Women's health innovation, Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia's femtech scene is small but distinctive, anchored by Feel by Luna, an AI symptom tool for endometriosis and reproductive health that lets women describe symptoms by voice in French, Arabic or Tunisian dialect, and one of eleven startups in UNICEF's first Femtech Ventures cohort. The country pairs a long-standing, progressive reproductive-health legal framework (contraception legal since 1961, abortion since 1973, free family planning) with a maturing startup infrastructure, the Startup Act, Smart Capital and the ANAVA fund of funds, plus established IVF clinics dating to the late 1980s. Overall venture funding is thin, with near-zero disclosed equity deals in H1 2026, so dedicated women's health capital remains scarce and largely donor or blended.
Tunisian startup (Feel by Luna) in UNICEF Femtech Ventures first cohort, from 1,100+ applicants across 85 countries unicef.org
Internet penetration in early 2025, the base layer for connected women's health services ecofinagency.com
Total raised by all Tunisian startups in H1 2026 across three deals, zero disclosed equity rounds en.africanmanager.com
Projected MENA femtech market size by 2031, growing ~15% a year worldhealthexpo.com
Latest major news
The headline development is a Tunisian femtech startup breaking into a flagship global women's health platform, alongside a national push into AI e-health.
Policy & strategy
Tunisia has one of the region's most progressive reproductive-health legal frameworks, now paired with a national e-health and AI agenda.
Latest ecosystem moves
Support infrastructure exists via the Startup Act, accelerators and a healthtech-specific structure, even as dedicated women's-health programming is limited.
Notable funding rounds
Femtech-specific capital in Tunisia is dominated by grants and blended funds rather than private equity rounds, reflecting a broadly capital-starved market.
Key players & hubs
The map spans one flagship femtech startup, established IVF clinics, national e-health bodies and startup infrastructure.
Active investors
Femtech-relevant capital comes mainly from donor-backed platforms, blended funds of funds and regional gender-lens investors rather than pure private VC.
White papers & reports
Regional and continental reports frame Tunisia's femtech opportunity and the gender-lens financing gap.
Latest major news
Policy & strategy
Latest ecosystem moves
Notable funding rounds
Disclosed round size (USD)
Rounds by type
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Ecosystem by organisation type
AI e-health tool for endometriosis and reproductive symptoms; voice input in French, Arabic and Tunisian dialect; UNICEF Femtech Ventures cohort 1 femtechinsider.com
Assisted reproduction center; described as the first Tunisian institution entirely devoted to reproductive medicine (since 1988) clinique-larose.com
Medically assisted reproduction center in Tunisia offering IVF and related services evefertilitycenter.com
Tunis private clinic (inaugurated 2012) accredited by the Ministry of Public Health, offering IVF and maternal services now-fertility.com
Tunisia-based support structure dedicated to HealthTech innovation (e-health, medtech, biotech) startup.gov.tn
Seed accelerator managing the Anava Seed Fund; backs Startup Act labeled companies flat6labs.com
Operator of Startup Tunisia and the Startup Act label; steward of the ANAVA fund of funds startup.gov.tn
National body delivering Tunisia's free family-planning and reproductive-health services hhrjournal.org
National e-health program building the first fully digital hospital with AI diagnostics and telemedicine to reach inland regions ecofinagency.com
Active since 1974; extends reproductive and maternal health services, especially in remote rural areas unfpa.org
Active investors
Active investors by headquarters
White papers & reports
Sources and references
Every figure and claim above links back to a public source. 15 references, updated 2026-08.