Cupertino, California - Sep 10, 2025 (UTC) - Lovu Health, the digital maternal health platform ensuring care for mother and baby from conception through postpartum, announced the company secured $8 million in Series A funding, led by SJF Ventures with participation from Rogue Women’s Fund, Symphonic Capital, Emmeline Ventures, Majella Ventures, Oakwood Circle Ventures, Sand Hill Angels, Swizzle Ventures, Terrasys, Stand Together Ventures, and Alumni Ventures. In a nation where 49% of women forgo prenatal care, postnatal care, or both because of high costs and lack of access, Lovu Health is reinventing maternal care with a new paradigm of continuous and connected wellness before and after birth.
In the United States, there are more than 3.6 million births per year. Despite spending about $126 billion on pregnancy and postpartum care, the nation ranks 64th in maternal mortality — the worst among high income countries. Over 80% of these deaths are preventable. To address this crisis, Lōvu supports the care plan chosen by each mother’s obstetrician with access to specialty care, real-time remote patient monitoring, and a personalized care journey.
“Our current one-size-fits-all maternal care model is failing moms and babies. Every expectant mother and her baby deserve equitable access to precision care guided by innovative technology and evidence-based insights. Lovu’s AI-powered platform transforms workflows and modernizes clinical practices, helping clinicians closely monitor patients and intervene earlier when necessary, while offering wraparound support that changes the way we bring life into this world,” said Noel Pugh, co-founder and CEO at Lovu Health.
Ensuring access to crucial maternal care is even more important in the wake of cuts to Medicaid and critical social safety net programs. With Lovu’s unique business model, mothers receive 24/7 support as well as access to necessary specialty care and social support, while obstetricians create a net-new revenue stream at no additional cost or administrative burden. The platform is well placed to serve mothers regardless of whether they are uninsured or covered by Medicaid or commercial insurance.
Lōvu has a proven track record of improving access to care and outcomes for mothers and babies, especially in underserved populations. The platform, which often uncovers chronic conditions like hypertension or mental health concerns, provides urgently needed interventions for acute preeclampsia, substance use disorders and suicidal ideation. Overall, Lōvu delivered earlier identification and intervention for preeclampsia than would have been possible with a traditional care model for 6% of mothers, identified depression and anxiety in upwards of 30% of clinical populations, and among mothers on platform with chronic hypertension, 57% were identified due to being on Lōvu.
“The existing maternal care model in the United States leads to significant care gaps, especially because we do a poor job adequately identifying risk for pregnancies where additional care is needed. Lōvu’s technology transforms the patient experience throughout pregnancy and postpartum. Every mother’s journey is tailored to her individual needs, and our care navigators and trusted marketplace ensure mothers can quickly access best-in-class services. We deliver actionable data for clinicians that drives prevention rather than crisis mitigation and results in improved outcomes for mother, baby, and family,” said Dr. Santosh Pandipati, co-founder and Chief Health Officer at Lovu Health.
Many clinicians are overworked and burning out (1 in 3 U.S. counties are maternal care deserts lacking local obstetricians), which leads to poor availability for patients and more costly emergency room visits. The crisis is exacerbated by the fact that applications to OB/GYN residencies have fallen in recent years and OBs are among the most sued physicians. Lovu acts as an extension of the relationship between OBs and mothers, strengthening rather than replacing that crucial bond and significantly reducing the administrative burden for clinicians.
With Lovu, fetal heart rate, maternal blood pressure, maternal weight, maternal heart rate, and mental health assessments are all captured in a dynamic dashboard that alerts clinicians to meaningful changes in health status. The platform connects patients to a curated marketplace of services and technologies, taking care of eligibility and verification to streamline the referral process.
“SJF has had a long-standing interest in maternal health and Lōvu has stood out to us for years as we see the company’s care extension of the obstetrician’s office plus a novel marketplace of partnered specialty solutions as the optimal ‘win-win-win’ strategy for providers, health plans, and mothers. Pairing the company’s recent momentum with broader trends right now around increasingly alarming rates of maternal complications and mortality, we are proud to be partnering with Lovu to drive critical change and impact to maternal care in this country,” said Perry Clarkson, Partner at SJF Ventures.
Lovu will use the new funding to increase its investment in AI with the launch of three augmentative agents planned in the coming months. The funding will also support automation, integrations, and headcount as the company scales to meet demand from mothers, clinicians, and providers. The platform is optimizing the maternal care journey and addressing care gaps in an outdated model to help solve preventable maternal mortality across the country.
In addition to its core platform, Lovu provides mothers with access to a curated, best-in-breed marketplace of more than 50 third-party digital vendors for specialty care needs that range from doula support, lactation support, sexual wellness counseling, pelvic floor, physical therapy, nutritional support, and mental health resources.
About Lōvu Health
Lovu Health’s digital wellness platform personalizes a mothers pregnancy journey from pre-conception through two years postpartum. The platform provides curated recommendations for maternal health services and patient monitoring technologies to support patients, inform clinicians, and reduce burdens on the healthcare system. The company addresses the maternal mortality crisis in the United States through AI-powered continuous care that transforms workflows and modernizes clinical practices.
