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The male and female hormone tests are the first product in the company's Kind at Home consumer products division.
2022 Look Ahead
Glooko CEO Russ Johannesson predicts that the growth in digital health funding will continue this year, and that the push toward interoperability will be critical for the space.
The growth of telehealth and remote-monitoring tools could be a game-changer for women's health, particularly maternal and fetal care.
Most UAE femtech startups focus on women’s wellness and menstrual health. But other subsectors, such as female-focused mental health, are seriously lagging behind. What’s more, the MENA region accounts for less than 6% of the global femtech industry.
Twentyeight will now offer Spanish language support on its website, in customer services and in telehealth visits and messages with doctors in Texas and Florida.
Also: Pediatric sleep app Huckleberry raises $12.5 million, and illumigyn, maker of a platform for remote gynecological imaging, brings in $33 million.
Also: Decentralized clinical trial platform Lightship raises $40 million, and digital pediatric clinic Brave Care scooped up $25 million.
Women+ funding still only accounts for 7% of the total U.S. digital health deals through August 2021, according to Rock Health.
The company offers a physical and mental health membership for virtual care.
The hybrid virtual and in-person women’s health provider said it wants to expand its model to more than 100,000 members by 2023.