# Femtech

Hertility CEO Helen O’Neill on building a foundational model for women’s health
Podcast
April 30, 2026
Hertility CEO Helen O’Neill on building a foundational model for women’s health
'The biggest challenge? Girls just want to have funding'
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Amy Lewin
Building femtech with customer buy-in: Inside Daya's contrarian playbook
Pro
Analysis
November 27, 2025
Building femtech with customer buy-in: Inside Daya's contrarian playbook
Founded two years ago, this venture studio aims to build femtech startups that solve real issues in women’s health
Mimi Billing
Period tracking app Flo and Google to pay $56m in privacy case
News
September 25, 2025
Period tracking app Flo and Google to pay $56m in privacy case
Europe’s first femtech unicorn maintains it did not share users’ personal data without their permission
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Flo Health settles multi-billion dollar Meta data privacy lawsuit
News
July 31, 2025
Flo Health settles multi-billion dollar Meta data privacy lawsuit
A lack of evidence posed an 'insurmountable' problem for the plaintiffs
Martin Coulter
Flo Health faces multi-billion dollar lawsuit over claims it unlawfully shared data with Meta
News
July 24, 2025
Flo Health faces multi-billion dollar lawsuit over claims it unlawfully shared data with Meta
Europe’s first femtech unicorn is accused of sharing users’ personal data without their permission, claims it denies
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Kai Nicol-Schwarz
What is creating momentum for the women’s health sector — and will it continue?
Sponsored by
July 3, 2025
What is creating momentum for the women’s health sector — and will it continue?
Unicorns, soaring investment and breaking taboos: femtech is having a moment
Sponsored by: J.P. Morgan Innovation Economy
A $6.7m fundraise for the startup that tested astronauts’ hormones in space
Exclusive
May 27, 2025
A $6.7m fundraise for the startup that tested astronauts’ hormones in space
UK-based Hormona offers AI-powered at-home hormone testing
Mimi Billing
UK femtech startup Elvie acquired by US rival Willow
News
March 28, 2025
UK femtech startup Elvie acquired by US rival Willow
One investor says the deal shows how difficult it is to scale up startups in the UK
Martin Coulter
30 femtech startups to watch, according to investors
Pro
Investor survey
March 17, 2025
30 femtech startups to watch, according to investors
Investors from Sandwater, True, EQT Life Sciences, Black Opal Ventures, Innoviance Investments, Sie Ventures, Heliad, Blueprint VC and Fund F share their picks of femtechs
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Unicorn Flo Health eyeing startup acquisitions following $200m fundraise
Interview
March 3, 2025
Unicorn Flo Health eyeing startup acquisitions following $200m fundraise
The period-tracking app last year won the backing of US investor General Atlantic
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
A male-founded startup became Europe’s first femtech unicorn. Does it matter?
Analysis
August 1, 2024
A male-founded startup became Europe’s first femtech unicorn. Does it matter?
Some founders and investors are frustrated that the first European femtech unicorn is run by men
Anne Sraders
Flo Health raises record $200m for period tracking app and becomes Europe’s first femtech unicorn
News
July 30, 2024
Flo Health raises record $200m for period tracking app and becomes Europe’s first femtech unicorn
US growth investor General Atlantic — a backer of companies like Uber and Airbnb — was the sole investor in the round
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
UK healthtech Elvie raises £9.6m in fresh funding
News
April 26, 2024
UK healthtech Elvie raises £9.6m in fresh funding
The round follows the startup undergoing a “restructure” in 2022
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
8 femtech startups to watch, according to investors
Pro
Investor survey
February 19, 2024
8 femtech startups to watch, according to investors
Investors from Calm/Storm and Speedinvest reveal the femtech companies on their watchlists
Sadia Nowshin
‘There’s been no innovation in continental Europe’: Menopause tech startup Omena raises seed round
News
January 15, 2024
‘There’s been no innovation in continental Europe’: Menopause tech startup Omena raises seed round
The French startup has just closed its second round of fundraising despite the unfavourable funding conditions for femtechs
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Even in femtech, it still pays to be a male founder
Analysis
October 18, 2023
Even in femtech, it still pays to be a male founder
70% of femtech startups are founded by women, yet male-founded startups raise much more capital
Selin Bucak
Femtech is getting polluted by mansplainers and grifters
Opinion
March 6, 2023
Femtech is getting polluted by mansplainers and grifters
Opportunists are undermining the hard gains that have been won by the femtech community
Yahel Halamish
Femtech startups to watch, according to investors
Analysis
February 7, 2023
Femtech startups to watch, according to investors
From an app to support people going through menopause to personalised contraception and data-assisted IVF, here are 14 startups that investors are watching
Sadia Nowshin
10 European pregnancy startups to watch
Analysis
January 31, 2023
10 European pregnancy startups to watch
From connecting to midwives to postpartum care, these founders are building for mums to be
Selin Bucak
Employee healthcare benefits platform Peppy raises $45m for US expansion
News
January 11, 2023
Employee healthcare benefits platform Peppy raises $45m for US expansion
The raise follows 10x growth in the past 18 months
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
CBD tampon startup Daye raises £10m Series A
News
October 26, 2022
CBD tampon startup Daye raises £10m Series A
And it’s about to launch the world’s first tampon-based at-home vaginal microbiome screening kit
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Passion Capital founder Eileen Burbidge to lead UK femtech Fertifa
News
October 5, 2022
Passion Capital founder Eileen Burbidge to lead UK femtech Fertifa
Burbidge will not be leaving early-stage Passion Capital.
Eleanor Warnock
Femtech’s fight to shake up France’s conventional medical system
Analysis
June 3, 2022
Femtech’s fight to shake up France’s conventional medical system
Healthtech has been a key plank of Macron's business plan for France — so how are startups faring? And are femtechs doing as well as the crowd?
Sophie Stuber
Enter the kelpon: Vyld raises pre-seed funding for seaweed tampon
News
January 28, 2022
Enter the kelpon: Vyld raises pre-seed funding for seaweed tampon
If all goes to plan, the new product will be ready for mass production by the end of this year
Miriam Partington

# Femtech

Hertility CEO Helen O’Neill on building a foundational model for women’s health

Building femtech with customer buy-in: Inside Daya's contrarian playbook

Period tracking app Flo and Google to pay $56m in privacy case

Flo Health settles multi-billion dollar Meta data privacy lawsuit

Flo Health faces multi-billion dollar lawsuit over claims it unlawfully shared data with Meta

What is creating momentum for the women’s health sector — and will it continue?

A $6.7m fundraise for the startup that tested astronauts’ hormones in space

UK femtech startup Elvie acquired by US rival Willow

30 femtech startups to watch, according to investors

Unicorn Flo Health eyeing startup acquisitions following $200m fundraise

A male-founded startup became Europe’s first femtech unicorn. Does it matter?

Flo Health raises record $200m for period tracking app and becomes Europe’s first femtech unicorn

UK healthtech Elvie raises £9.6m in fresh funding

8 femtech startups to watch, according to investors

‘There’s been no innovation in continental Europe’: Menopause tech startup Omena raises seed round

Even in femtech, it still pays to be a male founder

Femtech is getting polluted by mansplainers and grifters

Femtech startups to watch, according to investors

10 European pregnancy startups to watch

Employee healthcare benefits platform Peppy raises $45m for US expansion

CBD tampon startup Daye raises £10m Series A

Passion Capital founder Eileen Burbidge to lead UK femtech Fertifa

Femtech’s fight to shake up France’s conventional medical system

Enter the kelpon: Vyld raises pre-seed funding for seaweed tampon