Through the VC firm's Antler India Residency programme, the femtech startup Salad has raised $270,000 in a pre-Seed funding round that was spearheaded by Antler India. Salad is actively expanding its first team of engineers, machine learning specialists, and subject matter experts in sports science and nutrition in an effort to alter the way women manage their bodies.

"The healthcare sector is about to undergo a dramatic shift as women begin to take control of the various aspects that affect their overall health and fitness. At Salad, our goal is to use technology to empower women by closing the knowledge gap regarding their hormones and helping them take the required measures to actively control their own health and lifestyle "said Aruna Chawla, Salad's CEO.

Salad's product was conceptualised in late 2022 by repeat entrepreneur Aruna Chawla and one of Uber India's earliest team members Karishma Rathaur. Salad is also one of the 30 FemTech companies from across the world to win Guidea's Femovate grant. Guidea is now working with Salad to bring the UI UX of their upcoming mobile app to international best practices in behavior sciences and digital therapeutics. To set the tone for the year and in preparation of their app launch later this quarter, the company has recently secured over 30 partnerships with national brands across the spectrum of women's health for their recently launched #HappyHormonesToYou Gift Guide, according to an official statement by the company.

"The increasing prevalence of lifestyle diseases is a trend that cannot be ignored and demands new-age interventions that use technology. Additionally, women continue to be an underserved segment when it comes to most healthcare solutions, particularly ones hormonal health related. Aruna and Karishma are a fitting team to build for this problem - bringing a nuanced understanding of healthcare solutions, coupled with skills to build products for scale. We are thrilled to back Salad and believe that their approach of science-backed and bio-individual solutions will help women take better charge of their health," said Rajiv Srivatsa, partner at Antler India.

Antler was established in Singapore in 2017 with the goal of fundamentally bettering the world by empowering and funding the most outstanding individuals worldwide, assisting the teams with thorough business model validation, and offering a global platform for scaling.