10 femtech companies disrupting the fertility space
According to Fertility Network UK, there are 3.5 million people in the UK facing fertility issues.
This week is National Fertility Awareness Week in the UK which aims to raise awareness about different challenges of the fertility journey, remove the stigmas and barriers that stand in the way of building families, educate everyone about their own fertility, and increase understanding around the problem of infertility many people face.
For some people, the fertility journey can be very lonely but it’s important to remember that #YouAreNotAlone. Support and help are out there, and we want to use this opportunity to highlight some of the companies in our WoW community who are working hard every day to make the most innovative fertility products and solutions and are creating a safe and supportive space for everyone who wants to learn more about their bodies, fertility, or who are facing fertility struggles.
Breathe Ilo
breathe ilo is a breath analysis device and the easiest way to accurately predict your fertile days. It takes just one minute of breathing into the handheld device every day and the breathe ilo app shows you your fertility status.
Whether you’re trying to get pregnant or you’ve already conceived, breathe ilo offers free access to an extensive library on female health.
FERTI·LILY
The FERTI·LILY® Conception Cup is the first hormone-free fertility aid for use at home that has been clinically proven to help couples increase their chances of getting pregnant by 48% within 3 cycles. FERTI·LILY empowers couples who are consciously trying to conceive, enabling them to give nature a nudge in the right direction. No hormones, doctors, or invasive procedures required, it is a soft and flexible silicone cup that is inserted vaginally after sex. Pushed close to the cervix and preserved by cervical mucus, the sperm cells survive for longer, meaning more of them enter the uterus to ultimately reach the egg.
Parla
Parla is an expert-led community changing the conversation around fertility with a mission to revolutionise women's reproductive health. Parla provides easy at-home fertility tests, a science-based plan and access to leading experts.
Fertifa
Fertifa is a London-based company named after its mission of providing “Fertility For All”, and is one of the pioneers in this space in the U.K. (and Europe). Fertifa collaborates with a number of partners bringing its services to more than 700,000 U.K. employees, and works directly with a portfolio of corporate clients that have employee bases ranging from a few hundred to over >10,000 each, and has a team of world-class healthcare professionals, employee benefits experts and fertility specialists.
TFP
TFP is an international group of fertility clinics and globally renowned IVF specialists. They have been providing their patients with the industry-leading expertise, care, and compassion that's made them market leaders across Europe for 35 years, with some of the highest success rates in Europe and the UK. TFP is building a range of exciting products including DIA. With Dia, women can track their health (periods, but much more), and even connect their wearables to automatically see how their sleep or other factors change during their cycle. Women get personalized educational material and are encouraged to use our Fertility Forecast to learn more about their fertility.
Apricity
Apricity is the next-generation fertility clinic for less stress and more success. Apricity is here to challenge traditional fertility treatment, making it more patient-centric, supported and transparent. Leveraging AI and tech, combining it with personalised human care to maximise chances of IVF success. Equipping people with the right information, at the right time.
Fertility Circle
The Fertility Circle is the world of fertility at your fingertips. An app for anyone experiencing fertility issues to connect, support and empower people on their fertility journey.
The app connects people trying to conceive with expert, community, and emotional support. It empowers you with resources, tutorials, and inspiration. It's a place for virtual hugs and practical support with virtual expert-led events to educate and inform, as well as a community of people that just get it.
Béa Fertility
Béa Fertility is democratising access to fertility care by developing safe, affordable treatments that can be carried out at home. Béa’s kits, delivered through the post, include pregnancy tests, fertility trackers, and sperm donation pots, alongside its main product, intracervical insemination (ICI) device – an insertion apparatus is used to place this silicone cup filled with sperm onto the cervix, where it stays for four to 12 hours (source).
ExSeed
ExSeed Health is on a mission to address the 40% of all infertility that’s male-related but currently remains largely neglected across the globe. ExSeed uses advanced fertility technology to track your sperm volume, motility, and concentration — all on your smartphone. Their Mira Fertility tracker is the most advanced in-home monitor that is designed to show the full fertile window by tracking your actual key fertility hormone levels.
Hertility
Hertility is shaping the future of reproductive healthcare by pioneering unique diagnostic testing that provides data-driven and advanced insights into reproductive health, fertility decline and the onset of menopause. A typical fertility check-up consultation can cost you up to £1,800 and take up to 15 months. Hertility is here to change that.
Its at-home test, along with partnered clinics enable them to provide you with affordable and quick health testing, with a guided, clinically-led pathway to care.
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