Entrepreneur

The European Investment Fund (EIF) has invested €30 million in a venture capital fund, Sistafund, that supports startups led by women entrepreneurs and gender-balanced teams. Sistafund will be addressing the financial gap faced by female startup founders in Europe with a target of €100 million, according to the EIF, investing in companies where women hold [...]

A first-of-its-kind collaboration of multibillion-dollar funds is coming together to launch the WHAM Investment Collaborative designed to accelerate innovation and unlock opportunities within the women’s health market. Despite women making up half of the global population and driving much of the economy, women-founded companies receive just 2 per cent of venture capital funding. The WHAM [...]

Nitya Dintakurti made it her mission to develop tools to help women navigate and better understand menopause

For me, it is remarkable how much we still don’t know about the event that generates every single human life, says Sabrina Badir

Meet the Canadian entrepreneur on a mission to redefine menopause care

When mum-of-two Leigh Coggiola-Belza launched Leaxy she had one mission in mind: to change the way we talk, think and feel about boobs. She tells us the story behind her breast leak leisurewear brand and why femtech fashion is here to stay.   Can you tell us a bit more about your background? Absolutely. I’d [...]

The deal stabilised the situation for 3,300 UK customers who had roughly £7bn worth of capital locked up in SVB

By Mary Grove, managing partner at Bread & Butter Ventures

By Léone Atayi, CEO of Hybrigenics and Stemcis

The disruption to cancer services have stretched health systems and left thousands of women with no specialist care. Femtech World reports.  The pandemic has caused significant disruptions and has deepened health inequalities. According to a recent BMJ report, Covid has had a drastic effect on the entire cancer continuum through interruption, delays, and altered modes [...]