Nial DeMena is the co-founder and CEO of Vella Bioscience, a health femtech company dedicated to sexually empowering every woman. Vella’s flagship product is a nano-encapsulated topical lotion designed to help women achieve better orgasms, no matter their hormonal status.

In our conversation with Nial, we talk about:

• How Vella’s product works
• Deciding on a distribution strategy, direct to consumer vs retail
• Doing business at the intersection of sexual wellness and femtech markets
• Nial’s background and the origin story of Vella
• How scientific discoveries about CBD and sexual stimulation turned into a topical oinment production
• Female Sexual Funtion Index Survey and product validation
• Regulatory issues in the sexual wellness space
• Studying the therapeutical potential of cannabinoids
• Future of Vella’s products, focusing on solving women’s issues
• CBD effectiveness based on the delivery vehicle
• Research transparency and building trust with customers
• Nial’s experiences with fundraising
• Nials advice to first-time founders

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Vella Bioscience 👉 https://vellabio.com/

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