FemTech Lab – an independent accelerator that helps the rising stars of femtech take their products to market – has announced its spring 2021 cohort of start-ups within the women’s healthcare and wellbeing space.
Nevra Topcu
During the 12-week program, the ten successful start-ups will work with superstar experts to design a winning go-to-market and fundraising strategy – getting them investment-ready. The program will start in March and run for three months, culminating in a Demo Day on 1 June.
Based in London, FemTech Lab is on a mission to revolutionise the FemTech sector and unlock the true potential of women to create a fairer, better world. By offering workshops and individual mentorships with world-class specialists in product design, medicine, technology, law, finance, and more, FemTech Lab aims to equip innovative female health and wellness start-ups with the know-how, tactics, and confidence to take the healthcare sector by storm. The program will also deliver a Founders Mental Wellbeing module to help founders strengthen their leadership skills and mental resilience.
After a rigorous admissions process, the following companies were selected to join the program:
- Aurat Raaj - A local-language chatbot for adolescent girls in developing countries that delivers engaging education on reproductive health, especially menstrual hygiene.
- The Fertility Circle - An educational fertility platform and app which connects leading fertility experts to provide content and products that inform, inspire and empower.
- Femcy - A personalised wellness solution helping women globally manage symptomatic menstrual pain through customised recommendations and expert-led consultations.
- LactApp – Delivers AI-enabled personalised postnatal maternity advice and breastfeeding support, providing a reliable and customised source of information digitally.
- My Milk Lab - A milk-sensing device to track breastfeeding and prevent low milk supply via direct breast-milk sensing with just six drops of milk.
- The Nest Club – An education platform (prenatal to postnatal care), connecting parents with obstetrics, midwifery, health and wellness via masterclasses and social online learning experiences.
- The Nourish App - Offers bite-sized emotional support, wellbeing and calm in mum's (and soon, dad's) pocket.
- Selectivity - At-home sperm selection and intrauterine insemination, supported by two main medical devices using patented technology.
- Stork Women - An on-demand, 24-hour continuity care and virtual pregnancy clinic, giving users access to midwives and pregnant/postpartum women on the platform.
- Worry Tree - A mobile app-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) tool that helps users manage their worries and build better-thinking habits, bringing long-term freedom from worry and negative thinking patterns.
FemTech Lab was founded by product strategy, UX, AI and automation expert, Karina Vazirova, and serial entrepreneur and fintech influencer, Katia Lang.
Speaking of the cohort, they said: “It has been inspiring to see the incredible calibre of femtech innovators, who are passionate about changing how women’s health and wellness is dealt with and seen by healthcare investors. Femtech is growing, but it needs redefining beyond the limits of reproductive health. It’s so much more than that and these companies are at the forefront of its evolution. Giving these start-ups the support and guidance they need to navigate the crowded healthcare landscape and get their brands onto the radar of the right people is really exciting.”
