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CAKES Body
CAKES Body is a Los Angeles-based, women-led direct-to-consumer brand founded by twin sisters Taylor Capuano and Casey Sarai in 2022. It makes reusable silicone nipple covers and bra alternatives from medical-grade silicone that grip to skin using natural body heat instead of adhesive. After a viral organic-content strategy and a December 2023 appearance on ABC's Shark Tank - where it took a $300,000 investment from SKIMS and Good American co-founder Emma Grede - the bootstrapped company scaled to roughly $95 million in net sales in the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Materna Medical
Materna Medical is a Mountain View, California women's health company building FDA-cleared medical devices for pelvic health across a woman's life. Its consumer product, Milli, is the first vaginal dilator that expands one millimeter at a time to treat vaginismus and painful intercourse; its clinical-stage Ellora obstetrical system is designed to pre-stretch pelvic floor muscles during labor to reduce childbirth injury. Led by CEO Tracy MacNeal, the company has raised roughly $82.6M to date.