138 - What I'm Reading: Week of March 29th
Female founders are still overlooked, a startup addresses postpartum care through food, a wearable device for knee pain, Modern Age shuts down, a report diving into the trend of 'unplugging' & more...
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🗞 NEWS & PRODUCTS
Fast Company: Women co-founders raise about 20% of venture capital—but we often overlook them.
Just for fun:
The headline that seems to be everywhere this week - Puberty makes teenagers’ armpits smell of cheese, goat and urine, say scientists [The Guardian - thank you EG].
🇰🇭 ‘No dancing in the streets’: Why has Cambodia banned musical vehicle horns? Authorities across Cambodia have been ordered to remove musical horns from vehicles and put a stop to roadside dancing [Aljazeera].
Visual Capitalist: A map of global happiness by country in 2024.
🧴 Skin / Personal Care:
PatPat Skincare - simplified routines - pre-launch [Instagram].
Gameface Organics - a prelaunch line of skincare targeted at active men [Instagram]
Medalist a new skincare brand designed for female athletes, with influencer Ilona Maher as the face [Instagram; Beauty Independent].
Mecre - a new whipped body care line - similar to AllKinds [Instagram].
Vogue Business: Sol de Janeiro’s next moves: Sofia Richie Grainge and sunscreen. Check out the line here.
😵💫 An app to help with ‘safe tanning’ called Ray…is there such a thing a ‘safe tanning?’ [Instagram].
Folis Skincare - a plant based skincare line from the stylist Ani Hovhannisyan [Instagram].
BoF: Lana Del Rey’s makeup artist Etienne Ortega unveils beauty brand.
🇫🇷 WWD: Refillable personal care brand 900.care fundraises 21M Euros.
👩🦱 Haircare:
👩🔬 Femtech:
⭐️ TechCrunch: Food-as-medicine startup Chiyo helps postpartum moms with nutrition after raising $3 million.
Nature: Abortion-pill challenge provokes doubt from US Supreme Court.
Vox: Why IVF looks different in the US than in the rest of the world.
🛍 Retail: DTC, Brick + Mortar, Social Commerce, and more...
Bloomberg: Walmart is luring wealthy shoppers with blazers and duck breast.
Highsnobiety: Sweden is cracking down on ‘Sephora Kids’.
🇨🇳 Jing Daily: Tmall Luxury Pavilion playbook: How brands find success in 2024.
🩺 Digital Health: Wearables, Smart Devices, and more...
KneeFlow - a wearable device to help reduce joint pain. It uses massage, infrared light, and heat therapy [Yanko Design, Instagram].
Morgan Stanley: Aging consumers shop for wellness.
BabyPeek - a new service from BillionToOne predicts your baby’s traits prior to birth [Instagram].
Novosound locks down patent for wearable ultrasound imaging platform [MobiHealthNews].
🗣 Social Media: News about TikTok, Meta, BeReal, Snapchat, X...
Axios: TikTok's addictive algorithm: 17% of kids scroll app "almost constantly".
🇨🇳 ChinaSkinny: Who allowed foreigners to invade RED and “听劝”?
♻️ Sustainability: Sustainable Design
💸 M&A, IPOs, SPACs, Bankruptcies, Closings...
⭐️ Age longevity clinic Modern Age shutters business [Glossy].
WWD is reporting OSEA is exploring a sale.
WWD is also reporting Rare Beauty Brands (not Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty) is exploring a sale.
🔬RESEARCH
🤰 Nature: Pregnancy advances your ‘biological’ age — but giving birth turns it back.
A new study has found a strong link between premenstrual disorder and perinatal depression [PLOS Medicine].
👁️ New research shows the role of protein Nfe3 (nuclear factor erythroid 3) in the ability to stimulate nerve cell regrowth in the optical nerve, restoring nerve damage due to conditions like glaucoma - which usually results in permanent vision loss [Experimental Neurology]
🧐 REPORTS
⭐️ dcdx: From Digital Native to Digital Captives — The Pursuit of Unplugging.
🇨🇳 Daxue Consulting: Safety first — tech gadgets for kids in China – from smartwatches to nightlights.
Pitchbook: Digital Health Report.
💡 Enjoy,
-Anne