Ecosystem

African Femtech Kasha Raises $1M from Swedfund

Swedfund, the Swedish Development finance institution, announced their investment in Kasha Global, a femtech e-commerce platform with subsidiaries in Rwanda and Kenya. Kasha’s platform enables access, education and confidential distribution of women’s contraceptives, menstrual and health products, primarily to underserved women. The company’s innovative multichannel platform supports both offline and online e-commerce, providing customers with the ability to purchase products digitally using…

Featured Funders: Linda Greub & Corinne Nevinny, Avestria Ventures Co-founders

In our Featured Funder Series we regularly introduce you to investors interested in the femtech space. Know someone who should be featured or want to learn about the initiative and previously featured Features Funders? Click here. Today’s featured funders are Linda Greub & Corinne Nevinny, Co-founders & General Partners at Avestria. Tell us a little more about yourself! How did you get into investing? After investing…

Femtech Events: November 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! Oct 28…

Opportunity: McKinsey’s Annual Early Stage Investor Conference

McKinsey & Company is hosting the 4th Annual Early Stage Investor Conference (ESIC), the week of December 7th. ESIC 2020 will focus on early stage (seed – series A) bio/medtech, healthtech, fintech sustainability, and – for the first time – femtech ventures for an opportunity to pitch to the investors and others assembled. The December conference will be held virtually and with a global audience. You…

🎉 Happy (Belated) Birthday, Femtech Insider!

10 pm on yet another mid-pandemic Friday night. I’m at home and my head hurts after a long week. I’m still sitting at my desk. Staring at a bursting inbox as per usual. Procrastinating. Thinking. Pondering. And suddenly realizing that quietly and completely unnoticed Femtech Insider turned 1 a couple of weeks ago. It’s crazy how time flies and even crazier to…

World Menopause Day 2020: 4 Founders’ Reflections on the Past Year in the World of #MenoTech

October 18, 2020. World Menopause Day aka a couple of *really* busy days for our colleagues innovating for women going through or approaching menopause. Lots of launches, lots of events, lots of press and lots of interest for a condition that affects every single woman on this planet and has been underserved, underresearched and underfunded for far too long. A good sign!…

Femtech Events: October 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! Oct 15…