Beyond the Uterus — The Next Wave of Femtech

While we have seen a number of companies addressing menstrual health, reproductive health and pregnancy there is still a noticeable lack of companies in menopause, sexual health and other forms of urogenital health.

And now, new technologies are making it possible for women to manage their health and well-being on a more precise and personalized level than ever before. Ranging from fertility tracking apps to post-menopausal medications, new platforms are giving the women’s health market a long-overdue makeover.

Over 60 million women in the US alone are menopausal however menopause (an inevitable part of female ageing) is still viewed by some as ‘niche’.

The first wave was pivotal in starting and encouraging the conversation around women’s health and normalising the use of digital health tools. Startups in this formative era predominantly targeted a younger, digitally-native customer, and so the next natural progression for the market was to start solving for issues experienced by older women.