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December 16, 2021

Period-tracking app Clue raises €16m to roll out digital contraceptive

The launch of Clue’s birth control device was a big leap forward for the femtech industry — and a bummer to build


Clue's CEOs and founder, from left: Audrey Tsang, Ida Tin and Carrie Walter

Earlier this year, Berlin-based femtech Clue achieved something pretty bloody hard: its digital contraceptive device got Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance and is now being rolled out in the US. 

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Clue period tracking app in action
Clue period tracking in action
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Ida Tin, founder of Clue, who coined the term 'femtech' in 2016.
Ida Tin, founder of Clue, who coined the term 'femtech' in 2016
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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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