Materna Medical, a company that sells Ob-gyn medical devices, recently raised $22 million in Series B funding. The round was raised by CEO Tracy MacNeal, which stands out because female founders raised just 2% of all venture capital money last year.
Last month, MedCity News featured Materna Medical as a medical device company designing a product to prevent pelvic floor damage to a mother, while minimizing vaginal tearing, shortening labor and delivery and reducing stress on a baby as it’s being delivered. While many liked the story on Facebook, many women took to our comments section […]
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Materna Medical is at work on a device to help protect the more than 80 percent of women who suffer damage or tearing during childbirth. “The clinical need we’re trying to address is that there’s a tremendous amount of damage that women suffer during childbirth,” Mark Juravic, founder and CEO of the California-based startup, said. That […]