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๐ HEY ALL!
Valentine's Day oh boy ๐น
One of the most popular days for sex toy spends in the year. Brands in the space are in marketing overdrive.
A highlight? Aussie toilet paper brand Who Gives A Crap, are returning to their hugely popular 'Flush Your Ex' campaign again. Yes, you can take your ex's old love notes, cards and turn them into recycled toilet paper. ๐งป
Making headlines this week:
๐ฟ Cannabis and Sexual Wellness Collide
๐ค Technosexuality in the New York Times
๐ India's Male Sexual Wellness Market Poised for Growth
+Plus:
๐ผ job openings
๐ช community events
๐ธ investments
โ Bryony
๐ฅ THIS WEEK IN SEXTECH
๐ฌ Cannabis and Sexual Wellness Collide
Is it the first time two vice industries have blended?
Nope.
But did it make Trend Hunter this week?
Yes!
Lavinia THC gummies for before and after the deed are profiled in this TH piece:
Industry Implications
1. Wellness and Personal Care - The growing intersection of cannabis and sexual wellness is creating new opportunities for brands in the wellness and personal care industry.
2. Alternative Medicine and Supplements - Functional ingredients in cannabis-infused gummies are disrupting the alternative medicine and supplements industry, offering innovative solutions for intimacy and sleep.
3. Adult Products and Accessories - The Lavinia THC gummies highlight the potential for disruptive innovation in the adult products and accessories market, with cannabis-infused products tailored for enhanced intimacy and sleep.
๐ง BONUS LISTEN: You can also check out my Future of Sex podcast episode on the topic: "We Need To Talk About Cannabis And Sex"
โ๏ธ The ep is from 2020 and features brilliant experts in sex/cannabis space.
(Wait, you didn't know I had a podcast? Yes, that's how I got started in sextech... )
๐ค Technosexuality in the New York Times
Over the weekend, NYT published an essay by Allie Rowbottom that tracks her own emotional experience with her AI girlfriend.
If you're not game to set up your own AI partner for an experiment, this is a way to understand the experience, with nods to other sextech and founders such as MakeLoveNotPorn and VDOM.
I found the comments section insightful; a direct pulse take on how everyday people feel about intimacy - its components and its importance.
๐ ๐ India's Male Sexual Wellness Market Poised for Growth
India's sexual wellness market is on the brink of substantial expansion. According to Allied Market Research, the market is steadily increasing at a rate of 5.8% annually and is anticipated to surpass $2 billionโor Rs 17,000 croreโby 2030. [Read more here]
๐ช EVENTS
๐ฅ๏ธ Feb 19, Virtual, How to Break Into Sextech [FREE workshop]
๐ฅ๏ธ Feb 22, Virtual, Go Fund Yourself - a crowdfunding workshop by AORTA films [RSVP here]
๐ฆ๐บ Feb 28, Melbourne, Future of Dating with SOON Future Studies x Steph Clarke x me ๐ [RSVP here]
๐ผ HOT JOBS
๐ฉ๐ช Scientific Co-Founder, OhMyV [Apply here]
๐ช๐ธ Social Media Strategist, Platanomelรณn [Apply here]
๐บ๐ธ Impact Manager, Julie Products Inc. [Salary $90,000-110,000 USD]
๐ธ INVESTMENTS
๐ค Dame Products acquires Emojibator
Sexual wellness brand Dame Products has acquired sex toy maker Emojibator for an undisclosed sum.
Read more from Dame Co-Founder and CEO Alexandra Fine ๐ here
๐ฐ Zora Health raise $740K USD
Zora Health raised US$740K, reaching their S$1,000,000 funding target, to launch its one-stop fertility care platform in Singapore.
With initial backing from Antler, this round saw participation from angel investors including Cheryl Goh (Grab), Prajit Nanu (Nium), Alan Jiang (beam), Lisa Enckell (Antler), and ร sa Lidรฉn (formerly from Pitch.com).
Read more from CEO Anna Vanessa Haotanto ้ณๅฎๅจ on ๐ the 158 pitches it took to get there.
What else is on your mind? Was this a good read? Any news?
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See you next week!
โBryony
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