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Fertitude Secures Pre-Seed Funding For Female Centric HealthTech

Fertitude Secures Pre-Seed Funding For Female Centric HealthTech

🩺 Meet Fertitude

  • Fertitude is a digital health platform that connects women with specialized doctors and diagnostic tools.

  • The company just raised a pre-seed round of funding to grow its operations.

  • Investor check. Nubia Capital, a US-based early-stage VC, led the investment.


🤫 Discreet Care

  • Social stigma and disconnected medical services often make it difficult for women to get help, especially professional reproductive health services.

  • Fertitude works to close this gap. Their platform, combined with AI tools, is making these services easier to find, the company helps improve long term health outcomes while reaching a large digital wellness market.


🤳 Heathcare at Home

  • The platform combines a series of neccessary features for women, from period tracking, online chatbot, to community program.

  • They partner with licensed health professionals to provide personalized care, which users can access through the mobile app.

  • Fertitude CEO was trained as a doctor, and prefers to use a human approch to solve the struggles faced by fellow female peers.


🌱 Future Growth

  • The new money will help launch more AI features for diagnostics and help the team reach more regional markets.

  • They are also looking to work with large companies, to offer employee wellness benefits.

  • Beyond Africa, they also plan to tap into the global disapora community.

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