Introducing Midday, the AI-powered menopause app backed by Mayo Clinic
Also published in Radical Reads on July 24 2022
This week Lisa Health launched Midday, an AI-enabled menopause app built in collaboration with Mayo Clinic (see Forbes coverage here). Midday is the first science-backed, AI-enabled platform to serve women as a one-stop solution for menopause and healthy aging. The launch coincided with Lisa Health announcing a $2.5 million seed round led by Radical Ventures.
Menopause impacts 1.2 billion women globally and remains an under-served demographic relative to other sub-sectors within women’s health like pregnancy and fertility. Despite research indicating that menopause severely impacts workplace productivity, this growing cohort of women (with an estimated buying power of $15 trillion) has limited effective solutions at their disposal. A study by Johns Hopkins University found that less than 20% of OB-GYNs received formal training in menopause medicine.
When we looked at companies advancing women’s health, Lisa Health’s evidence-based approach stood out as a clear leader among the few companies looking to address menopause. The team is led by a rare combination of technical, clinical, and commercial experts. CEO and Co-founder Ann Garnier is a seasoned healthcare operator whose companies have exited to McKesson and Optum, and Lisa Health’s Chief Scientific Officer, Massimiliano (Max) de Zambotti, is a Principal Scientist at SRI Biosciences and a leading expert in wearable technology with a specialization in menopause and sleep. The company is collaborating with major medical and research institutions like Mayo Clinic and SRI International and has built a strong portfolio of intellectual property on the top menopause biomarkers.
Through the thoughtful application of artificial intelligence, Lisa Health’s Midday app will personalize every woman's menopause and aging experience, providing tailored treatment pathways that will improve health outcomes. The platform uses a multi-sensor system for hot flash detection, a hot flash prediction algorithm, and multi-modal sensing of irregular menstrual cycles. Users receive expert medical guidance from Mayo Clinic alongside highly personalized insights, including precision therapeutics unique to their symptomatology.
Providing a comprehensive care solution to a traditionally underserved demographic by both the healthcare and technology industries was very much needed. Radical Ventures is excited to join Lisa Health on this journey.
