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Glow, Inc has raised $23.0M across 2 funding rounds.
Key people at Glow, Inc.
Glow, Inc was founded in 2013 by Max Levchin (Co-Founder & Chairman).
Glow, Inc has raised $23.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Glow, Inc is a developer of mobile applications focused on women's health, fertility tracking, and pregnancy management, operating from an undisclosed headquarters location. The company utilizes a freemium consumer software model, offering digital products such as Glow Nurture and Glow First that leverage user data to facilitate extensive global fertility research. By August 2014, the platform's tracking tools had successfully facilitated over 20,000 pregnancies for individual women and couples. The enterprise has raised $23 million in total funding, including a $17 million Series B round backed by prominent venture capital firms Formation 8, Founders Fund, and Andreessen Horowitz. Following this significant investment, Joe Lonsdale and Nellie Levchin officially joined the corporate board of directors. The organization was founded in 2013 by Max Levchin and Mike Huang, who currently serves as the company's Chief Executive Officer.
Key people at Glow, Inc.
Glow, Inc has raised $23.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $17.0M Glow - Series B in October 2014.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2014 | $17M Series B | JOE Lonsdale | Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund | Announced |
| Aug 8, 2013 | $6M Venture Round | — | Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund | Announced |
Glow, Inc was founded in 2013 by Max Levchin (Co-Founder & Chairman).
Glow, Inc has raised $23.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Glow, Inc's investors include Joe Lonsdale, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund.
Glow, Inc. is a San Francisco-based software company that develops mobile apps for women's health tracking, applying data science and AI to fertility, pregnancy, and reproductive health. Its core products—Glow, Glow Nurture, Eve by Glow, and Glow Baby—serve women worldwide by providing personalized insights from user data, alongside a global online community for peer support and discussion.[1][2][3]
The apps address gaps in healthcare by empowering users with actionable health information, tackling taboos around menstruation, fertility, and parenthood in the $2.5 trillion industry. Glow has raised $23 million in funding, including a $17 million round, and maintains steady growth through app launches and expansions like the 2018 Glow Fertility Program.[2][3]
Glow, Inc. was founded in May 2013 within HVF (Hard Valuable Fun), a venture led by Max Levchin, co-founder of PayPal, Slide, and Affirm, and chairman of Yelp. Levchin, motivated by personal family experiences, aimed to disrupt healthcare inefficiencies using data-driven tools for reproductive health.[1][2][3]
The original Glow app launched in August 2013 for fertility tracking, followed by Glow Nurture in July 2014 for pregnancy and Eve by Glow in July 2015 for cycle tracking. Early traction came from combining tech with community features, building on Levchin's expertise in scalable consumer platforms.[1][2][3]
Glow rides the wave of digital health and femtech, where data analytics meet personalized medicine amid rising demand for accessible reproductive care. Timing aligns with increased smartphone adoption, post-pandemic health tracking trends, and growing awareness of fertility challenges affecting millions.[1][2][3]
Market forces like healthcare digitization and women's empowerment favor Glow, as it leverages aggregated anonymized data for discoveries in a fragmented $2.5 trillion industry. It influences the ecosystem by normalizing health discussions, fostering peer networks, and inspiring data-first competitors in women's health tech.[1][3]
Glow is poised to expand its AI-driven offerings, potentially integrating wearables or telehealth amid rising fertility tech demand. Trends like personalized genomics and global community scaling will shape its path, with Levchin's involvement signaling potential for acquisitions or further funding.
As femtech matures, Glow's data moat and community loyalty position it to redefine proactive health management, empowering users from tracking to family-building success.
