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Wild AI’s Helene Guillaume: “Breaking News: Women are not men.”

“Breaking: Women are not men.” What seems obvious to most, has long been ignored by companies creating some of the most popular smart watches and fitness trackers on the market today. “Default male” design is costing companies billions, as was outlined in a recent article on Wired. Virtual reality headsets, billed as the future of gaming and workplace training, are too large…

What’s New in #Femtech This Week?

Every Thursday we send out a curated newsletter on “all things femtech”. This is the latest edition. If you’re interested in subscribing, you can do so at the bottom of this page. Highlights Femtech in 2020: Investors share trends and opportunities; Health DisrupHERs take center-stage at StartupHealth Festival 2020; Pregistry receives award from Gloabl Health and Pharma; BlueMountain invests $45M in femtech company Advantia; Elvie launches insights app for…

Report: Asia HealthTech Investment Landscape FY 2019 (Galen Growth)

Galen Growth has just released a new report on the HealthTech Investment Landscape in Asia. Insights include: Asia Pac HealthTech ecosystem momentum continues despite geopolitical and domestic headwinds to close at US$5B invested, across 340 deals, well ahead of our forecast last October; Early stage and Series A deal activity shrinks yet further, whereas total Series B deal value share continues to grow, raising questions…

Moon + Leaf: When CBD Meets Women’s Health

After 10 years climbing the career ladder, getting an MBA and travelling the world, Shaina Kandel’s body, let her know that enough was enough. Despite a healthy lifestyle she experienced constant colds, migraines, heart palpitations, digestive problems, tendonitis and eventually lost her period. Today the founder of Moon + Leaf, a company selling hemp-derived women’s health products, says that her body was…

Liz Klinger: “For various reasons, most topics related to sex have been withheld from both industry forums like CES and the general public.”

It’s been a few months since the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced, that it will allow sex tech startups to participate and compete for awards on a one-year trial basis at CES, one of the world’s largest consumer technology trade shows. The announcement followed the events of 2019, when the CTA revoked an innovation award from sextech startup Lora DiCarlo and eventually…