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She Matters is a technology company.
She Matters operates a digital health platform for Black women experiencing postpartum comorbidities. It provides culturally competent resources, connecting users with therapists and a supportive community. The platform includes "The Pink Book," a hospital guide, and trains healthcare providers on cultural competence, enhancing maternal care.
Co-founded in 2020 by Jade Kearney and Marguerite Pierce, She Matters stemmed from Kearney's personal pregnancy. Witnessing racial bias and disparities in Black maternal healthcare, she identified a critical need for culturally sensitive support. This insight directly led to the company's inception.
The platform primarily serves Black women facing postpartum health challenges. She Matters partners with hospital systems to improve equitable maternal care. Its vision extends via We Matter, a parent company, planning platforms for other underserved communities like Hispanic and LGBTQ+ women, addressing broader health disparities.
She Matters has raised $6.0M across 3 funding rounds.
She Matters has raised $6.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
She Matters has raised $6.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
She Matters's investors include American Heart Association, The Fund, The Social Entrepreneurs' Fund, 7wire Ventures, Converge Venture Partners, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Everywhere Ventures (The Fund), Inventus Capital Partners, Investus Capital Partners, Ron Pragides, Delta Blockchain Fund.
She Matters is a digital health startup building a B2B precision nutrition AI platform and support tools focused on reducing maternal mortality and morbidity, particularly for Black and BIPOC women experiencing postpartum comorbidities like depression and anxiety.[1] It serves Black birthing individuals through community resources like "The Pink Book"—an interactive map of safer hospitals in 14 states with large African-American populations—and offers cultural competency training for healthcare providers across all 50 U.S. states, D.C., and three territories, training up to 500 professionals per contract.[1] The platform solves systemic gaps in culturally competent postpartum care by converting complex health data into evidence-based nutrition recommendations and fostering provider-community interactions.[1] In 2022, it secured $2M in funding to launch "The Symptom Tracker," signaling growth momentum amid TechCrunch Disrupt's Battlefield 200 recognition.[1][2]
Founded by Jade Kearney after her personal battle with postpartum depression and anxiety, where care providers dismissed her symptoms due to cultural biases, She Matters emerged to empower Black women with access to competent care.[1] Kearney, drawing from her dismissal in the healthcare system, created a platform that not only supports patients but trains providers through mandatory community interactions with Black women to build understanding of their needs.[1] Early traction included selection for TechCrunch Disrupt 2022's Battlefield 200, highlighting its potential, followed by $2M funding in 2022 to expand tools like The Symptom Tracker.[1][2]
She Matters rides the wave of digital health equity, targeting the U.S. Black maternal mortality crisis—where rates are 3-4x higher than for white women—via AI precision tools and training amid rising VC interest in femtech and social determinants of health.[1][2] Timing aligns with post-2020 health equity pushes, amplified by pandemic-exposed disparities, and market forces like hospital mandates for cultural competency training.[1] It influences the ecosystem by partnering with providers for data-driven insights, potentially scaling via alliances like She Matters Alliance, which collects perinatal data to improve outcomes collaboratively.[1][4]
She Matters is poised to expand "We Matter" lines and Symptom Tracker integrations, capitalizing on $2M funding for AI enhancements amid growing femtech investments.[1][2] Trends like AI in personalized medicine and DEI regulations in healthcare will propel it, potentially evolving into a full maternal health platform influencing policy and provider standards nationwide. This mission-driven innovator, born from lived trauma, exemplifies tech's power to humanize systemic inequities.[1]
She Matters has raised $6.0M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $2.0M Other Equity in February 2024.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2024 | $2M Venture Round | — | American Heart Association, The Fund, The Social Entrepreneurs' Fund | Announced |
| Feb 1, 2024 | $2M Series U | — | 7wire Ventures, Converge Venture Partners, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Everywhere Ventures (The Fund), Inventus Capital Partners, Investus Capital Partners, RON Pragides, American Heart Association, The Fund, The Social Entrepreneurs' Fund | Announced |
| Aug 1, 2022 | $2M Seed | — | 7wire Ventures, Converge Venture Partners, Delta Blockchain Fund, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Everywhere Ventures (The Fund), Inventus Capital Partners, Investus Capital Partners, Outlier Ventures, TWO Ravens VC, Brad Holden, RON Pragides, Chingona Ventures, Emmeline Ventures, Oxeon Investments | Announced |