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Astarte Medical Co-Founder Tammi Jantzen: “My advice to founders who are fundraising is to only focus on those investors who can lead your deal.”

It doesn’t happen often, that VCs switch sides and become startup founders, but when they do it always makes for a great story and valuable insights. Today we’re excited to share an interview with Tammi Jantzen, co-founder of Astarte Medical and former VC with almost 20 years of experience funding startups focused on improving children and women’s health. Together with her co-founder…

Office Hours: Nicole Leeds runs B2B Partnerships at Clue. Ask her anything!

Today we are excited to announce our first “Ask the Expert” session with Nicole Leeds, who leads the go-to-market strategy at Clue. With over 12 million users worldwide, Clue is one of the largest femtech companies and has been rated the top free period tracker app by the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, a publication of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists…

CapitalT’s Eva de Mol: “We believe that building strong connections can level the playing field for femtech entrepreneurs.”

If you are an avid reader of Femtech Insider, you’ve probably come across the FemTech Office Hours we recently announced. We love the idea and are incredibly excited to bring investors and early-stage companies together in this first of many “Ask me Anything” session, however we must admit, that we were not the ones, who came up with the idea. The driving…

Femtech Events June 2020

In times of COVID-19 in-person events may be cancelled, but that doesn’t stop the femtech community, our #femtechfam, from getting together to network and continue building the future of women’s health. Our events calendar is more busy than ever, and as every month, we want to help you get an overview of the many events and opportunities available. So… Mark Your Calendar! June 4:…

Novalina Medical Founder Helena Grindberg: “Tubal Ligation is the most common method of contraception worldwide. We’ve developed a non-surgical, reversible alternative.”

We often talk about the need to innovate birth control and every once in a while we come across a company, that’s doing some really exciting work in this space, just like Novalina Medical, who are reinventing tubal ligation. But what is tubal ligation anyways? Tubal ligation — also known as having your tubes tied or tubal sterilization — is a type…