FemTech Focus

Amy Fan is the Co-Founder, President & CPO of Twentyeight Health, a digital health platform on a mission to empower individuals with trusted information, affordable access and convenience for their reproductive and sexual health. They have partnered with Bedsider and the National Institute for Reproductive Health to donate 2% of their revenues to support their work to improve access to reproductive and sexual healthcare for underserved communities. Leading a DTC skincare & makeup startup, Amy was inspired by the focus on deeply understanding her customers by having a human-centric approach to healthcare and putting the patient first. Amy holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University in Canada and a MBA & Master of Public Health from University of California, Berkeley. In this episode we discussed digital health platforms for underserved communities, the U.S. healthcare system and contraceptive deserts.

Check out Twentyeight Health at twentyeighthealth.com

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Dr. Jessica Grossman is the CEO of Medicines360, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit global women’s health pharmaceutical company with a mission to expand access to quality medicines for all women regardless of their socioeconomic status, insurance coverage or geographic location. Dr. Grossman is a seasoned industry executive and serial entrepreneur with a proven track record leading successful women’s health companies. Prior to joining Medicines360, she has founded Sense4Baby, Inc. and Gynesonics. Under her leadership, she invented and developed the first intrauterine ultrasound guided radio frequency ablation device for fibroid tumors. Dr. Grossman has performed research at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, one of the teaching hospitals of Harvard Medical School. In this episode we discuss increasing affordability and accessibility in women's health, equity in clinical studies and demystifying birth control.

Check out Medicines360 at medicines360.org

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On this episode, FemTech Focus's co-founders, Dr. Brittany Barreto and Dr. Julie Hakim discuss their favorite topic... the VAGINA! The magical, vital and self-cleaning organ that's part of the female reproductive system. From the anatomy & parts of the vagina to discharge, hymens and vaginal rejuvenation, Drs. Brittany & Julie share this educational episode to demystify common misconceptions and empower us with knowledge about our own vaginas!

Check out FemTech Focus at femtechfocus.org

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Dr. Taylor Sittler is the co-founder & CEO of The Cusp, a digital platform that provides comprehensive, collaborative, compassionate menopause care that’s built around—and with—women. Their platform includes private chat options, 1-on-1 meetings with menopause specialists and personalized care plans. Taylor previously co-founded Color Genomics (now known as Color), a startup that created affordable genetic tests to help people understand their risk for hereditary cancer. He attended the University of Massachusetts Medical School, worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then at University of California San Diego under a Howard Hughes Medical Training Fellowship. On this episode we discussed predicting menopause, education on menopause and getting men involved in femtech.

Check out The Cusp at thecusp.com

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On our first ever 3-way interview, we have Abby Stern and Savira Dargar from HITLAB. Abby was the Manager of the Women's Health Tech Initiative & Innovation Research & Evaluation and previously has a maternal and child health background with a Master's Public Health from Columbia University. Savira was the Deputy Director, Innovation Research, Strategy, & Compliance and the Director, Women’s Health Initiatives and has a clinical research background with a Master's degree in Health Policy & Economics from Cornell University. HITLAB is a research, advisory and educational organization focused in the digital health space and believe in the greater in academic research aiming to help people and startups in the community of digital health to gather the scientific knowledge needed to advance their technology. In this episode we discussed The Women's Health Tech Challenge, how public health relates to femtech and destigmatizing abortion.

Check out HITLAB at hitlab.org

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Trish Costello is founder and CEO of Portfolia, which offers a radically different investing process designed for women and other emerging investors. She is also co-founder and CEO Emeritus of the Kauffman Fellows Program, Center for Venture Education, the global educational institute preparing the leaders of the venture capital industry, located in Palo Alto, CA. Portfolia brings investing into the 21st Century, creating entrepreneurial funds focused where women make markets, such as women's health, active aging, consumer, enterprise, food & agtech, and fashion, tech and beauty. The investing experience is smart, personalized, and educational, providing returns and market impact customized to your interests. Portfolia is building a powerful global community of sophisticated investors focusing their money and influence to build the world they want. In this episode we discussed how Portfolia came to be, the first ever femtech-focused fund and how to empower more womxn to be investors.

Check out Portfolia at www.portfolia.co and to sign up for early access to their FemTech II Fund check out info.portfolia.com/femtech-ii

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Eva Galant is the founder of Hashiona, the first all-in-one app for Hashimoto patients. Hashimoto patients are 90% female. Eva is a serial entrepreneur having co-founded 3 startups and experienced a small exit for one of her companies. She founded Hashiona after her own personal struggle with hashimoto disease at her previous startup. Eva earned her Bachelor of Science from West Pomeranian University of Technology and her Masters in Investment Management from University of London. In this episode we discussed Hashimoto's disease and how autoimmune diseases work, women disproportionately affected by it and how it deeply affects every aspect of one's life.

Check out Hashiona at www.hashiona.com

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Jenna Ryan is the co-founder & CEO of Uqora, a urinary track health company that creates a range of products to support urinary track health for those fed up with heavy antibiotic rotations. Since 2017, Uqora has helped over 100,000 women get ahead of UTIs. Jenna graduated with a Bachelors of Art from UC Santa Barbara. In this episode Jenna shared her personal struggle with UTIs, we discussed the vaginal microbiome, debunking the cranberry myth and consequences of taking too much antibiotics to battle UTIs.

Check out Uqora at www.uqora.com

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Sheri Jacobs is the author of The Friendship Diet, a book about how women use food to cope with relationship troubles. She is a published, award-winning author, a certified and tenured NY teacher as well as a Texas certified teacher with ELA and ESL certification. She's also an active client of Pastorini-Bosby Talent Agency in Houston, TX with an extensive background performing on stage and in commercials and film. Sheri earned her Bachelor of Arts from Binghamton University and her Masters in English & Education from Stony Brook University. In this episode we got up close and personal with Sheri and I both opening up about their personal relationships and struggles with nutrition. We also discussed the correlation between unfilled relationships and self care, how loneliness is as dangerous as obesity and how you can "nourish" yourself.

Check out Sheri's website at www.sheri-jacobs.com/book-bonus

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Helene Guillaume is the founder & CEO of Wild.AI, a training app designed for womxn that is building the largest knowledge base of female datasets, across all ages, life stages and ethnicities. Starting with their B2C app, serving their first cohort of womxn: kickass females doing sports. Helene holds an Master’s Degree in Finance & Financial Risk Management from Audiencia Nantes Ecole de Management and a MBA from Universidad ESAN. She previously had an extensive career in financial services and consulting from working at BNP Paribas, Bank of America to Deutsche Bank. Wild.AI has been featured on Forbes, Wired and backed by Entrepreneur First and The Refiners. Wild.AI was also named one of the Top 10 London-based advanced digital technology startups to watch in 2020 by Digital Catapult. We discussed nutritional imbalances, maximizing your training while taking into account your menstrual cycle and the importance of building up research on a diverse range of womxn.

Check out Wild.AI at www.wild.ai

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