The Friday Five The FemTech Industry
FemTech is the rapidly growing industry that includes products, services, devices, diagnostic methods and software that use technology to champion women’s health. The term “FemTech” was created by Ida Tin (co-founder and CEO of Clue) in 2012. From general healthcare to menstruation, fertility, birth control, pregnancy, menopause, chronic conditions, and hormonal disorders, FemTech encompasses innovations that focus on the improvement of the entirety of women’s health and health care experience. This week’s Friday Five focuses on the latest news, organizations, leaders, events and podcasts in the FemTech industry.
In the News
What’s New in FemTech this Week?
Check out FemTech Insider’s (@femtechinsider) weekly newsletter (published on Thursdays) for all the latest and up-to-date news on “all things femtech and women’s health innovation.”
7 Women’s Health Tech Startups to Watch in 2021 and Beyond
“‘Female founders [have] punched above their weight class in digital health,’ Anu Duggal of Female Founders Fund said during a recent Inc. streaming event. Her seed-stage venture fund has invested in several so-called femtech startups, including Maven Clinic, Oula, Real, and Tempest.” Check out the complete list of Women’s Health Tech Startups from Inc. (@Inc)
Global Female Technology (Femtech) Market: Analysis and Forecast, 2019-2030
According to Research and Markets’ (@researchmarkets) report, “Global Femtech Market – Analysis and Forecast, 2019-2030“, the industry generated $820.6 million in revenue in 2019 and is expected to grow $3.04 billion by 2030. Even with this huge potential, the industry is still extremely underfunded with many healthcare venture capitalists who have yet to invest.
9 Femtech Startups to Watch in 2021
Updated this month, don’t miss this list of startups to watch curated by @gonsanchezs for Seedtable (@seedtable)
Organizations
FemTech Focus
Mission: FemTech Focus is a 501c3 non-profit organization founded to empower, equip, and bring together healthcare professionals, life-science entrepreneurs, and forward thinking investors to revolutionize womxn’s health and wellness.
Read their blog.
Follow: @FemTech_Focus
Femtech Insider
About: Femtech Insider is the go-to platform for all things femtech. We’re the fastest growing portal for innovation in women’s health and address the information needs of founders, investors, researchers and consumers alike.
Read the The Femtech Insider Newsletter.
Follow: @femtechinsider
Leaders
10 Femtech Leaders To Watch In 2021
Bolt (@BoltPR) has compiled a list of the 10 FemTech Leaders to watch this year including: Nancy Anderson, (@nancyanswersonfit) from Move Your Bump, (@moveyourbump) Marina Palovic Rivas (@data_marina) at Eli (@elidothealth) and Roya Pakzad of Feminade (@feminadeinc.)
Meet the Entrepreneurs Innovating in the Women’s Health Moonshot
StartUp Health (@startuphealth) is investing in a global army of #HealthTransformers to achieve #healthmoonshots. Here are the picks for the innovators who are taking women’s health issues beyond sexual and reproductive health.
Events
Let’s Fund FemTech | Virtual
Provided by: femtech collective and Johnson and Johnson Innovation
Date: July 25 -29, 2021
Description: Whether it’s menstrual pain, painful sex, or chronic pain, pain is very much a part of the female reality. In the second installment of the FemTech Innovation Summit, FemTech Collective will equip you with the knowledge to develop quality FemTech products and services through the lens of pain education and management.
Register here
Follow: @femtechcollect | #fundfemtech
Just a week left until our event series Let’s Fund FemTech: Breaking barriers to innovation for female health!
Register now at https://t.co/g5ytbMLzbO pic.twitter.com/F7wAx2bV40
— FemTech Collective 🏳️🌈 (@femtechcollect) July 20, 2021
Women’s Health Innovation Forum Series: Reproductive Health | Virtual
Provided by: FemTech Insider
Date: July 28, 2021
Description: The Women’s Health Innovation Forum is a series of discussion/presentation sessions highlighting opportunities for investment in research and innovation in the field of women’s health. These events will shine a light on innovative solutions that address unmet needs in diseases, conditions, and indications that solely, predominantly, or differently impact the health of women.
Register here
Follow: @femtechinsider
The Femmys
Date: Coming November 2022
Description: The spirit of The Femmys awards program is to highlight the innovative products, solutions, and companies within the booming femtech market.
For More Information
Follow: @thefemmys | produced by @femtechmedia
Podcasts
FemTech Focus Podcast
The FemTech Focus Podcast with Dr. Brittany Barreto is a meaningfully provocative conversational series that brings femtech experts – including doctors, scientists, inventors, and founders – on air to talk about the innovative technology, services, and products (collectively known as femtech) that are improving women’s health and wellness. The podcast gives our host, Dr. Brittany Barreto, and guests an engaging, friendly environment to learn about the past, present, and future of women’s health and wellness.
FemTech Insider Podcast
Each episode of the Femtech Insider Podcastwill treat you to an in-depth conversation between leaders who drive change in femtech and women’s health and Femtech Insider founder Kathrin Folkendt. These will be the stories behind the stories you read on our site and in our newsletter.
The Girls in Tech Podcast
Episode 4 – FemTech
Femtech pioneer Ida Tin on how data and technology can empower women.
EU-Startups Podcast
EU-Startups Podcast interviews Ida Tin, the founder and CEO of the Berlin-based femtech company Clue.
ICYMI – Our other Friday Fives and Blog posts from HCNR’s Nurse Lauren.
