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Cara Delevingne Joins Sextech Startup Lora DiCarlo as Co-Owner & Creative Advisor

We talked about Dakota Johnson’s decision to join sexual wellness brand maude a litte earlier this week. And.. well.. We have some more “celebrity news” to share! Actress and model Cara Delevingne is joining sextech startup Lora DiCarlo as new co-owner and creative adviser. Lora DiCarlo was founded in 2017 and is on a mission to elevate the sex toy industry with…

Office Hours: Giordana Mahn Helps Tech Startups Protect Their Intellectual Property. Ask Her Anything!

Our Office Hours are back and we’re excited to have Giordana Mahn join us for our next session of ‘Ask Me Anything’! This time we are covering an important topic: Intellectual Property. Giordana is a US patent attorney and collaborates closely with clients to gain a deep understanding of their business objectives in order to deliver patent strategies with an eye toward…

Femtech in Russia: A “Blue Ocean” for Startups & Investors?

Admittedly here at Femtech Insider we often look to the US and Western Europe, when it comes to our coverage and femtech news. So needless to say: We were quite excited when AMMA, the largest Russian service for pregnant women with more than 10 million users worldwide, approached us to let us know about a femtech market overview for Russia they were…

These 3 Femtech Startups Made It into Techstars & Barclays’ New ‘Female Founders First’ Accelerator Program

Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, and British universal bank, Barclays, have today announced their partnership to launch Female Founders First, a unique program designed to provide 30 trailblazing, female-led companies with resources to grow, scale, and advance their businesses. The 30 selected founders—representing a wide range of industries including health care, legal, finance, e-commerce, and artificial intelligence—will receive access…

Europe Gets Its Very Own Femtech Accelerator: FemTech Lab in London

FemTech Lab, a new London-based femtech accelerator program, today announced the details of its inaugural program. Applications for the first cohort open on December 1. FemTech Lab is a 3 month program, that will kick-off in February 2021. Goal is to help 10 selected startups to take their products to market. During the program, startups get access to world-class experts and resources to scale…

[M]otherboard: Building Relationships Between Care Providers and Birthing Parents

This article was originally published on Medium. We are sharing it here with permission of the author. You can access the original article here. 130 million people give birth around the world every year. Up to 50% of these will have surgical intervention. Medical procedures require consent — but how? Femtech startup founder Amy Haderer is on a mission to make sure that millions…

Amanda Menking: “The unintended consequence of femtech is that it draws our attention to many issues.”

Megan Capriccio’s recently published article Femtech: Controversial or Necessary? initiated some great discussions in our community. To contribute to the conversation, we have reached out to industry experts, founders and researchers and asked them to answer the question: “Should Femtech Be a Thing?”. In the upcoming weeks, we will be sharing their responses. This is the first article in this series. Amanda…

FemTech: Controversial or Necessary?

This article was originally published on Medium. We are sharing it here with permission of the author. You can access the original article here. From period trackers to sexual health apps, pregnancy monitors to menopause health platforms, FemTech is making breakthroughs in providing the latest developments in female and women’s health. FemTech is an abbreviation for female technology and refers to “electronic…