Ovulation funding

Cambridge Temperature Concepts (CTC) has secured £375,000 in private investment to aid product development of its novel ovulation detector – DuoFertility.

The investment has been syndicated between the Cambridge Angels, Cambridge Capital Group, and members of the Downing Enterprise board.

Founded in 2005 by four post-graduate students at Cambridge University, CTC is now based in new premises at the Cambridge Science Park and plans to complete its development programme over the next four months, with trials beginning in the second quarter of 2008. The first product release of DuoFertility is scheduled for the third quarter of 2008.

One in seven British couples now face problems conceiving, so maximising the chances of natural conception by identifying precisely when ovulation occurs is critical. Ovulation detectors currently available on the market require women to either take a daily urine sample to identify hormonal changes or wake up very early every morning and manually measure and record their body temperature to identify the half-degree change associated with ovulation.