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Family office backs London femtech startup building saliva hormone-testing device

What's the deal? Unravel HealthDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a London-based startup developing a device that reads hormones from saliva, has raised pre-seed funding from impact funds and the family office of a prominent US businessperson. Conduit Connect Ventures led the round.

What's the endgame? The company is building a device to test women's hormones from saliva. Its founders are Liza Levy, Veronika Bridgman, and Dr. Alexandra Oti.

Why the backers bit: "Although it's a pre-seed company, a lot of the science has already been proven," said Eva-Maria Dimitriadis, managing partner at Conduit Connect Ventures.

The signal: A pre-seed round drawing both impact funds and a family office points to growing investor appetite for femtech and women's health diagnostics.

Read more: impactloop.com

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