Special announcement - new WoW members monthly meetups; The rise of CBD; TechWomen100 Awards; The future of work for women + more
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Happy Tuesday everyone! 🙂
As we already announced last week, from this October, all our PREMIUM MEMBERS will be able to participate in our monthly sessions/focus groups dedicated to either wearables and fashion tech or health tech and fem tech.
From October, every 📆 second Wednesday of the month, our wearables and the fashion tech community will come together for a virtual meetup, while every 📆 third Wednesday of the month is reserved for health tech and fem tech enthusiasts!
So, from October, for as little as £10 / per month, you’ll be able to get even more for your £££, including:
👭 Members-only online monthly meetups where you can share your experiences, get some peer-to-peer mentoring and meet other like-minded people from the industry
💻 FREE access to all our paid monthly events and webinars, recorded webinar sessions and resources list
📢 Occasional advertising of your job ads, product launches, crowdfunding campaigns, awards, challenges, startup programs, surveys, fundraising, and other relevant activities in our weekly newsletter + our social media channels (*available only with an annual membership, T&Cs apply)
✂️ Enjoy special discount for products and services from our partners’ network
📌 Access to our Slack channel for WoW members
We hope you join us! :)
Thank you for tuning in this Tuesday, happy reading! 💌
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Upcoming WoW monthly webinars 📆👇
According to CB Insights, in 2019, CBD startups in Europe saw a record level of investment — 34 innovative companies received a total of $128.5 million. Annualized activity suggests funding could continue to rise this year, approaching $150 million.
A recent report by the Centre for Medical Cannabis estimates that 8-11% of U.K. adults respectively—approximately 4-6 million people—have tried CBD. The market size is estimated at $390 million per year and expected to be just short of $1.3 billion in 2025. This would be equivalent to the entire U.K. herbal supplement market in 2016.
Although the CBD industry in Europe is still relatively nascent compared to the U.S., it's estimated to surpass the U.S. as the number one CBD market soon.
Read more about it via Forbes here!
Join us for our FREE webinar in September where we will discuss the latest CBD and cannabis tech products and innovations! We brought together five experts to discuss the latest trends in the CBD space and its rise in the healthcare and wellbeing space.
Other WoW webinars and meetups 👇
WoW members monthly gathering (FREE for all our members), 7 October / 6pm BST / 1pm ET / 10am PT
Sex, Fertility and Contraception - What’s Next? (FREE webinar, in partnership with OCON Healthcare), October 28 / 6:30pm BST / 1:30pm ET / 10:30am PT
Community webinars & virtual events 💻🌎📆
🏆 Nominate a #TechWomen100 now 🏆
Our partners, WeAreTechWomen, are proud to announce that the TechWomen100 Awards are open for nominations – who will you nominate?
A shortlist of 200 women from a range of technology disciplines will be chosen in October by an esteemed panel of judges. The shortlist will then be published and we will also open the TechWomen100 individual category for public votes of support. Winners will be announced in November and celebrated at a virtual award ceremony on 08 December. There will be 100 winners of the TechWomen100, a Champion of the Year, a Global Award of Achievement, a Company of the Year and a Network of the Year.
Join us as we celebrate up-and-coming inspirational female tech talent and help us create a new generation of female role models. Who will you nominate?
Nominations close 11 September 2020!
And more 👇
Femstreet Angel Investing Circle, September 2
The 2020 International Forum on Women’s Brain and Mental Health, September 19-20
Forward Partners’ Investment Associate Program: a chance to join the Forward Partners team for 4-6 months to experience VC and working with portfolio companies firsthand. Applications can be made through this link and for any further questions, contact Katie Kim at katie@forwardpartners.com.
Industry news and updates 🌎
The Future of Work for Women / via Medium
The State of Women in Venture (Part 3) / via AngelList blog
Sequoia’s First Woman Partner Is Raising Capital, and Standards / via Medium
Why Driving Capital to Female Founders is Even More Important Since COVID-19 / via Medium
Bose appoints its first female CEO / via Engadget
Women in healthcare: Moving from the front lines to the top rung / via McKinsey
Empowering Black Women in Business Means More Than Ticking a Few Boxes / via Inc.
Elon Musk demonstrates Neuralink’s tech live using pigs with surgically implanted brain-monitoring devices / via TechCrunch
Amazon unveils Halo to battle Apple Watch and Fitbit — tracks activity, body fat, emotions / via CNBC
Fitbit unveils new smartwatch with ECG app, stress management features, skin temperature sensor and more / via MobiHealthNews
Bayer reinvests in digital health maven One Drop, with $98M in commitments / via Fierce Biotech
BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Barrister Alexandra Wilson. The new breed of "Femtech" companies. Kamala Harris Vice-President nominee / via BBC Radio 4
Femtech game-changer: MobileODT scores $4M making cervical cancer screening better / via Geektime
Femtech poised for growth beyond fertility / via TechCrunch
VC Maria Velissaris looks to change male-dominated digital health world with femtech investments / via MobiHealthNews
Internet Of Things: How Smart Poles Are Lighting up Smart Cities / via WomenLoveTech
LG is releasing a ‘wearable air purifier’ / via TechCrunch
Can tech tackle counterfeit fashion? / via Raconteur
Good vibrations — men’s sexual wellness gets the tech treatment / via Sifted
Groundbreaking new material 'could allow artificial intelligence to merge with the human brain' / via Independent
For Female Founders, Women In Tech & Allies 👩🏾⚕️👩🏼🏫👩🔬
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