Business & startups

Dr Pamela Walker tells FemTech World everything we need to know about the femtech market. Can you tell our readers a little bit about yourself? I am a healthcare strategic growth specialist and award winning MedTech angel investor. I have been passionate about the healthcare space my whole life, and this drive pushed me to [...]

The two companies’ collaboration seeks to support women entrepreneurs building technology-enabled products and solutions for women’s health and wellness. StichCrew, focused on equitable economy through entrepreneurship, and FemHealth Founders, focused on cultivating a FemHealth ecosystem, are now launching an accelerator programme focused on women’s health and wellness solutions. The collaboration is backed by the Walton [...]

Period care startup Vyld aims to reduce plastic pollution with their seaweed-made tampons. The startup has launched a campaign on StartNext with the goal to crowdfund 100.000€ to finalise its prototype and kick off production. Vyld was founded in 2021 in Berlin as a steward-ownership profit-for-purpose company by marine guide Ines Schiller. The startup’s tampons [...]

The platform aims to change the way women use and interact with technology

New research is predicting a substantial growth in the femtech market. The recent analysis by Emergen Research is based on an increased number of infectious and chronic diseases on the female population. As women’s health issues are becoming more openly discussed, technologically advanced healthcare treatments are on the rise. Growing female emphasis on sexual empowerment [...]

Femtech World meets Daniella Peri, CEO of Yoppie, a rising force in digitised women's health. Tell us about Yoppie in a nutshell Yoppie provides personalised products plans and expert digital resources. Yoppie’s products include premenstrual syndrome supplements, hormonal skincare and period care. We’ve recently just launched a range of supplements targeting the symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome and [...]

Although opportunities in women’s health accelerate, investors remain cautious

Personal safety app WalkSafe+ has launched a new ‘Follow me’ feature to share users’ journey with family and friends. Demand for personal safety apps is rising with 69 per cent of women who reported feeling very unsafe walking home, according to Crime Survey for England and Wales. With 183,587 sexual offences committed in 2021 in the [...]

Aura Fertility, an app that focuses on IVF support, will soon expand in the UK. The app will help fertility clinics provide home personal care for IVF cycles with the aim of improving clinics outcome and patients’ experience. The app will also support patients, guiding them through every stage of their journey.  Aura Fertility App [...]

Women make about half as much money as men and have little to no financial education