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This Startup App Protects Your Privacy Online. Period.

This Startup App Protects Your Privacy Online. Period.

Embody has been a “labor of love” for co-founders Anna Hall and Dani Bonilha since they started working on the app in 2023. The startup is currently backed by the venture studio Thesis and several local angel investors.

Armed with $2.4M seed funding, the physicians behind LunaJoy are bringing a mental health counseling platform to more women

Armed with $2.4M seed funding, the physicians behind LunaJoy are bringing a mental health counseling platform to more women

Armed with $2.4 million in seed funding, the physicians behind LunaJoy are ready to change the conversation about mental healthcare. Specifically, co-founders and psychiatrists Shama Rathi and Sipra Laddha want to address the gap in mental health care available to women. “The conduit between medical health and behavioral

"Not A Niche Product": FemTechs Take Center Stage In Atlanta

"Not A Niche Product": FemTechs Take Center Stage In Atlanta

The word FemTech emerged in the startup scene in 2016 to capture the growing number of ventures designing products for women. From better period products to curated vitamin regimens to specific healthcare software options, these startups are filling critical gaps not addressed by traditional biopharma and device manufacturers. But the

New $72 million fund looks to make Atlanta central to women's HealthTech ecosystem

New $72 million fund looks to make Atlanta central to women's HealthTech ecosystem

Atlanta has a new $72 million fund dedicated to addressing women’s HealthTech. SteelSky Ventures, led by Maria Velissaris, closed its fund last week and is now the largest women’s healthcare VC fund in the country. Named after the New York City skyline, SteelSky was initially launched in the

GT biomedical engineering grad launches first consumer product during World Contraception Day

GT biomedical engineering grad launches first consumer product during World Contraception Day

Sammie Hasen’s passion for entrepreneurship and consumer products started well before joining Georgia Tech’s accelerator Create-X. As an “idea maker,” Hasen said she dabbled in entrepreneurship with a t-shirt brand early in her early teens before heading to Georgia Tech to study biomedical engineering. While at

Create-X Grad & Emory Alum Designed A Feminine Vending Machine For The Modern Age

Create-X Grad & Emory Alum Designed A Feminine Vending Machine For The Modern Age

Carly Simenauer started her entrepreneurial journey to take on one of the most universal of truths: Feminine hygiene dispensers in public restrooms are just plain awful. “Most dispensers are dilapidated, rusted, or abandoned...they're not stocked or they don’t work. Most of them are absolute garbage,” Simenauer