How femtech companies are tackling gender health gaps while empowering women

  • 📰 globebusiness
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 49 sec. here
  • 16 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 72%
  • Publisher: 66%

Noastack Noticias

Ordid2896011761ce,Adveditorial,Yespop

Founders often seek to fix systemic issues they encountered in areas such as sexual health, menopause, menstruation and birth control

Rachel Bartholomew, founder and CEO at Hyivy Health, stands in her Kitchener, Ont. headquarters holding the Floora, the company’s Bluetooth-connected pelvic rehabilitation device.Not many people decide to pursue a business idea while undergoing cancer treatment, but Rachel Bartholomew was determined to address the gender health gaps she uncovered firsthand.

“I was very much going through the struggles of, ‘How do I pitch something for a vagina to a roomful of men?’” says Ms. Bartholomew. “There’s a lot of education and external validation they need to even consider this an issue, partially because we’re pitching to the wrong gender.”While Ms. Bartholomew was able to raise multiple rounds of investments, it was difficult, and she was motivated to connect with like-minded companies and help them get to the next stage.

“Ignoring women’s health comes at a real cost because women make enormous contributions to the society in which we live,” she adds. “The biggest return to the economy would be investing in women’s health.”from McKinsey & Company, investments addressing the women’s health gap could potentially boost the global economy by $1-trillion annually by 2040.

“It’s normalized, instead of questioning things, starting conversations, having more innovation and products,” she says.

Hemos resumido esta noticia para que puedas leerla rápidamente. Si estás interesado en la noticia, puedes leer el texto completo aquí. Leer más:

 /  🏆 31. in MX
 

Gracias por tu comentario. Tu comentario será publicado después de ser revisado.

México Últimas Noticias, México Titulares

Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.

Trump Sues Co-Founders of Truth Social Media Company Over SharesDonald Trump has ramped up a battle over shares in his newly public Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. with a lawsuit against his co-founders, claiming they violated an agreement setting up the social media company and shouldn’t get any stock in it at all.
Fuente: BNNBloomberg - 🏆 83. / 50 Leer más »

Trump sues two Trump Media co-founders, seeking to void their stock in the companySAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Donald Trump is suing two co-founders of Trump Media & Technology Group, the newly public parent company of his Truth Social platform...
Fuente: YahooFinanceCA - 🏆 47. / 63 Leer más »

Trump to be deposed in dispute with media company co-foundersExplore stories from Atlantic Canada.
Fuente: SaltWire Network - 🏆 45. / 63 Leer más »