IN THE PRESS
: EXCERPT FROM CHALLENGES, BY JULIE DUCOS (TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH)
“So that men also have a choice when it comes to contraception, 37 DEGRÉS designs boxers that prevent sperm production.
The start-up is part of Challenges’ selection of “100 start-ups to invest in in 2025”. It all started with the comic book (in French) Les Contraceptés. Enquête sur le dernier tabou that Matthieu Gilquin received for Christmas.
After reading it, this 34-year-old Centrale and ESSEC graduate and former McKinsey consultant began thinking about a solution so that men could take more responsibility for contraception, given how dissatisfied many women are with the pill.
“The issue of male contraception has been championed by activist associations against gender stereotypes since the 1990s, but no solution has yet been legally marketed,” he explains.”
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