Elysian Park VC, the private investment arm of the LA Dodgers Ownership Group, the Los Angeles Dodgers, sports legend Billie Jean King and R/GA Ventures are teaming up to launch Trailblazer, a new Venture Studio focused on what they believe to be the biggest growth opportunity in sports: women. Trailblazer will partner with entrepreneurs and companies— from early-stage startups to later-stage businesses…
Yes.. It is indeed that time of the year again… As always we made time to look through hundreds of startups who just graduated from Y Combinator (Batch W22) to share with you who we believe can truly make an impact in the women’s health space (either directly or indirectly). Here we go! 👇 BBy: BBy powders breast milk that’s immunologically active…
GSK NEXT, the innovation arm of the science-led global consumer healthcare company GSK has announced the six startups joining its inaugural cohort of The Re/Wire Health Studio in partnership with R/GA Ventures. This studio is focused on next-generation everyday health solutions in oral health, mental resilience, and women’s health and wellness. Femtech startups Health in Her HUE (US) and Unfabled (UK) are…
Leading accelerators programs DigitalHealth.London and the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator have announced a new partnership supporting international adoption of some of the US and UK’s best healthtech companies. The partnership will also utilize the deep healthcare knowledge and networks held by both organizations, to support companies who have taken part in either of the accelerator programs, to navigate and gain traction in a new…
Women’s health pharma company Organon and Flat6Labs are launching a new femtech accelerator program to help female-founded digital health start-ups, across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), succeed by providing support to build products, test market fit, and improve their business models. The announcement was made at a thought leadership panel discussion hosted by Organon at EXPO 2020 in Dubai. Held…
Intrepid Entrepreneurs has recently announced the 9 selected startups that represent the inaugural cohort of the Next Health Accelerator, that aims to support African, female entrepreneurs disrupting the sexual and reproductive health. The 9 startups chosen represent 7 countries: The DRC, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda. Next Health Accelerator is a 6-month program to catalyze startups for investor readiness and value chain access. The program’s focus is on sexual and reproductive health and self-care and is…
It’s that time of the year again… Y Combinator Demo Day. And as always we had a look through the 300+ companies, that were part of the most recent batch (S21) to see if any of them are active in the women’s health space. And indeed we found a few femtech startups, that are getting ready to pitch this week! Below is an…
DigitalHealth.London is currently accepting applications for its flagship Accelerator program. The year-long program targets digital health companies with a product or service that has high potential to meet the current challenges facing the NHS and social care today, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and as detailed in the NHS Long Term Plan. Digital health startups selected for the program will…
