First Round Review · 2023-01-11 · 1239d

Maven's Community-First Path to Unicorn Status: Building Product-Market Fit in Women's Healthcare

Maven founder and CEO Kate Ryder shares how she leveraged community insights and a B2C-first approach to build the first female-led telemedicine unicorn. Starting with deep conversations with women about family planning and healthcare gaps, Ryder validated a massive market opportunity and iterated to build a B2B2C telehealth platform serving women and families across fertility, pregnancy, pediatrics, and parenting.

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Focus Group Sample Size

50participants

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Women surveyed for problem validation

Provider Type Coverage

30+types

minimum

Maven telehealth network specialties

Series D Funding Amount

110$M

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Maven in 2021 at unicorn milestone

Series E Funding Amount

90$M

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Maven recent announcement

VC Associate Tenure

2years

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Kate Ryder at Index Ventures London office