Kindara is a women's health technology company that builds a fertility awareness app and connected hardware to empower women in understanding and managing their reproductive health. The app enables users to chart primary fertility signs like basal body temperature (BBT) and cervical fluid, helping them achieve goals such as getting pregnant faster, avoiding pregnancy naturally, or gaining body insights based on the Fertility Awareness Method.[1][3][4] It serves women seeking personalized fertility tracking, with over 1.4 million downloads and daily use by more than 90,000 individuals, solving issues like inaccurate cycle data and reliance on hormonal birth control by providing precise, data-driven fertility windows.[2][3] The company has raised over $8 million in funding, partnered with platforms like SeedInvest, and expanded from software to integrated hardware like a discreet, fast-reading thermometer resembling lipstick.[1][2]
Kindara was founded around 2010 by Will Sacks and Bicknell, inspired by wearable tech like Fitbit to create a seamless hardware-software experience for fertility tracking.[1][2] The duo, with support from the New York Founder Institute, launched initially as an app for logging BBT and cycle data manually, addressing the gap in women's reproductive knowledge despite half the population experiencing periods.[2] Early traction came from user demand for better integration, leading to hardware development: they ran Boulder focus groups to refine a vibrating, quick-read thermometer that avoids beeps to respect partners.[1] Though original founders Sacks and Bicknell have departed, the company hit milestones like 1.4 million app downloads and sustained growth in women's health tech.[2]
Kindara rides the wave of wearable health tech and femtech growth, mirroring Fitbit's hardware-software fusion but tailored to reproductive health amid rising demand for non-hormonal, data-driven alternatives to traditional contraception and fertility treatments.[1][2] Timing aligns with exploding interest in personalized medicine and women's health post-2010s app boom, fueled by market forces like increased cycle tracking awareness (e.g., via apps during pandemics) and $8M+ funding validating scalability.[2] It influences the ecosystem by aggregating vast user data to demystify periods' variability, partnering with crowdfunding for broader access, and inspiring similar innovations in chronic disease apps, positioning femtech as a predictive healthcare frontier.[2]
Kindara is poised to expand its data moat through AI-enhanced predictions and more device integrations, capitalizing on femtech's projected growth amid aging populations and natural fertility demand. Trends like wearable biosensors and personalized wellness will amplify its reach, potentially evolving into a full reproductive health platform influencing policy on cycle data privacy and access. As a pioneer demystifying bodies via tech, Kindara continues empowering users toward fertility autonomy, building on its app's proven momentum.
Kindara has raised $6.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Kindara's investors include Boston Seed Capital, Fusion Fund, Good Growth Capital, TBD Angels, David Chang, Joshua Schachter, Wayne Chang, Race Capital, Staenberg Venture Partners, Unlock Venture Partners.
Kindara has raised $6.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $1.0M Seed in July 2016.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2016 | $1.0M Seed | Boston Seed Capital, Fusion Fund, Good Growth Capital, TBD Angels, David Chang, Joshua Schachter, Wayne Chang | |
| Aug 1, 2015 | $5.0M Seed | Boston Seed Capital, Fusion Fund, Good Growth Capital, Race Capital, Staenberg Venture Partners, TBD Angels, Unlock Venture Partners, David Chang, Joshua Schachter, Wayne Chang |
