3Daughters

Thank you to Femtech World for the shoutout and spotlight on our most recent milestone and for your mission to close the gender health gap through journalism and insight!    The $4.7 million we’ve raised is opening a new chapter for 3Daughters, allowing us to get ready to move into the clinic next year with our game-changing IUD. This brings us one step closer to our goal of disrupting the IUD market by addressing the major adoption barrier – insertion pain.     Another heartfelt thank you to our investors for their determination and dedication to supporting us and improving therapies for women, beginning with our nonhormonal, frameless IUD (3D-001). Unlike current T-shaped IUDs, our IUD conforms to a woman’s body, and with our patented integrated system for insertion and retrieval, we will eliminate pain points.    #womenshealth #startup #contraception 

✨💡 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐭 3𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬!💡✨ We're thrilled to welcome Pamela Nelson, our summer 2024 intern! Pam is a rising senior studying biology at UCLA, with a strong interest in biotechnology. She joins us with a passion for addressing the challenges many young women face when it comes to contraception, offering a valuable patient perspective alongside our Marketing Coordinator Georgina Miles. A shout out to the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center for their Internship Challenge program, which creates hundreds of new internship opportunities each year for college students and recent graduates interested in life sciences careers. Also, a heartfelt thank you to Carla Reimold, Vice President of Industry Strategy and Investments, who has been incredibly supportive of Women’s Health and 3Daughters’ development efforts for our innovative IUD for contraception. And of course, thank you to Alexander Margulis, Ph.D. at the Mansfield Bio-Incubator for arranging a workspace for Pam and Georgina to collaborate. Please visit Mansfield Bio-Incubator when you have a chance – it’s a great location and fabulous space! Pam, we are beyond grateful for your help in delivering on 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏. #womenshealth #contraception #internship

"Why is it so hard to get a basic question answered about my IUD?" Mia Armstrong-López's enlightening article in Slate Magazine, an online publication, dives deep into the history of intrauterine devices. It's clear that while IUDs have been proven to be effective and reliable, patient experience hasn’t been a priority. Since the 1970s, IUDs have seen little to no innovation to address this. This is in part because of a lack of funding - annually, more is spent on pet Halloween costumes in the US than is spent globally on contraceptive research and development! Without prioritizing user experience and with gaps in R&D, women struggle to get their questions answered and make informed choices about their birth control methods. At 3Daughters, we're changing this narrative with our simple, smart, and sophisticated novel IUD that conforms to a woman’s body. Our small, frameless, magnetic, nonhormonal IUD and patented inserter and retriever system, which are in development, aim to eliminate major pain points in the insertion process. The bottom line: our straightforward approach prioritizes patients. Join 3Daughters in revolutionizing contraception with technology that puts women's needs first. #womenshealth #contraception #IUD https://lnkd.in/g3tTDCdn

Exciting times for 3Daughters

#BreakingNews – 3Daughters is thrilled to announce that we have successfully closed an oversubscribed Seed financing round at $4.7 million! This round saw participation from our existing investors including Thairm Bio, Argosy Foundation, Wexford Science & Technology, LLC, University of Massachusetts Amherst, as well as new undisclosed investors. Previously, we announced the first tranche of this financing round, exceeding $2M. With 275 million women using IUDs worldwide and with women using birth control for an average of 30 years, there is a critical need for improved options and innovation in the $8 billion U.S. contraceptive market. Thanks to the funding from our investors, we’re able to work on addressing these issues with our frameless, nonhormonal, magnetic IUD (3D-001), along with our patented inserter and retriever system, that aims to eliminate the major pain points that prevent women choosing one of the most effective forms of birth control. We are endlessly grateful to our investors for their steadfast support in our mission for innovation. 3Daughters has launched a Series A financing round of $15M to fund 3D-001’s first-in-human Phase 1 study expected to start following IND approval in 2025. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ee8MxwGR #womenshealth #pressrelease #IUD #contraception

Happy 4th of July from 3Daughters! Many know the stories and legends of Betsy Ross and the American flag, but fewer may know that Betsy had seven children in her lifetime – all of whom were daughters! Her daughters worked by her side in Betsy’s upholstery shop, where she taught them how to be skilled craftswomen, just like herself. Betsy spent many years working alongside her daughters, all the way up until she retired at the age of 76. When she passed away in 1836, she left the business to her five living daughters, who carried on her legacy. Here’s a salute to Betsy Ross, America, and our flag! #4thofjuly #womenshealth #BetsyRoss

3Daughters truly appreciates George Davis and the entire Wexford Science & Technology, LLC team for their investment and ongoing support of Women's Health. Thank you!

IUD use has tripled since 2015. According to Jennifer Calfas from the The Wall Street Journal, it’s because they are:   ✅ Convenient: it’s a “one and done” procedure. ✅ Extremely effective and reliable: they have a failure rate below 0.4%.   Despite these benefits, many women fear the insertion process, which is almost universally known for causing severe pain and lacks adequate pain relief options.   Christine Frandsen, a 27-year-old IUD user quoted in the article, made an appointment for IUD insertion, figuring she could stop the process if the pain became excruciating. She stated, “It was definitely not a pleasant experience. I don’t want to do it again if I don’t have to, but I definitely would because I feel the IUD has been really good for me.”   At 3Daughters, we believe women deserve to confidently choose one of the most convenient, effective, and reliable forms of birth control, and walk into their appointments without the overwhelming fear of pain.  That’s why our novel IUD aims to eliminate painful steps of the insertion process, with its small, magnetic, and frameless design, combined with our patented inserter and retriever system.   3Daughters is raising a Series A of $15 million to fund our first clinical trial next year. #womenshealth #IUD #contraception https://lnkd.in/eEKnDh3c

At 3Daughters, we take women’s pain seriously. Jenna Perlman’s recent interview and report for Boston Globe Media sheds light on the excruciating pain that many women, including herself, experience during IUD insertion – a pain that has been brushed aside for far too long. Insertion pain creates a fear factor, discouraging women from adopting one of the most effective, reliable, and convenient forms of contraception. With more awareness, practitioners have begun trying various methods to ease the extreme discomfort of insertion: from paracervical blocks, which are painful in themselves, to sedation. But at 3Daughters, we’re addressing the pain problem at its root through innovation. Our small, frameless, magnetic, nonhormonal IUD, along with our novel insertion and retrieval system, is designed to eliminate up to three major pain points during the IUD insertion process. By transforming the insertion experience, 3Daughters aims to empower women to confidently adopt one of the most effective birth control available. #womenshealth #womenspain #IUD #contraception Read the report and watch the video: https://lnkd.in/dBYsE4k9

Happy #Juneteenth from the 3Daughters team. #FreedomDay #EmancipationDay