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LatchAid raise £1m in investment for their revolutionary breastfeeding and early parenthood support app

Gloucestershire-based startup LatchAid has raised £1m to grow its breastfeeding and early parenthood support app, teaching new mums practical skills and helping them fight loneliness, postnatal depression and physical pain.

LatchAid is a pioneering app that uses cutting-edge interactive technology and 3D avatars to help expectant and new mothers intuitively learn breastfeeding skills...

A mother using LatchAid

Bristol-based LatchAid launches new app during World Breastfeeding Week

Bristol-based LatchAid launched a new app last week, during World Breastfeeding Week, in a bid to provide increased support for breastfeeding mothers.

LatchAid, which is part of the SETsquared Bristol incubator, was set up by Dr Chen Mao Davies, an Oscar and BAFTA-winning expert in computer graphics and animation, after facing her own struggles with breastfeeding, pain and subsequent...

Interview: Sarah Bolt, founder of health tech start-up Forth

A health tech firm with roots in the South West has launched a first-of-its-kind product designed to improve wellbeing by giving women greater understanding of their hormone cycles.

Forth, which is based just over the Severn Bridge in Wales, but was founded in Bristol, has developed its Female Hormone Mapping product to give women insights into how their personal hormones fluctuate...

Oscar winner awarded Women in Innovation prize

An Oscar-winning entrepreneur behind a pioneering FemTech start-up connected to Bristol’s SETsquared programme has won a Women in Innovation award from Innovate UK.

Dr Chen Mao Davies founded LatchAid in 2018 after facing struggles with breastfeeding following the birth of her first child. The company supports breastfeeding mums and their families through interactive 3D technology,...