U.Ok.-based Peppy raised a $45 million Sequence B spherical led by AlbionV to broaden within the U.S. market.
Based in 2018, Peppy gives gender-related well being companies via employers, together with look after menopause, being pregnant, fertility, early parenthood and males’s well being issues. The corporate raised a £6.6 million Series A in 2021.
Along with the U.S. enlargement, Peppy will use the increase to develop within the U.Ok., put money into product growth, enhance its expertise, and advance its assist companies for customers and shoppers.
“This journey is just simply starting within the U.S. The attention of menopause within the USA is beginning to develop, however it could actually nonetheless usually be a taboo subject. We’re honored to know that Peppy will probably be a part of a U.S. healthcare motion that brings gender-specific assist points like menopause to the forefront – simply as we’ve got performed within the UK,” Peppy co-CEO and cofounder Mridula Pore wrote in an announcement.
Maternity care clinic Oula introduced it had raised $19.1 million in Sequence A funding.
The spherical was led by 8VC with participation from current buyers together with Metrodora, the Feminine Founders Fund, Collaborative Fund and Alumni Ventures. The Sequence A brings its whole funding to $22.3 million. Oula announced its seed raise in 2020.
The startup at the moment has two clinics in New York Metropolis. It can use the funding to advance its being pregnant care, broaden sonography capabilities and add assist teams for folks.
“At Oula, we’re targeted on offering an excellent expertise and nice outcomes for our sufferers. Meaning listening to and taking their issues critically, prioritizing psychological well being in addition to bodily, approaching this work via a lens of fairness and inclusivity, hiring numerous and culturally competent employees, offering trauma-informed care, emphasizing the significance of postpartum care and empowering sufferers to advocate for themselves,” Adrianne Nickerson, cofounder and CEO of Oula, mentioned in an announcement.
Male fertility startup Posterity Well being scooped up $7.5 million in a spherical led by Distributed Ventures, with participation from FCA Enterprise Companions and WVV Capital.
The corporate gives digital visits, at-home diagnostics and in-person consultations on male fertility.
“The expanded Posterity Well being community will double the variety of reproductive urologists utilizing the platform and supply easy accessibility to in-person care when required,” Pam Pure, CEO of Posterity Well being, mentioned in an announcement.
Healthcare AI firm Ferrum Health raised $6 million in a funding spherical led by City Innovation Fund, Cercano Administration and Singtel Innov8.
The corporate raised a $9 million seed in 2020. It plans to make use of the capital to develop its Enterprise AI Platform, which goals to investigate medical knowledge and supply insights into affected person care.
