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Women’s Brain Project Is Organizing a Hackathon to Advance the Understanding of Sex and Gender Differences for Precision Medicine

“It will take 107 years to close the gender gap. We want to speed up the process.” Women’s Brain Project is organizing the WBP Challenge, a global hackathon with the goal to advance the understanding of sex and gender differences for precision medicine between Jan 15, 2021 and Feb 15, 2021. The event will be fully virtual. Those interested in participating are…

The Case for Her and Refinery29 Partner to Reposition Menopause Through Creative Design

The Case for Her recently announced that for the third year in a row they are sponsoring a stigma smashing D&AD New Blood Awards design brief. This time they are partnering with Refinery29 and asking emerging creatives to change the conversation around menopause. The goal is for emerging designers to develop material that tackles the lack of awareness about menopause, the issues surrounding it,…

Coral’s Isharna Walsh: “Entrepreneurship tests you on every level, and every day brings a new challenge, so you have to find ways to keep yourself healthy.”

In our “Starter Story” series we invite femtech founders to share their stories of how it all began. How did they come up with the idea? Where did they meet their cofounders and what was the hardest part of going from 0 to 1? In today’s Starter Story we get to share Coral‘s founding story as told by founder & CEO Isharna Walsh.…

Healthy.io’s Katherine Ward: “Working with the NHS can be complicated, but with the right partners it’s absolutely possible.”

Can femtech help the NHS? In our brand new Femtech TV series no other than DigitalHealth.London’s Jenny Thomas sits down with experts from across the NHS and UK digital health ecosystem to explore just that! Tune in and and if you like check out the other episodes in this series on Femtech TV! In this episode, Jenny Thomas speaks with Katherine Ward,…

Attn:Grace Adds 900K in Funding and Announces Strategic Collaboration with AARP Innovation Labs to Destigmatize Women’s Aging

Today Attn: Grace, a subscription-based, sustainable wellness brand for women as they age, announced the launch of a new, strategic collaboration with AARP Innovation Labs and an additional round of $900,000 in pre-seed funding. Tusk Venture Partners led the round, joined by existing investor, Precursor Ventures, and new investors Joyance Partners and Social Starts. This brings Attn: Grace’s total funding to $2 million…

Dr. Hiba Saleem: “I don’t think we talk about femtech enough yet in the NHS. It’s early days. We’re only just getting started.”

Can femtech help the NHS? In our brand new Femtech TV series no other than DigitalHealth.London’s Jenny Thomas sits down with experts from across the NHS and UK digital health ecosystem to explore just that! Tune in and and if you like check out the other episodes in this series on Femtech TV! In this episode, Jenny Thomas speaks with Dr. Hiba Saleem, Associate…

HyIvy Health’s Rachel Bartholomew: “There are 10000 different things, programs, people pulling you in every direction so it can be hard to navigate what will be beneficial and what will take up your time.”

In our “Starter Story” series we invite femtech founders to share their stories of how it all began. How did they come up with the idea? Where did they meet their cofounders and what was the hardest part of going from 0 to 1? In today’s Starter Story we get to share HyIvy‘s founding story as told my founder Rachel Bartholomew. HyIvy Health…

Menopause Startup The Cusp Abruptly Ends Operations

According to a recent article in the San Francisco Business Journal menopause focused femtech startup The Cusp has abruptly ceased all operations on Dec 7. This comes as a bit of a surprise as the startup had just announced the expansion of its services to 7 states in the United States. The Cusp was founded in 2018 by Taylor Sittler and has…