About a year and a half after pregnancy and fertility tests startup Stix was launched by cofounders Cynthia Plotch and Jamie Norwood, the pair announced Wednesday that the startup has raised a $1.3 million seed round.

Plotch and Norwood launched the pregnancy and fertility startup that ships tests directly to a customer’s house and offers a subscription service after having their own uncomfortable experiences purchasing pregnancy tests. The startup aims to simplify obtaining and using the tests, and to provide women with education about their physical and mental health. Customers can purchase a one-time test pack, or subscribe for monthly deliveries.

Before the pair worked together at Hungry Harvest, they were friends in the Venture for America program, which places recent college graduates at startups to learn how to launch their own companies. They participated in the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator in New York City last year, and work out of coworking space Offsite in non-pandemic times.

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