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Also: Carrot Fertility raised $75 million, ClosedLoop.ai scooped up $34 million and group emotional support platform Circles announced it raised $8 million.
        
        
          The investment round was led by Felix Capital and will enable the company to scale current offerings and expand into new areas.
        
        
          
      
        Contributed: How femtech is breaking the taboo around women’s health and closing the gender health …
      
    
      
                    
            Lina Chan, CEO and founder of Parla reviews femtech's roles in tackling taboo subjects in women's health and outlines the importance of involving women affected in the design process.
        
        
          A majority of femtech funding goes towards fertility, pregnancy or motherhood, leaving many other women’s health areas underserved, according to Rock Health.
        
        
          The report indicates that fertility-focused startups have raised $2.2 billion in the last five years. 
        
        
          While the capital for femtech companies continues to pour in, investors discuss the importance of looking beyond menopause and fertility to sexual health and contraception. 
        
        
          The company plans to roll out a corresponding app this Spring. 
 
        
        
          Legacy provides customers with a personalized digital report of their reproductive health within 24 hours of receiving a sample.
        
        
          The startup aims to sell women's fertility products that are backed up by science. 
        
        
          The company will be expanding its customer services capabilities and expanding into the employer market.
        
        
           
 
