Designed for you, by a couple that gets it.
Pelva was founded from our own real-life experiences (both the good and the bad) with sexual intimacy and vaginal penetration.
Because you deserve to feel pleasure.
December 2022
The spark that started Pelva.
Penetrative intimacy doesn't feel as effortless or enjoyable as Kelley and Doug want. So they set out to create a product focused on mutual partner pleasure, comfort, and connection.
December 20, 2023
The prototype that changed everything.
Kelley crafts a silicone prototype on their bedroom floor from Doug's sketches — and that night, they test it for the first time. Cue the tears. Cue the celebrating. Inspired, Kelley leaves her job to build Pelva full-time and secures their first business grant.
January 5, 2023
Pelva is born.
With their small savings and a big idea, Kelley and Doug form Pelva — with a dream to make their innovation available to more people.
August 1, 2024
From the bedroom to the lab.
Pelva moves out of their apartment and into a 200-square-foot lab in Saint Paul, Minnesota — the first real home of their growing dream.
May 2025
Science takes notice.
Pelva receives a grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance development of their novel hydrogel technology.
July 2025
300 prototypes later.
Pelva receives its first investment, bringing Doug on full-time. Over the next year, they’ll create and test more than 300 variations before perfecting the final design.
September 1, 2025
From dream to factory floor.
Pelva moves to Edina, MN to prepare its own U.S. manufacturing lines, because control, quality, and transparency matter the most.
"We believe everyone deserves to enjoy sexual intimacy with confidence and pleasure. And not 2 years from now. Tonight."
PELVA CO-FOUNDERS
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