IU Angel Network Invests in Sunny Period - First and Only FDA Cleared Menstrual Cup Applicator
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The traction they received from their pre-sale combined with the mission of Sunny made it an easy decision to bring them forward to the angel network as an investment opportunity.Jarvis was a senior in high school when she first tried using a traditional menstrual cup and struggled considerably with the insertion. Meanwhile, across the country in Oklahoma, my future co-founder, Cindy Belardo, had won a grant to take a team to India to research 200 menstruates first time using a menstrual cup. Theyve always been a champion of Sunny and have given us the resources to learn, to grow our network, and to continue to grow our business.According to Jarvis, more than 12 billion tampons and pads go into landfills every single year and the average person spends nearly $6,000 over their lifetime on disposable period products.One Sunny Cup + Applicator replaces 528 tampons and can be reused for up to a year, reducing so much waste and saving users a ton of money, said Jarvis. I might be a bit biased, but the $39 billion menstrual care industry hasnt seen this kind of innovation since the invention of the first menstrual cup in the 1930s.Looking to the future, Jarvis and her co-founder are looking beyond products, with an eye toward sustainability and education.Sunny has a mission for building sustainable products, inclusive education around periods and puberty, and impact initiatives that will help to end period poverty, she said. Dont get me wrong we have lots of ideas cooking for future innovative products, but it will all be happening alongside our other impact arms.The Sunny team continues to fundraise via WeFunder.