‘Femtech’ Evolving Beyond Periods, Pregnancy And Postpartum

What’s Next In $1.2tn Women’s Health Industry?

Digital female-centric primary and preventive care and fertility support were top-funded women’s health segments in 2021, drawing $668m and $330m in investments, respectively. Going forward, experts anticipate innovation to address unmet needs related to menopause, vaginal microbiome, endometriosis, and other chronic conditions, and surgeries such as hysterectomies and mastectomies.

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“Femtech” companies will branch in new directions in the coming years to address unmet needs and distance themselves from the competition in a women’s health market expected to reach a whopping $1.19tr by 2027. 

That is the eye-popping figure reached in a Femtech Landscape Report 2021 co-authored by nonprofit FemTech Focus and Coyote...

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