We all survived 2021 😅 - Happy holidays and THANK YOU for being with us in 2021! 🎄❤️
Biweekly newsletter about the latest news and updates on innovation and diversity in wearable tech, health tech, and IoT space.
Happy Wednesday everyone! 🙂
How is it already 2022?! 😅 We haven’t processed 2020 yet, and 2022 is just around the corner. It would be an understatement to say that this year has been equally challenging for us all, but also opened so many doors for some incredible new people and projects in our lives, both for us personally and for our business.
Some of our 2021 highlights 💎
👫 500+ new members joined us this year 🤩
🎤 We organized 50+ virtual events, conferences, workshops, fireside chats, members meetups’ and webinars this year alone with 100+ speakers participating
🎫 We organized two virtual global conferences with more than 800+ people joining us for each one - Health Tech 2.0 and Investing and Fundraising in HealthTech and FemTech
⚡️ We launched WoW Knowledge program where our members regularly share lessons and insights from the ever-changing world of technology
📝 We interviewed 70+ WoW women for our blog
🔥 We launched our WoW FemTech LinkedIn group that currently counts 700+ industry professionals, where we daily connect with amazing startup founders, researchers and innovators
We are so grateful for all of you, our wonderful community, for cheering us up, for supporting us, for being with us along the way, and we hope you stay with us on this journey in 2022. 🥰
Thank you for being part of WoW! 🙌🏽
Marija & Anja
Announcing our special Christmas offer to join our community (offer applies only to annual memberships). If you’re thinking about joining us or inviting your friends or colleagues, now is the time to do it! The offer runs until January 2, 2022, 11:59pm GMT! Woo-hoo! 🎁
SOME OF THE PERKS INCLUDE:
Connect and learn from WoW members - designers, technologists, startup founders, corporates, investors, journalists, researchers; leverage valuable business resources, and discover talent and career opportunities
Advertise to one of the leading communities for women in tech globally via our newsletter
Get the opportunity to collaborate with us for our webinars, workshops, and conferences
Get the opportunity to participate as a mentor company and expert in residence in our WoW Knowledge Program
Offer your products on the WoW marketplace with a curated selection of products and services from the community
Find the best female talent by advertising your job ads on the WoW Job board
Get dedicated promotion through our social media channels and our blog
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🧑🏫 Join our LinkedIn femtech group with 700+ members where we discuss all things women’s health, femtech innovation, and investment.
📆 Check out our events page.
📧 Get in touch if you’d like to become our partner and business member!
📌 If you are a female founder, designer, or technologist, we would love to feature you on our WoW women blog!
WoW webinars and virtual events 🌎 📆
HAPPENING THIS WEEK 👇🏽
Meet the investor - Office hours with Katherine Gilroy, Seedrs, December 9, 10am-11:30am GMT
HAPPENING IN 2022 👇🏽
WoW Members' Meet & Greet - Wearables, HealthTech, FemTech, IoT, Fashion, January 12, 10am-11am GMT / 6pm-7pm GMT
AMA session with Marija Butkovic, founder and CEO of Women of Wearables (for members only), January 27, 2022 (10am - 11am GMT / 6pm - 7pm GMT)
Meet the investor - Office hours with Marta Pyrzyk, Lightrock, January 26, 10am-11:30am GMT
WoW Members' Meet & Greet - Wearables, HealthTech, FemTech, IoT, Fashion, February 9, 10am-11am GMT / 6pm-7pm GMT
Meet the investor - Office hours with Brianna Bao, Simsan Ventures, February 23, 10:00-11:30am GMT
Over the past few months, we have been working on something very exciting - our brand new femtech program - FemTech Untapped! 🤩 We will be able to tell you more about it very soon, but you assumed correctly - it will be all about femtech and women’s health and it’s launching in February 2022. For now, we can only tell you it’s going to be our biggest femtech project ever including some of the most innovative companies in the space! 🔥 Stay tuned for more information soon! Interested in hearing more about it or possible collaboration? Get in touch via the button below! 👇🏽
All our events are FREE for WoW members! 🔥
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Interested in joining us for one of our future webinars or you would like to discuss partnership and collaboration? Get in touch!
On the WoW blog 📌
WoW Woman in FemTech I Lisa Falco, data scientist, digital health expert and book author
WoW Woman in Women's Health I Mary Fenske, CEO and inventor of Posture Wings
WoW Woman in Fintech and HeatlhTech I Jen Estherby, HealthTech Lead at Barclays Eagle Labs
WoW Woman in Women's Health I Peony Li, founder of Jude
WoW Women in FemTech | Rebecca Sternberg, Vered Italiano and Varda Messer, co-founders of Aquafit
WoW community events, news, and updates 💻🌎📆
📌 Our friends and partners from Thrive Agency have just published their white paper Digital opportunities for women’s wellbeing which highlights the ingrained barriers women face when accessing the healthcare system in the UK and the services that can keep them in good health. These include inflexible appointments, low health literacy, and demanding family responsibilities. Download their free white paper on this link to learn how femtech and other digital platforms can overcome barriers to health access for women!
📆 2nd World Congress on Women’s Health: Innovations and Inventions (WHII 2022): Addressing Unmet Needs is taking place on February 27-28, 2022, in Tel Aviv, Israel. Following a hugely successful WHII 2019, with over 570 participants from more than 30 nations, 150 speakers, 60 startup presentations, and 30 abstract presenters, the congress intends to continue and expand its reach into the Women’s Health domain, focusing on bridging that gap between the clinical unmet needs and the technological solutions. Use code WoW for 15% off tickets (valid to international members, excluding Israel). More info here.
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Written by Marija Butkovic, founder and CEO of Women of Wearables. Follow me on Twitter or connect with me on LinkedIn. Check out my Forbes column.