Amazon selected Maven Clinic to provide fertility and family building support to its global employees across 50 countries. This includes support from care advocates and unlimited access to its virtual specialists like OB/GYNs and reproductive endocrinologists.

Doulas — who provide physical, emotional and informational support to expectant mothers — have shown to improve maternal health outcomes, but there’s little insurance coverage of their services. That’s starting to change, however, particularly in Medicaid programs.

Through Maven’s acquisition, Naytal’s over 50 providers will join Maven’s platform, more than doubling the company’s number of providers in the U.K. Maven will also be able to sign on additional U.K.-based clients.

New York healthcare startups received $3.9 billion of funding in 2022, compared to $9 billion in 2021, according to a new DHNY report. Biotech startups represented 22% of total funding in 2022, a stark difference from women’s health only representing 2%.

Digital health’s investment slowdown is so severe that the fourth quarter of 2022 marked the lowest quarterly digital health funding total in the past five years, according to new report. Q4 was also the first quarter with no new unicorn births since 2018.

Following the Dobbs decision, it’s vital for employers to support their employees’ reproductive rights, executives from Planned Parenthood and Maven Clinic stressed at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas.

Through the partnership, BCBSM fully-insured members will have access to Maven Maternity, and self-insured members can choose to add Maven’s full suite of solutions. This includes programs for family building, maternity or parenting and pediatrics.

The company, which provides telemedicine and digital programs focused on maternal health, will use the funds raised to expand its services to new populations, including international patients and Medicaid members.

America’s abysmal record on maternal care outcomes and equity has spurred the rise of startups as well as innovative strategies from providers and payers, each trying to solve a piece of the larger problem. But these entities will also need the help of policymakers to truly improve care in this arena.

Maven Clinic, a digital health startup focused on women’s health services, raised $45 million in series C funding led by Icon Ventures. The company offers telehealth services for women, as well as benefit plans for employers.