🙌 Reflecting on Femtech in 2020; Rhia Ventures invests in OCON; Callaly announces FDA clearance; Liv by Advantia Health

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Hello & Welcome to Edition #69 of the
Weekly Femtech Insider Newsletter!

The most popular articles from last week's newsletter were:

Attn:Grace Adds 900K in Funding and Announces Strategic Collaboration with AARP Innovation Labs to Destigmatize Women's Aging

Menopause Startup The Cusp Abruptly Ends Operations

How Healthy.io Redesigned the UTI Treatment Pathway and Almost Accidentally Created a Femtech Product

So let's see what's up this week, shall we?!

OCON's flagship product, the IUB Ballerine, is commercially available in 30 countries with over 100,000 women using it to date.

Highlights

Rhia Ventures invests in OCON's Spherical Copper Intrauterine Contaceptive; Period care company Callaly announce FDA clearance of their tampliner product; Advantia Health's New Flagship Practice "Liv by Advantia Health" is set to open in Washington in March 2021; The Case for Her & Refinery29 partner to reposition menopause through creative design; Employer Health Innovation Roundtable (EHIR) is now accepting submissions for the Spring 2021 cycle; Argentina legalizes abortion in landmark moment for women's rights; England's first non-profit IVF clinic will open in 2021

A Note from a Partner

In the Know

Femtech in 2020: The Year in Femtech Insider Headlines (Femtech Insider)

HeyMama and the Power of Online Communities in 2020, A Challenging Year for Working Mothers (Femtech Insider)

Vulvani's Britta Wiebe: "I never really planned to start my own business, but I was looking for a purposeful job that fulfilled me." (Femtech Insider)

"Can Femtech Help the NHS?: A New Femtech TV Interview Series with DigitalHealth.London's Jenny Thomas (Femtech Insider)

Alva's Annie Coleridge: "Learning to lead a team is a time of intense personal development, reflection and learning." (Femtech Insider)

The Future of Healthcare: The End of Digital Health (Rock Health)

8 Digital Health Predictions for Digital Health (Forbes)

Planned Parenthood President: Saying Abortion Is a Small Part of What Group Does is Stigmatizing (Washington Post)

'Such a Personal, Private Thing': Rethinking the Home Pregnancy Test (NY Times)

How VCs Could Change Startups' Female-Founder Double Standard (Fortune)

Maternity Leave Isn't Enough to Retain New Moms (Harvard Business Review)

Global VC Funding to Female Founders Dropped Dramatically This Year (Crunchbase)

Motherhood on the Line: Three asylum seekers navigate coronavirus and climate change at the U.S.-Mexico border (Longreads)

Who's Hiring?

Oova is hiring a Head of Sales.

Unbound is looking for a Chief Growth Officer.

Progyny is looking for an Account Manager.

Maven is hiring a Senior Manager, Brand Design.

BB Imaging is hiring a Senior Full Stack Engineer.

More Jobs

Resources

The Ultimate Femtech Company Database

Femtech Funds, Investors and Business Angels

Femtech & Digital Health Accelerator Programs

Femtech Events Calendar

Femtech Communities

Women's Health NGOs

Research, Reports & Whitepapers

Femtech Insider Services

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