Self collection cervical screening kits are moving from pilot to mainstream option
DDDr. Dereck Mush, MD, MBA
Feb 26
Teal Health
At-home cervical cancer screening built around the FDA-authorized Teal Wand.
What they do
Teal Health, led by co-founder and chief executive Kara Egan, combines the FDA-authorized Teal Wand for self-collected HPV screening with telehealth support. Its September 2026 $22 million Series A brought total disclosed funding to $45 million.
The record
- Vertical
- Women's Health
- Sub-segment
- At-home cervical screening
- Product type
- Diagnostics
- Stage
- Series A
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Region
- North America
- Founded
- Not disclosed
- Total funding
- $45M raised
Notable investors: .406 Ventures, Emerson Collective, Forerunner, Serena Ventures.
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