By Karen Pallarito If you haven’t noticed all the new wearables, mobile apps, self-care gadgets, or tech-enabled services designed for women’s health, well, you’re just not paying attention. Femtech is seeping into daily life. Hands-free breast pumps are a thing; period underwear is everywhere. To many industry leaders, femtech is more than a market sector—it’s a movement. “It’s giving a voice…
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When Lola cofounders Alexandra Friedman and Jordana Kier first started talking to Walmart about a potential retail partnership for their feminine care products company over a year ago, the world looked very different. Consumers weren’t hoarding toilet paper, companies across the U.S. weren’t working from home, and Friedman and Kier could dream of walking into a brick-and-mortar store and seeing…
There are not enough women-led tech startups – and it’s costing us all: a recap from the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos. Africa’s technology startup scene is vibrant – and growing fast, writes Muhammad Nabil, partners and startups strategy lead at Microsoft 4Afrika. There are currently over 640 active technology hubs across the continent, and, according to Disrupt Africa, startups…
Women’s health and well-being is on pace to become a $50B industry by the year 2025. Investors, say hello to ‘femtech’. The femtech market is expected to reach $50B by 2025 According to Forbes, only 10% of global investment goes to female-led startups — that’s horrendous — but, today, we’re going to let positivity win. Research firm Frost & Sullivan forecasts the…
With market predicted to be worth $50billion by 2025, is women’s health no longer being overlooked by tech? Digital contraceptive techniques have been on the receiving end of bad press recently after Swedish company Natural Cycles was described as “misleading” by the UK’s advertising body, and a number of women complained about becoming pregnant while relying on the app. But…
