#2 The next trillion dollar category in tech

Spermageddon, AI, menopause...money?

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Bryony Cole
August 07, 2023

Welcome!

You made it back here 🔥 Edition #2 of Unofficial Space - your go-to sextech industry newsletter.

Within hours of hitting “send” last week, this newsletter was blessed with some very good vibes from those who had subscribed. 💌 Thank you for the notes, social shares and feedback.

What a crew we have here in this lil corner of the internet already.

Good thing you are here so I can get on with it.

What’s going on this week:

  • 💦 Spermageddon is big business

  • 🤖 Sexual wellness apps are using AI this week

  • 💰️ Menopause market is where the money is 💰️💰️💰️

    + Plus : round-up of this week’s 🔥 jobs and events

Let's dive right in, shall we?

This week in sextech

1. 💦💦💦 Spermageddon 💦💦💦

Is the global sperm count declining?

A crop of sextech companies are betting on it, turning their attention to men offering sperm-testing kits and freezing.

With a cast eccentric enough to rival Tiger King, the reporting (below) on this highly politicised topic includes sperm-kit salesman and Founder of Legacy, a self-described "Sperm King” 🐯 👑 who has 100 vials of his own sperm frozen, “the world's preeminent pronatalist power couple,” a host of celebrity investors, most interestingly Orlando Bloom (and his disinterest)… and the Raw Egg Nationalist. 🤔 

Yes, you need to read it.

Simon van Zuylen-Wood’s will open your eyes to the world of male fertility for NY Mag Intelligencer.  Dive in below 👇️ 

The Global Sperm Count Decline Has Created Big Business

The tantalizing business opportunities and disorienting politics of the worldwide decline in man’s most precious bodily fluid.

For more resources on male fertility, Sri Varre compiled a great list of other companies working on this in this LinkedIn post.

2. 🤖 How Sexual Wellness apps are using AI this week:

Across the globe, sexual wellness companies are rapidly incorporating AI into their business models. Beyond dating apps, what’s new?

💡 Top 3 on my radar this week:

  1. Australian soon-to-be-launched company Frenchie M.D are using AI to turn patient questionnaires into summaries for doctor assessment. Learn more here.

  2. Singaporean based HeHealth built a platform that combines AI with healthcare professionals to detect STIs in men. The product allows users to upload a photo of their genitals for instant AI assessment. Sound intriguing? Learn more here.

  3. German based sex education platform Beducated have launched their free AI sex coach. Test it out here. 🧠 🔐 All chats are 100% private—Beducated does not save data on its servers.

Of course, online dating has been overrun with AI use cases for months. From profile optimisation, crafting opening lines, carrying on conversations even texts to dump your ex, are we at the point where we can outsource a whole relationship?

If you’re interested in this vertical, catch up on last week’s Tech Crunch article 👇️ 

Tinder tests AI photo selection feature to help users build profiles | TechCrunch

Tinder is testing an AI photo selection feature that looks at a user’s photo album and selects the five most authentic ones for their profile.

3. 💰️ Want outsized returns? Invest in menopause

By 2030 approximately 1.3 billion women globally will be post-menopausal. This is a huge underserved market.

There are billion dollar businesses waiting to be built in a healthcare industry that is still largely designed and built by men.

Want to learn more about this space?

🤓 Read: check out this article in Entrepreneur Magazine ‘Every Investor Should Pay Attention to This Stigmatized Industry Right Now.’

🤖 Explore: One of my fav companies in this space, Elektra Health.

🎪 Events

August 12: Online Sexceptional Business Summit, Sexual Health Alliance

August 13: SexTech Connect Virtual Happy Hour & Brunch ‘Sextech and Safeguarding against payment fraud’

August 31: Brisbane, Something Tech (👋 I’ll be speaking at this one!) 

October 1-3: Reimagine Sexuality Summit (👋 I’ll be speaking at this one!) 

October 1-22: Sydney, SXSW Sydney (👋 I’ll be speaking at this one!) 

October 18, New York: Sextech Mixer NYC Tech Week

💼 Jobs

🇺🇸 Head of Marketing, The League

The League is looking for a marketing leader to relaunch our brand in a big way. We have been given the opportunity to scale the brand internationally, and we are looking for someone who can build our brand, find ways to reach new audiences, and take The League to the next level of growth.

🇺🇸 Deputy Chief of Staff, Planned Parenthood

Reporting directly to the Chief of Staff, the Deputy Chief of Staff plays a critical role in supporting the President and overseeing functions of the Office of the President. This role will work closely with the President, Chief of Staff, and key stakeholders

🇧🇷 Auxiliar de Marketing, Meame Sex Toys

Elaborar a diagramação de artes gráficas. Criar posts e conteúdos para as redes sociais. Apoiar em atividades desenvolvidas pela área de Marketing. Auxiliar nas rotinas administrativas do setor.

 🇦🇺 Training and Education Officer, Sexual Assault Services

As the peak body for Victorian sexual assault and harmful sexual behaviours services, Sexual Assault Services Victoria (SASVic) provides leadership in preventing and responding to sexual assault.

🇯🇵 Brand Consultant, Lelo

LELO is looking for a Brand consultant! If you are self-motivated, mission-driven and passionate about FemTech, wellbeing, comfortable talking about sex, menstrual health and related topics, this might be a dream job for you!

🇬🇧 Event Marketing Manager, Womex

Womex is an innovative and rapidly growing event company dedicated to creating spaces for meaningful dialogues around sexual wellness, health and positivity. Based in London, we specialize in curating engaging, stylish, and

🇬🇧 Business Analyst, Ann Summers

You’ll be part of the core team delivering business change projects - often with a strong technology component - aligned to our strategic roadmap for growth across Ann Summers (not siloed to one part).

🇦🇹 Inhouse Content Creator, neolime

Wir von neolime stehen hinter der Plattform MALOUM - eine Plattform, auf der jeder seine sexuellen…

🇩🇪 Marketing Lead, the3rd

Pleasure, sexual health, and inclusivity are not taboo anymore. Innovative tech products combining 5G, VR, and sensors bring joy to another level. WeBeOn is a sex tech company specializing in designing, developing

Thanks for reading!

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Until next week 🫡 

Bryony

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