventing and addressing the incredibly common complications of the perinatal period.

Founder(s)

Meghan Doyle, Matt Rogers

Vertical

Maternal Health

US

PherDal Fertility Science stands at the forefront of innovative reproductive healthcare, dedicated to transforming fertility assistance with groundbreaking and accessible solutions. Their flagship product, The PherDal Kit, is a patented, sterile, over-the-counter option, meticulously designed to empower individuals on their path to parenthood.

Founder(s)

Jennifer Hintzsche, PhD

Vertical

Fertility

US

Global Fertility and Pregnancy Telehealth Clinic providing end-to-end clinical, digital, affordable, effective, personalised and fast solutions for fertility and pregnancy related problems.

Founder(s)

Marija Skujina

Vertical

Fertility

UK

Proov is a proactive fertility testing platform that helps couples identify the leading causes of infertility at home. Proov is the only FDA Cleared test to confirm ovulation at home. It combines simple urine-based diagnostics with an easy-to-use app to give women a clear view on their menstrual cycles and fertility status.

Founder(s)

Amy Beckley, PhD

Vertical

Hormone Health

US

Prosoma is a global medical company delivering digital healthcare solutions for oncology. Our product portfolio supports the patient’s mental and behavioural health. It aims to improve cancer-related symptoms of anxiety and depression, and to enhance patient quality of life. The solutions are to provide accessible, supportive care, with an aim to improve overall treatment effectiveness and decrease costs.

Founder(s)

Marek Ostrowski, Emanuela Kufel, Andrzej “AJ” Jonczyk, MD

Vertical

Oncology

GER

riskLD is a clinician-facing perinatal patient safety software platform that has been developed to elevate situational awareness on inpatient obstetric units and to improve outcomes for pregnant patients and their newborns.

Founder(s)

Steve Porter, MD

Vertical

Maternal Health

US

We are Thyia the comfortable and convenient alternative to the smear test. We are a digital health platform providing women with access to at-home cervical cancer screening tests making cervical cancer a thing of the past.

Founder(s)

Chris Ross, Naomi Forward

Vertical

Oncology

UK

Villie is a platform that connects expecting parents with support from loved ones through cash, gifts, and services, while also helping brands target moms by placing products in front of their villagers to drive revenue.

Founder(s)

Kimberly Jolasun

Vertical

Maternal Health

US