The Importance Of Education In STEM; Wearables In Fitness and Telemedicine; Menopause Is A $600 Billion Opportunity; Investing In Femtech + more
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Happy Monday everyone! 🙂
Last week, Erika Hairston and Arnelle Ansong - two friends whose mission is to provide the right environment and tools for the next generation of engineers to succeed and, hopefully, get one step closer to closing the gender gap in STEM, announced that their startup, Edlyft, has closed $1.4 million seed round. 🎉
Edlyft is a support platform and program helping college students and adult learners through their STEM courses, by connecting them to inclusive mentorship, online group tutoring, and personalized study tools.
"We started Edlyft because we realized that way more people were capable of learning these in-demand skills when given the right environment and tools. With Edlyft, anyone can learn the skills that’ll prepare them for high growth careers they’ll love. Supportive peers and mentors, and ample academic help can make a big difference between trying computer science once and becoming an engineer," Erika Hairston, co-founder of Edlyft, shared with me in an interview.
Congrats, Erika and Arnelle!
Thank you for tuning in this Monday, happy reading! 💌
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We are very excited to finally publishing the interview with one of the fashion tech icons and influencers - Anouk Wipprecht. 🥰
Anouk Wipprecht is a Dutch FashionTech Designer, Engineer, and Innovator living in Miami. She is working in the field of wearable robotics with a focus on behavioral aspects of the interactions of body-based electronic design. Her Spider Dress is a perfect example of this aesthetic, where sensors and moveable arms on the dress help to create a more defined boundary of personal space while employing a fierce style.
Industry news and updates 💻🌎📆
Wearable fitness company Whoop raises $100m during pandemic / via CNBC
Fitbit CEO reveals the company's plan to conquer fitness wearables and telemedicine / via Techspot
Put a ring on it: Employers keen to help monitor employees’ health / via Sifted
Garmin releases new smartwatch specifically for gamers / via Tech Radar
Wearable sensor helps ALS patients who can't speak to communicate / via Slashgear
Menopause is a $600 billion opportunity, report finds / via Fortune
Artificial intelligence model detects asymptomatic Covid-19 infections through cellphone-recorded coughs / via MIT News
AI Engineers Need to Think Beyond Engineering / via HBR
Artificial intelligence helps classify new craters on Mars / via Space.com
Deep Science: Alzheimer’s screening, forest-mapping drones, machine learning in space, more / via TechCrunch
Ketos raises $18 million to monitor drinking water quality with AI / via Venture Beat
Say hello to the new Arduino Oplà IoT Kit: Experience the Internet of Things in your hands! / via Arduino
The future of IoT: 5 major predictions for 2021 / via Tech Republic
London-based femtech Clementine nabs €1.1 million to improve the emotional wellbeing of millions of women / via EU-Startups
Why It Is Time To Do Away With The Term Femtech / via Forbes
Female Founders Fund’s Anu Duggal On Sourcing Deals During Covid And Investing In Founders She Never Met IRL / via Forbes
Style Director Danielle Prescod Shares Her Experience with Egg Freezing / via Coveteur
FemTech Focus podcast: Why Twentyeight Health believes contraception should be free & accessible / via Apple Podcasts
Investing in Femtech: The Case for Women’s Healthcare (Part I) / via Medium
Now a co-managing partner, Upfront’s Kara Nortman is one of the first women promoted to a leadership role in VC / via TechCrunch
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