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| 11.05.2025 | We Don't 'Need More Masculine Energy' in Business, Says the CEO of a Growing Femtech Company. Here's How the Mother of 2 Leads for Success. Willow CEO Sarah O'Leary reveals what it takes to maintain a... | "I've been thinking a lot about leadership models," Sarah O'Leary, CEO of femtech company Willow, tells Entrepreneur. " There's been a lot of noise and news around, 'We need more masculine energy in the workplace.' It makes y... |
| 07.04.2025 | Willow's Bold Move: Acquiring Elvie to Shape the Future of Femtech | In a strategic play that echoes the age-old adage of "strength in numbers," Willow, a San Francisco-based innovator in maternal health, has acquired Elvie, a British femtech competitor. This merger aims to bolster their combined o... |
| 07.04.2025 | Willow acquires femtech competitor Elvie | Photo: KidStock/Blend Images/Getty Images
Willow, maker of wearable breast pumps, announced it acquired British femtech company Elvie to scale the companies' maternal health platforms.
San Francisco-based Willow offers in-bra breast pumps, ... |
| 09.01.2025 | The femtech revolution is just getting started – but who are the real winners? | - |
| 01.05.2024 | Healthline Announces 2024 Women's Wellness Awards | Inaugural editor's choice awards celebrate the leading products for women's health and wellness
NEW YORK, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthline, the leading source of actionable health education, today announced the 2024 Healthline Awards:... |
| 08.03.2024 | 10 интересных Femtech-стартапов: помогут в спорте, отношениях и во время беременности | Содержание: Amma Flo Ava Clue Elvie Ema NextGen Jane Joylux Wild AI Lioness
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| 22.08.2023 | How BGF is helping companies to expand internationally: Elvie & OSL | Are you considering international expansion opportunities for your business? As a minority equity investor, BGF provides patient capital to our portfolio of growing businesses across the UK and Ireland, helping them to scale until they achi... |
| 13.07.2023 | How BGF is helping companies expand internationally: Elvie & OSL case studies | BGF is an investment firm that focuses on growth capital, growing the companies we work with until they achieve a successful exit. This growth does not need to be limited to national growth, in fact, BGF can help expand your company oversea... |
| 11.03.2022 | Taboo no more: The sextech industry is on the rise, and here are the players making waves | Bumpn founder Heather with the Bumpn joystick. Source: getbumpn (@getbumpn) / Twitter.
Over the centuries, humans have oscillated wildly between sexual liberation and sexual repression. But thanks to the acceleration of the sexual wellness ... |
| 28.02.2022 | Hiro Capital gives London its second SPAC listing, launches second fund at €300 million | Focusing on the video games industry, metaverse technologies, creator platforms, and gamified fitness, London-based Hiro Capital has announced its second fund at €300 million, now more than doubling the firms’ first outing. Hiro is targetin... |
| 15.02.2022 | The 5 best breast pumps, according to years of testing and insight from lactation specialists | Reviews Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
Health The 5 best breast pumps, according to years of testing and insight from lactation specialists
Written by Alex Frost; ed... |
| 13.09.2021 | Digital health news, funding roundup in the prior week; September 13 | Beauty Pie raised $100 million; Homage landed $30M; DotCom Therapy picked up $13M
Cleveland Clinic: Cleveland Clinic is an Ohio-based medical center that combines clinical and hospital care with research and education. Anthem is teaming up ... |
| 29.07.2021 | British femtech Elvie lands £58M funding for its smart breast pumps and more | The femtech industry is expected to become a $50 billion market by 2025. To capitalise on this growth, London-based Elvie, a leading femtech startup that develops iconic and smart products for women has bagged £58 million in a Series C fund... |
| 28.07.2021 | London’s femtech startup Elvie aims to bring women’s tech out of the dark ages; raises €67.7M | London-based Elvie is a femtech company that develops smart technology for women. The company’s products include; Elvie Trainer – a Kegel trainer that helps women strengthen the pelvic floor; and recently launched Elvie Pump – a silent wear... |
| 27.07.2021 | British femtech Elvie lands £58M funding for its smart breast pumps and more | The femtech industry is expected to become a $50 billion market by 2025. To capitalise on this growth, London-based Elvie, a leading femtech startup that develops iconic and smart products for women has bagged £58 million in a Series C fund... |
| 27.07.2021 | Disruptive Femtech Elvie Firm Announces $80M Series C Funding Round | - |
| 27.07.2021 | Disruptive Femtech Elvie Firm Announces $80M Series C Funding Round | Elvie, the revolutionary global health and lifestyle brand developing iconic products for women, today announces a $80M (£58m) Series C funding. The funding round was led by BGF, with further investment from funds and accounts managed by Bl... |
| 27.07.2021 | Elvie Rasies GBP58m in Series C Funding Round | Originally published by Private Equity Wire
Elvie, a global health and lifestyle brand developing products for women, has raised GBP58 million (USD80 million) in a Series C funding round.
The round was led by BGF, with further investment ... |
| 27.07.2021 | Elvie Raises £58M in Series C Funding | Elvie, a London, UK-based femtech company, raised £58m in Series C funding.
The round was led by BGF, with participation from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock Private Equity Partners and a consortium including Hiro Capital and Wester... |
| 27.07.2021 | Disruptive Femtech Elvie Firm Announces $80 Million Series C Funding Round | Investment will focus on continuing to improve women’s lives through smarter technology
Elvie, the revolutionary global health and lifestyle brand developing iconic products for women, announces a $80M (£58m) Series C funding. The funding r... |
| 31.01.2021 | Top 10 Female-founded Startups Revolutionizing The Tech Industry | One of the biggest issues facing the startup ecosystem of the world today is the gender bias experienced by females in business. This particular problem has reflected in several areas and especially in the fund procurement process of female... |
| 07.10.2020 | Elvie adds a non-electric breast pump and cups to its growing femtech portfolio | Two years after launching its debut “next-gen” connected breast pump, femtech hardware maker Elvie has added to its portfolio a softer, hands-free breast pump that uses natural suction.
The Elvie Curve is described as “a wearable, silicone ... |
| 17.03.2020 | Announcing: the UK companies joining Future Fifty 8.0 | Today we are delighted to welcome the new additions to our programme for late-stage tech companies. The prestigious Future Fifty.
The longest-running and most successful accelerator programme for late-stage tech companies in Europe, Future... |
| 06.03.2020 | Что такое FemTech: полный обзор экосистемы стартапов для женщин | Все говорят про FinTech, EduTech, AgroTech, но на vc.ru не нашлось ни одного упоминания об одном из самых растущих сегментов среди технологических компаний в категории Digital Health — FemTech, или Female Technologies.
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| 12.02.2020 | Analysis: Why Digital Health Investors are Falling in Love with Femtech | Women’s health technology, known as Femtech, is one of the fastest-growing and well-funded categories of digital health. Femtech generally encompasses a range of digital health software and tech-enabled service providers that cater to the s... |
| 22.01.2020 | 10 Femtech Startups to Watch in 2020 | 9 shares
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Femtech is set to break $1.3 billion in investment in 2020, according to PitchBook—and estimates suggest that around $200 billion is being spent on femtech products each year. 10 Femtech Startups to Wa... |
| 28.10.2019 | Octopus Ventures’ investment strategy includes ‘taboo’ healthcare startups | With $1.3 billion in assets under management and a $280 million early-stage fund that closed in 2018, Octopus Ventures is carving out a niche for itself in healthcare investments in the U.S., the U.K. and Asia.
One of the key members of the... |
| 05.04.2019 | London-Based Women’s Healthcare Tech Company Elvie Raises $42 Million | Elvie Pump / Credit: Elvie
Elvie Trainer has also been recommended by more than 1,000 health professionals worldwide for enhancing pelvic floor muscle training compliance and technique. |
| 05.04.2019 | Spring trend watch – look outside your industry for fresh insights | Spring trend watch – look outside your industry for fresh insights
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When Facebook launched in 2004, your profile page offered two options under ‘gender’ – now there are about 60 ‘custom’ choices.
Sarah Reakes, Managing Director at... |
| 04.04.2019 | Elvie Announces Series B | London-based Elvie is a healthtech startup developing smart technology for women. Founded in 2014, Elvie’s first product, Elvie Trainer, is an award-winning app-connected Kegel trainer that helps women strengthen their pelvic floor using fu... |
| 03.04.2019 | Elvie raises largest femtech investment to date with €37.5M Series B, aims to improve women’s lives with technology | London-based healthtech startup, Elvie, which develops smarter technology for women, today announced a $42 million (€37.5 million) Series B led by IPGL and supported by Octopus Ventures and Impact Ventures UK. As per the company press relea... |
| 02.04.2019 | Elvie Raises $42M in Series B Funding | Elvie, a London, UK-based health and lifestyle brand developing smart technology for women, raised $42m in Series B funding.
The round was led by IPGL with participation from Octopus Ventures and Impact Ventures UK.
The company intends to u... |
| 02.04.2019 | Daily funding roundup - April 2nd, 2019 | DynamiCare raised $4.1M; OnScale raised $10M; Fifth Eye Enables landed $11.5M; Perch secured $220M
DynamiCare Health: DynamiCare’s platform integrates smart tech, virtual coaching, and traditional testing hardware to guide a person’s recove... |
| 02.04.2019 | Smart breast pump, pelvic floor trainer maker Elvie lands $42M | Photo credit/ Elvie |
| 02.04.2019 | Giant inflatable boobs appeared across London on Sunday — and if they make you feel uncomfortable, the message worked | The installation is certainly pretty eye-catching.
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Giant, inflatable breasts appeared in east London for Mother's Day on Sunday.
They're part of the #FreeTheFeed campaign, which aims to end the stigma around breastfeeding in public.
T... |
| 02.04.2019 | Elvie raises $42M to become the go-to destination for women’s health | Elvie, the developer of femtech hardware including a silent wearable breast pump and a smart pelvic floor exerciser, is one of the boldest startups around.
Led by co-founder and chief executive officer Tania Boler, the London-based business... |
| 02.04.2019 | London-based women’s health startup Elvie raises €37.5 million in the largest femtech round to date | London-based Elvie is a healthtech startup developing smart technology for women. Founded in 2014, Elvie’s first product, Elvie Trainer, is an award-winning app-connected Kegel trainer that helps women strengthen their pelvic floor using fu... |
| 14.09.2018 | Kegel trainer startup Elvie is launching a smaller, smarter, hands-free breast pump | Elvie, a London-based startup known best for its connected Kegel trainer, is jumping into the breast pump business with a new $480 hands-free system you can slip into your bra.
Even with all the innovation in baby gear, breast pumps have mo... |
| 05.09.2018 | Kegg tracks your fertility by measuring vaginal mucus with a kegel ball | The fertility market is projected to be worth more than $30 billion by 2025, and today on the Disrupt Startup Battlefield stage, a new device called the Kegg, a Bluetooth-connected silicone kegel ball that monitors mucus to help determine a... |
| 04.12.2017 | Elvie’s founder says to ignore the femtech naysayers | Elvie, the maker of a connected pelvic floor trainer that helps women with bladder control and yes, even better sex, has proven there’s a market for so-called “femtech” devices. After generating 1 million euros in its first months of direct... |
| 19.06.2017 | Creator of Elvie to discuss hardware’s new wave at Disrupt Berlin 2017 | Disrupt Berlin 2017 is a few short months away, and we’re thrilled to begin announcing this year’s crop of extraordinary speakers.
Elvie CEO Tania Boler started the company out of a belief that advances in sensor technology and connected de... |
| 22.03.2017 | Femtech startup Elvie raises $6 million for its kegel tracker | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Pelvic floor muscles may not be the sexiest topic, but they are crucial to a woman’s sexual health and well-being. Kegel exercises, whi... |
| 22.03.2017 | Elvie Raises $6M Series A from Octopus Ventures | Elvie, the female-led British company dedicated to developing smarter technology for women’s health and lifestyle, announces today that it has raised $6 million from Octopus Ventures and with a participation from female focused VC AllBright... |
| 22.03.2017 | Women’s health tech startup Elvie raises $6 million in new funding | Elvie, a women’s health tech startup based in the UK, has raised $6 million in a Series A round from Octopus Ventures with participation from AllBright.
Previous investors that also took part in the round include Lars Rasmussen, Google Maps... |
| 22.03.2017 | Femtech startup Elvie raises $6 million for its kegel tracker | Pelvic floor muscles may not be the sexiest topic, but they are crucial to a woman’s sexual health and well-being. Kegel exercises, which help maintain these muscles, certainly aren’t new, but Elvie has found a way to make them slightly mor... |
| 22.03.2017 | Elvie pulls in $6M Series A to build a global female health tech brand | The UK startup behind a connected kegel exerciser called Elvie is today announcing a $6 million Series A round led by European VC firm Octopus Ventures. Female focused VC AllBright is also joining the round, which will be used to expand sal... |
| 22.03.2017 | UK-based femtech startup Elvie closes a $6 million Series A round led by Octopus Ventures | Elvie, the female-led British company dedicated to developing smarter technology for women’s health and lifestyle, Just raised $6 million from Octopus Ventures and with a participation from female focused VC AllBright. London-based Elvie wi... |
| 22.03.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, March 22 | SCREAMING DOWN
While sifting through the news I missed on my vacation, one deal stuck out to me for not getting much media attention: Visible Measures sold to AcuityAds for $10 million. It’s a tiny deal, but it deserves a second look for tw... |
| 22.03.2017 | Elvie Raises £5M Series A Funding Round | Elvie, a London, UK-based developer of technology for women’s health and lifestyle, raised £5m in funding.
The round was led by Octopus Ventures with participation from female focused VC AllBright and previous Lars Rasmussen, Michael Spe... |
| 03.02.2017 | Jawbone looks to drop consumer wearables for clinical services | Make way for one more pivot from Jawbone. The fitness band maker that originally started out in headsets and later made speakers, has abandoned selling and supporting consumer hardware following a deluge poor reviews and media reports that ... |
| 26.01.2017 | 33 of the UK’s Most Promising Tech Companies Join Upscale 2017 | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
Today we’re announcing 33 companies joining Upscale in 2017. The Upscale programme from Tech City UK will power some of the fastest growing UK tech companies on their scaling ... |
| 12.10.2015 | Meet Elvie, A New Breed Of Connected Tech For Women | The life of a technology journalist inexorably involves a lot of gadgetry. And while I can appreciate the sleek beauty of new Apple hardware as much as the next person, I don’t routinely get excited by the prospect of unboxing any other new... |
| 06.11.2014 | Chiaro Reboots The Pelvic Floor Exerciser As A Sleek Connected Wearable Called Elvie | Pelvic floor/kegel exercises have had known benefits for women for decades, especially post-child birth, for strengthening bladder muscles, reducing the risk of pelvic prolapse and improving sex. It’s the same core strength promise of popul... |
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| - | Hiro Capital gives London its second SPAC listing, launches second fund at €300 million | Focusing on the video games industry, metaverse technologies, creator platforms, and gamified fitness, London-based Hiro Capital has announced its second fund at €300 million, now more than doubling the firms’ first outing. Hiro is targetin... |
| - | BGF invests more than £316m and completes 15 exits in H1 across the UK & Ireland | BGF has invested more than £316 million across nearly 80 businesses in the first six months of 2021. Exit activity reached record levels during the same period, with 15 exits generating an average money multiple of 2.5x.
Successful exits i... |
| - | Elvie | “The official home of Elvie Trainer and Elvie Pump. We're pioneering female-first innnovation in tech to improve the lives of women around the world. Learn more, direct from Elvie.” |
| - | Robot nutrition, AI drug discovery, and neuro-rehabilitation: 11 of the most exciting healthcare startups in Europe | The Elvie Pump (pictured) is a portable, wearable breast pump. Elvie
The European digital health industry is booming.
$3.6 billion was invested in health-related tech firms in Europe between January and September 2019, according to an Atomi... |
| - | BGF leads £58m funding round into disruptive femtech firm, Elvie | Elvie, the revolutionary global health and lifestyle brand developing iconic products for women, has completed a £58m ($80m) investment. The funding round was led by BGF, with further investment from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock ... |
