Ecosystem

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…

Should Femtech Be a Thing? 4 Femtech Founders Weigh In.

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 second article in this series. For today’s article…

An Inside Look at 50inTech and AXA’s New Femtech Accelerator

50inTech and AXA announced the launch of their “FemTech 2020 Accelerator Program” during Women’s Forum last week. The 10 startups selected for this program will have access to mentoring, learning and acceleration resources that are designed to support female founders uplevel their skills, gain industry exposure and raise funds. This accelerator is best suited for startups who  Have launched their product or…

Report: Femtech in Africa (I See Africa)

The team at I See Africa has recently released a new report covering femtech in Africa. The report covers menstrual equity, maternal health and sexual wellness and introduced various organizations actively pushing for innovation in women’s health on the continent. Organisations in the FemTech sector are providing a different approach to tackling period poverty, maternal mortality and sex education in Africa The…

Australia’s Femtech Ecosystem at a Glance

It’s only been a few weeks since the newest chapter of FemTech Collective launched in Sydney and many of us suddenly realized how little we actually know about the tech and femtech scene in Australia! Well. Today we’re determined to change that! Megan Capriccio is FemTech Collective’s Sydney Ambassador and besides supporting the local ecosystem, she is also determined to connect founders…