A look at funding to black founders; The medical gender bias gap; Top 10 greatest AI trends in business 2020; FemTech office hours + more
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Happy Monday everyone! 👋🏿
Last week we stopped and listened. We listened to understand, to learn and to act. We are aware we have so much work to do, but it’s absolutely essential that we all contribute to the change we want to see in the world.
One week is not enough to make meaningful changes in our lives, workplaces and communities. Let’s not forget that in order to become more diverse, more welcoming and more supportive community and individuals, we have to continue learning, listening, but most importantly ACTING every single day to make visible and positive impact.
Thank you for tuning in this Monday, happy reading! 💌
Have you already booked your ticket for our FemTech Forum 2020? If your answer is ‘Yes!’ then expect to get an email from us this week containing some super cool offers from brands participating at the forum - curated selection of products and services with a discount code for WoW FemTech Forum attendees! 🎁
If you haven’t booked your ticket yet, you still have time! Even if you cannot attend, we will record all the sessions and send to everyone after the forum so you can watch / listen over the weekend or in the upcoming weeks!
Upcoming WoW monthly webinars 📆👇
WoW members monthly gathering, 1 July / 6pm BST / 1pm ET / 10am PT
Webinar - Women in E-Textiles, 8 July / 6:30pm BST / 1:30pm ET / 10:30am PT
Premium WoW members get FREE access to all our paid webinars + recorded sessions and resources lists from previous and future webinars, more info here.
WoW community events, news and updates
CuteCircuit's SoundShirt is the winner of the 2020 AUGGIE Award for Biggest Societal Impact! Congrats Francesca and Ryan! 🎉🎉🎉Meet Francesca and find out more about her work at CuteCircuit on 8th of July at our webinar - Women in E-Textiles!
The 2020 G4A Partnerships Application is Now Open! Bayer G4A works with extraordinary people to develop new health solutions in the digital world. Since 2012, G4A has worked with numerous startups to deliver meaningful results, seeking startups to partner and collaborate and change the experience of health. The G4A Growth and Advance Tracks offer a gateway to partner with Bayer through integrated healthcare solutions in the digital health space. Applications are now open till June 30th, 11:59 CET.
Smart bras and a light tracker: the wearable tech helping plug the medical gender bias gap, story by Marina Gerner for The Guardian feat. our CEO Marija Butkovic
Virtual Panel Discussion - Women Rising: Leading From Where You Are!, Women of Wearables Sydney chapter, June 16
Emerging femtech: how tech is transforming women’s health, July 2 6pm AEST by General Assembly Sydney
WILD.AI did research on the female body and brings it to women through their app, helping them train, fuel and recover based on their menstrual cycle. Now also opening to menopausal women. Sign up now to get access to the beta on www.wild.ai!
Will fashion tech revive retail?, story by our WoW woman and fashion tech lawyer Rosie Burbidge
Calling all creators – do you have an idea to help people in isolation? Cadent, Nordic Semiconductor and RS Components are inviting you to think big and transform the lives of people living in isolation using IoT technologies. Using wireless technology (Bluetooth Low-Energy/Thread/Cellular IoT - LTE-M/NB-IoT), present a solution to address one or more of the issues experienced by those in isolation. More info here + find out more via webinar!
Apply for January VC’s Virtual PitchCollective - a virtual pitch event that allows founders to pitch multiple investors at once, without an introduction, June 17
Have an interesting event, news or update that you want to share with our community? Drop us a line via email and we’ll do our best to include it in our next newsletter!
Illustration: Eniola Odetunde/Axios
Industry news and updates
HBCUs are missing from the discussion on venture capital's diversity / via Axios
The Conversation And The Data: A Look At Funding To Black Founders / via Crunchbase News
Startup Continent: The Most Well-Funded Digital Health Startups In Europe / via CB Insights
How Digital Solutions Help Drive Patient-Focused Healthcare / via HealthTechMag
UK’s COVID-19 health data contracts with Google and Palantir finally emerge / via TechCrunch
Our health data can help stop COVID-19—but we need strong safeguards to protect it / via Fast Company
Eye, robot: Artificial intelligence dramatically improves accuracy of classic eye exam / via ScienceMag
Locus Robotics raises $40 million to take its warehouse robots global / via Venture Beat
Top 10 Greatest AI Trends in Business 2020 / via Readwrite
AI uses data from Oura wearables to predict COVID-19 three days early / via AI News
New stretchable, self-healing and illuminating electronic material for wearables and soft robots / via Phys.org
Stress wearables: best devices that monitor stress and how they work / via Wareable
Fashion Shows Get High Tech—and Socially Distant / via WSJ
'Covid has been a leveller for the industry': Charli Cohen on the new importance of tech in fashion / via Evening Standard
Fashion Week Returns to Stockholm via a Digital Platform and a Focus on Sustainability / via Vogue
A strong international line-up of finalists announced for the Fashion Innovation Award, sustainability edition / via Loomish
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