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If you are a womenβs health founder or CEO, please read this letter to the White House, sign, and share! If you are a women's health supporter, please share this widely.
ICYMI: The White House recently announced The Initiative on Women's Health Research. Under the guidance of Liz Powell, several women's health founders have created a collective document that outlines our frequent roadblocks and a list of concrete ways that we believe US government could make a positive difference for women that would outlast any administration.
Entrepreneurs, CEOs, and experts in launching and growing companies focused on women's health are welcomed to co-sign this letter. (If you fall into another category, such as VC/investing expertise or health innovation access expertise, you are welcome to co-sign other letters by contacting lpowell@G2Gconsulting.com). For the letter to be taken seriously, please list your name and your affiliation at the bottom of the letter that is below.Β
Thank you for engaging in this effort to advance the health of women!
This newsletter is brought to you in partnership with Guidea!
Guidea, an award-winning, women-led UX design agency, today announced 30 new early-stage femtech companies for its 2024 UX design sponsorship program,Β Femovate, selected from 130 applications across six continents. Launched by Guidea in 2022, the Femovate program has invested more than $1 million in femtech innovation through its UX design sponsorship program and elevates promising femtech startups by giving them the same kind of services that Guidea provides to the top Fortune 100 companies.Β
Experts in UX design and product strategy from Guidea will work closely with the 2024 Femovate companies to help them improve and accelerate the efficiency, usability and accessibility of their products. The complimentary services provided by Guidea will help burnish the credibility of the 2024 Femovate companies, putting them in a far stronger position to acquire new funding and media opportunities. UX design support may include researching and testing digital designs, identifying areas for differentiation in the market, collaborating with industrial designers and engineering teams to create user-centric products that exceed expectations, and delving deeply into the patient, provider and customer journey.
βFemtech is the industry that will change the world,β said Guidea CEO and co-founder Theresa Neil. βWe see incredible promise with the startups we're sponsoring while understanding the challenges they face bringing innovation to generally taboo health topics. Femovate can provide a small but powerful boost for these companies to jump to the forefront of femtech and bring solutions to millions of women globally.β
Survey: Barriers to insurance coverage in FemHealth and FemTech
Have you experienced challenges getting the right insurance coverage for the risks your business faces? Tokio Marine Kiln, a leading specialist insurer and one of our business members, is investigating the barriers to insurance for FemTech and FemHealth businesses and the impact of those barriers, in order to improve awareness and understanding of the insurance needs of FemTech companies.
To support this research, they are inviting WoW members to complete a short survey that should take no more than a few minutes to complete, which asks about your experiences in exploring the coverage you need. The findings will be incorporated into a broader report that into these issues will be released in 2024. If you have any questions about this survey or the report, please email communications@tokiomarinekiln.comΒ
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