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The Fertility Nurse Who Turned a Broken Vitamin Aisle Into a Women's Health Company
A fertility-clinic nurse kept getting asked the same question about vitamins she couldn't answer well. So she built the answer - a personalized supplement company with a clinician on the other end of the chat.
The Menopause Device Trying to Replace a Prescription With Eight Quiet Minutes
Madorra is betting that therapeutic ultrasound can give people with menopause-related vaginal atrophy something medicine has rarely offered them: a nonhormonal treatment they can use at home. Its pivotal test is now under way.
Carrot Fertility
Carrot Fertility is a global fertility and family-building benefits platform that employers and health plans offer to their people. It covers the full journey - fertility preservation, IVF and IUI, pregnancy, adoption, surrogacy, low-testosterone care and menopause - with an expert Care Team, a global provider network, and the Carrot Card payment platform. Founded in 2016 after co-founder Tammy Sun faced a five-figure out-of-pocket egg-freezing bill, Carrot serves members in more than 195 countries and positions itself as a data-driven, outcomes-focused alternative to leaving fertility care to employees to navigate alone.
Millie
Millie is a San Francisco Bay Area maternity and women's health clinic built around a midwifery-led, tech-enabled model. Founded in 2022 by Anu Sharma after her own near-fatal birth experience, it pairs Certified Nurse Midwives and OB-GYN backup with a dedicated doula (a 'Millie Guide'), a proprietary app, remote monitoring, and virtual visits to cover pregnancy, postpartum, gynecology, and menopause. The company accepts most major insurance and has raised roughly $19 million to date, including a $12M Series A in February 2025 from an all-female roster of investors.
Almond ObGyn
Almond ObGyn is a Los Angeles-based, tech-enabled obstetrics and gynecology practice that set out to be the 'One Medical for women's health.' Founded in 2021 by Tara Raffi and Carly Allen and backed by a $7M seed round out of Y Combinator's S22 batch, Almond blended in-person clinic visits with telehealth, 24/7 text access to clinicians, and membership pricing to cover the full arc of reproductive care - from birth control and annual exams to PCOS, fertility, group pregnancy care, and menopause.
Kindra
Kindra is a clinically-backed, direct-to-consumer vaginal health and sexual wellness brand founded in 2019 through a launchpad formed by venture firm M13 and P&G Ventures. It sells estrogen-free, doctor-formulated intimate care - lotions, serums, lubricants, bath soaks and menopause supplements - designed for women navigating dryness, discomfort and hormonal shifts across menopause, postpartum and everyday life. The brand pairs its patent-pending, peptide-based formulas with education and community, and says its products are recommended by 6,000+ OB/GYNs and pelvic-floor, oncology and sexual-medicine specialists.
Mavida Health
Mavida Health is a Los Angeles digital health company delivering specialized virtual mental health care for women navigating reproductive milestones - pregnancy, postpartum, fertility, loss, and menopause. Founded in 2023 by reproductive psychiatrist Dr. Sarah Oreck and health-tech operator Emma Sugerman, it pairs one-on-one and group therapy, family counseling, and prescribing with community programming under the banner 'mental healthcare for every mama.' The company reached licensed clinical operations across California, New York, New Jersey, and Texas, and in June 2026 was acquired by insurer WPS Health Solutions to run as an independent subsidiary.
The Pause Technologies Inc.
The Pause Technologies Inc. is a Phoenix-based, female-founded healthtech company building Harmoni, an AI companion for women navigating perimenopause, menopause, and beyond. Its app pairs a 24/7 AI wellness coach with symptom tracking, wearable data (Apple Health, Fitbit, Oura, Garmin), gamified journeys, and clinician-reviewed content to turn the confusing hormonal transition into something women can understand and act on. Founded by AI entrepreneur and MIT Sloan graduate Susan Sly with clinician Dr. Mia Chorney, the company is targeting the roughly 50 million U.S. women experiencing menopause symptoms.
Pandia Health
Pandia Health is a doctor-founded, women-led telehealth company that prescribes and delivers birth control, acne treatment, and menopause hormone therapy across the United States. Founded in 2016 by Stanford-affiliated physician Dr. Sophia Yen and a team of clinicians and operators, the company built its business on a simple bet: most American women still struggle to get continuous access to hormonal medication, and a recurring, mail-order subscription paired with a board-certified physician network can fix it.
Noema Pharma
Noema Pharma is a Basel-based clinical-stage biotech building first-in-disease oral small-molecule therapeutics for central nervous system disorders. Founded in 2019 by Sofinnova Partners around four mid-stage assets in-licensed from Roche, the company targets overlooked neurological conditions - from seizures in tuberous sclerosis complex and pain in trigeminal neuralgia to Tourette syndrome and CNS-mediated symptoms of menopause. It has raised roughly CHF 130 million (about USD 147 million) in Series B financing from a syndicate including Forbion, Jeito Capital, Sofinnova, EQT Life Sciences and UPMC Enterprises.
Origin
Origin is a women's health company that makes insurance-covered pelvic floor and whole-body physical therapy widely accessible through a hybrid model of nationwide virtual care and in-person clinics. Founded in 2020 by Carine Carmy, Nona Farahnik Yadegar, and David Yadegar, Origin treats conditions across pregnancy, postpartum, menopause, sexual health, and musculoskeletal pain, and has served over 50,000 patients while shifting pelvic care from a $200-300 cash-pay model to in-network visits that cost most patients under $36.
Alloy Health
Alloy Health is a direct-to-consumer women's telehealth company built to fix how medicine treats menopause. Founded by Anne Fulenwider and Monica Molenaar, Alloy connects women in perimenopause and menopause with menopause-trained doctors and a full menu of FDA-approved, science-backed treatments - hormone replacement therapy, vaginal estrogen, plus hair, skin, sexual-wellness, gut and weight solutions - delivered to the door via an asynchronous platform with a flat $50 annual membership. The company raised a $16M Series A in November 2024 and reached profitability while serving women historically dismissed by the healthcare system.
Hone Health
Hone Health is a New York-based telemedicine clinic built for preventive and longevity care. It pairs at-home and in-person testing of 40+ biomarkers with physician-guided treatment plans for hormone optimization, menopause, weight loss, sexual health, thyroid and more, delivered nationwide on a subscription model starting around $129/month. After raising a $33M Series A in January 2025 and acquiring in-home care company ivee, Hone has tested 300,000+ patients and treats roughly 55,000 active members.
Midi Health
Midi Health is a national virtual care clinic built specifically for women in perimenopause, menopause, and the long midlife stretch that mainstream medicine has historically ignored. Founded by Joanna Strober after her own frustrating search for symptom relief, Midi pairs clinicians trained in menopause medicine with an insurance-covered telehealth platform that treats hot flashes, sleep problems, weight changes, mood swings, and long-term hormone health. Now valued above $1 billion after a $100M Series D in February 2026, Midi serves more than 230,000 patients across all 50 states.
Mira
Mira is a women's health company that built the first at-home hormone monitor with lab-grade accuracy. Its connected device, single-use wands and AI-powered app measure FSH, LH, estrogen (E3G) and PdG so users can map fertility windows, manage PCOS, navigate menopause and share clinical-grade data with their doctors.