Emme Closes $2.5M Seed Round
Summary
The firms founding partner, Christine Aylward, joined the board, along with experienced healthcare innovator and Evidation CEO Deborah Kilpatrick. "Emme is the first company to offer a comprehensive and complete birth control solution," said Christine Aylward, Founder and Managing Partner of Magnetic Ventures. Motivated to solve this pressing healthcare issue, Amanda French and Janene Fuerch, MD, co-founded Emme in 2017 during their fellowship at Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign. They also disrupt hormone balance causing side effects such as bleeding, nausea, mood changes, and headaches," French shared. Their first product, the Emme Smart Case and app, is an integrated technology-enabled solution designed to safeguard the birth control experience and help reduce the rate of missed pills.