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Happy Monday everyone!
Last week we announced our virtual global conference about FemTech - FemTech Forum 2020 - and guess what??
We sold 200+ tickets in less than a week!!!
We received so many of your emails and messages about our incredible speakers lineup, and although we cannot add any more speakers to our agenda we are still actively adding sponsors and community partners on board, so if you would like to collaborate with us on this project, get in touch!
We’re happy and proud to be partnering with INTIMINA - a Swedish brand that offers the first and only range of products dedicated exclusively to all aspects of women’s intimate health - to organise our FemTech Forum!
Danela Zagar, INTIMINA’s Global Brand Manager will be joining us as a speaker on a panel “Designing Products to Suit (And Fit) A Modern Woman’s Needs”. Until then, find out more about Danela in this interview and check out INTIMINA’s website where you can use special code FEMTECH25 for 25% off on entire INTIMINA range!
This month, on 27th of May, we will be hosting a webinar about investment trends and innovation in sustainability and clean tech space. CleanTech investments surged above $35 billion in 2019, maintaining the five-year growth trend. We gathered a group of experts, startup founders and investors to discuss the state of CleanTech and Sustainability, what it’s like to build a sustainable 'green' business, to hear both founder’s and investor’s perspective on investing in these sectors and go through some of the challenges these industries are facing.
This webinar is supported by our partners Plus X! Plus X creates innovation hubs, enabling business of all sizes to collaborate, innovate and grow. With a unique formula combining world class architecture, healthy and inspiring workspace, specialist facilities, business support programmes and academic knowledge exchange, Plus X helps business and communities to thrive. Every year Plus X runs a ‘Disruptors’ competition - seeking out and selecting the best early stage startups in sustainable solutions and the circular economy. Last year, Lucy Hughes - one of our panelists for this webinar - won!
Toby Kress, Head of Innovation at Plus X will be joining us for the evening to tell us about their first innovation hub opening in Brighton in June with a significant focus on supporting innovation in sustainability!
Upcoming WoW virtual events
HAPPENING IN MAY
WEBINAR - Technology and climate change action, WoW Sydney chapter, May 19 9am BST
WEBINAR - How to get a grant for your business, 20 May 6:30pm BST / 1:30pm ET / 10:30am PT (read more about one of our panelists and how he got his grant in this TechCrunch article from last week)
HAPPENING IN JUNE
WoW members monthly gathering - FREE for members and non-members, 3 June / 6pm BST / 1pm ET / 10am PT
Premium WoW members get FREE access to all our paid webinars + recorded sessions and resources lists, more info here.
WoW community events, news and updates
WeAreTechWomen virtual conference, June 26 (first 10 lucky WoW readers can grab their free ticket using the code WOWFREE)
Plus X presents: Ben Gateley, CEO of CharlieHR - Getting the best from teams during challenging times, Tuesday 19 May 1pm BST
How We Did It! - UK Global Talent Tech Visa Webinar w/ our WoW woman Hadeel Ayoub, 28 May
Our friends from Sensate have launched their crowdfunding campaign and have smashed their goal within a week! WoW members can purchase this unique stress-busting wearable that boosts resilience and wellbeing at a special price via this link!
UK femtech startup Astinno, which is working on a wearable to combat hot flushes, picks up grant worth $450k / by Natasha Lomas, TechCrunch (meet Peter Astbury, founder and CEO of Astinno at our ‘How to get a grant for your business’ webinar this Wednesday, 20 May)
Viva La Vulva with our WoW woman Dr. Lyndsey Harper, episode 3 of the FemTech Focus podcast
Our WoW woman Melissa Chung and her sustainable shoe brand Krippit are shortlisted for Draper’s Best Sustainable Initiative of the Year category, congrats Melissa!
Image via Crunchbase News
Industry events, news and updates
‘The Next Brain: Wearables & Brain Devices’ webinar, 19 May
Positioning Yourself in a New Job Market During A Global Pandemic, May 21
Normalizing Stigmatized Health Issues — featuring Melissa Waters of hims & hers / via HLTH podcast
Telemedicine Is Becoming More Popular. That’s Good for Prescription Delivery Startups. / via Crunchbase News
Why Startups Should Become ‘Camels’–Not Unicorns–During COVID-19 / via Crunchbase News
Beauhurst has released a new report, diving deep into the UK capital's high-growth companies, looking at fundraising behaviour, Covid-19 impact and more
5 changes to expect in the workplace after COVID-19 / via Fast Company
8 Laws Driving Success In Tech: Amazon’s 2-Pizza Rule, The 80/20 Principle, & More / via CB Insights Research
The Global Support Ecosystem for Women Entrepreneurs and Investors / via Medium
A Global Perspective: COVID’s Impact On European And American Female Founders & VCs / via Crunchbase News
Forget femtech: Let’s talk about why most health products default to ‘mentech’ / via Sifted
Africa’s femtech sector is nascent but promising / via techcabal
Femtech app Peanut raises £9.6M Series A investment / via Maddyness
Nanit raises $21 million for its baby monitor, app and new line of wearables for infants / via TechCrunch
It’s all in the wrist: Wearables are helping to treat disease and disability / via Digital Trends
These smart wearables will remind you to keep the distance / via LiveMint
VR researchers show string haptic wearable that lets you feel objects / via Venture Beat
Is virtual travel here to stay, even after the pandemic subsides? / via National Geographic
This ugly t-shirt makes you invisible to facial recognition tech / via Wired UK
Can Artificial Intelligence Predict Sexual Aggression? / via Psychology Today
MIT’s new wearable lets you control drones with Jedi-like arm gestures / via The Next Web
3D printing finally found its market, and all it took was a pandemic / via Protocol
15 Indigenous Designers on What Sustainable Fashion Is Missing / via Vogue
Coronavirus Will Force Fashion To A Sustainable Future / via Forbes
Queen of Raw Among the First to Get Funding From MIT Solve / via WWD
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