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What’s a Sextech Hackathon, Bryony Cole?

About 2 weeks ago Melbourne saw its first sextech hackathon. The event was organized by Bryony Cole, the founder of Future of Sex, who has spent the past 3 years driving the conversation around the intersection of technology and sexuality forward and Gavin Heaton and Joanne Jacobs from DisruptersCo. Sextech is a $30 billion industry that no one really talks about. Yet…

SEE HER THRIVE’s Clare-Louise Knox: “I’ve made it my life’s mission to ensure no woman is disadvantaged at work because of a reproductive health condition.”

Attracting diverse talent has become a major priority for hiring managers over the past years and has evidently brought up a new question: “How can we support diverse talent and help them succeed in our organization?”Clare-Louise Knox helps organizations better understand the needs of working women. Wither her company SEE HER THRIVE, she wants to create a world where employers view reproductive…

Bayer’s Aino Försti-Smith: “After realising what a difference something I have always taken for granted could make in a woman’s life in Africa there was no turning back.”

Every month, millions of girls around the world struggle to attend school when they have their period because they can’t afford sanitary protection, such as towels or tampons. This is period poverty and is more common, than you may think. The World Health organisation estimates that 500 million women worldwide have no access to sanitary products. In Kenya 65% of women cannot…

Stix: “We’re talking about products that most investors have never used and problems they have never experienced.”

Stix is a direct-to-consumer startup and brand, that’s been around for a while and delivers women’s health products. The company, that’s known for its birth control test delivery service announced today the launch of its ovulation test offer. “Buying women’s health products, such as the ovulation test, can be a confusing experience for anyone,” says Stix’s co-founder, Jamie Norwood. “With Stix, we…

Breaking the Stigma: Why Ann Garnier is Building an App for Women Going through Menopause (Podcast)

Lisa Health founder Ann Garnier talks with Femtech Insider’s Kathrin Folkendt about her decision to create a product for women going through menopause. She shares how Lisa Health came to be, why diverse teams build better products and why some investors still have a hard time understanding the femtech business opportunity. Plus: What is menopause, anyways? Why don’t we talk more about…

Megan Capriccio: The Ins and Outs of Femtech in APAC (Podcast)

Femtech Collective‘s Sydney ambassador Megan Capriccio talks with Femtech Insider’s Kathrin Folkendt about the femtech ecosystem in Asia-Pacific. She shares her learnings as a femtech community manager in Sydney, talks about trends and opportunities for femtech companies in APAC and gives an overview of recent funding rounds and regional differences. Plus: Why is femtech so controversial? What are the differences between APAC…

Monica Karpinski: What Fundraising as a Solo Femtech Founder Is Really Like (Podcast)

The Femedic founder Monica Karpinski talks with Femtech Insider’s Kathrin Folkendt about her journey as a solo femtech founder. Monika recently raised a seed-round and shares how she did it. She talks about what it was like to learn about fundraising as a first-time entrepreneur, what motivated her to keep going in moments of doubt and why she thinks peer support is…

Introducing the New Femtech Insider Podcast

Today we’re excited to announce the launch of the Femtech Insider Podcast. Each episode of the Femtech Insider Podcast will treat you to an in-depth conversation between leaders who drive change in femtech and women’s health and Femtech Insider founder Kathrin Folkendt. These will be the stories behind the stories you read on our site and in our newsletter. The first three…