The power of perseverance; Fertility, pregnancy, and maternal health webinar; World's first artificial heart approved for sale in France; Advice for women who want to join a board + more
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Happy Monday everyone! 🙂
We’re kicking this new year off with an inspirational tweet, one every one of us needs to see from time to time, to remind ourselves that hard work and persistence pays off.
We hope you all managed to get some time off during the holidays, spend some quality time with your families (even if it’s just via zoom or phone), and get ready for another year that already seems like it’s going to be a tough one (hey, but so are you)! 💪🏽 💪🏽 💪🏽
Following up on our perseverance message, we want to share a story with you, a story that will hopefully inspire you to never give up on your dreams and goals! 👇
This is a story of two female founders starting a business in 2020, running a business, and closing a $3 million seed round - all in the same year. 😳 🙌 🥳 Now, that's just WoW! 👏 Congrats to Vittoria Bergeron and Alyssa Musket, co-founders of the mental health app Sesh!
Thank you for tuning in this Monday, happy reading! 💌
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👭 WoW members monthly gathering, January 6
HEALTH TECH 2.0 virtual conference, January 28
Join us on January 28, 2021, for an all-day conference about the future of healthcare, where we are bringing 40+ health tech leaders, innovators, founders, clinicians, influencers, and investors from around the world to discuss the future of healthcare technology!
Topics include 👇
➡️ The Cross-section of Beauty, Health, Science And Technology
➡️ Investing in Health Tech
➡️ Transforming Healthcare With AI
➡️ The Role of Technology In Creating Better Sexual Health
➡️ Patient Of The Future - Opportunities And Challenges and many more.
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Royal Philips, Mouser Electronics, Garmin, Essity Ventures / Essity, LELO, fermata inc., Intimina and Fertifa.
Early Bird tickets expire this Sunday, so grab yours before they run out!
Join us for another femtech webinar in February in which we will discuss Fertility, Pregnancy, and Maternal Health!
We brought together five leaders and experts to discuss the latest innovations, trends, and the state of Fertility, Pregnancy, and Maternal Health. During this webinar, we will cover a range of topics including:
Innovative next-generation solutions and products disrupting this space;
Breaking down taboos, and the importance of education about female health;
The impact of the pandemic on the sector, businesses in this space, and access to healthcare for the most vulnerable;
Fundraising and getting investment;
How to launch a business in a highly regulated environment and scale it.
Join us for a FREE health tech webinar in February in which we will discuss Wearables, Healthcare, and the rise of innovations in this space!
This event is organised by Women of Wearables in partnership with RS Components. For over 80 years, RS Components has been providing products and solutions to engineers, making it easy for our customers to do business and saving them time and money. Today, they are a global omnichannel solutions partner for industrial customers and suppliers who are involved in designing, building, or maintaining industrial equipment and facilities. They aim to offer our customers an unrivaled choice of product technologies, solve problems with innovative solutions, and deliver a world-class customer experience.
We brought together five female founders to discuss the latest innovations and trends in this space, and share their business stories. During this webinar, we will cover a range of topics including:
Innovative next-generation solutions and products disrupting this space;
Building hardware (and software) products - do’s and dont’s;
Fundraising and getting investment for hardware products;
R&D, product development, prototyping, and manufacturing;
Product-market fit and how to find your niche;
What kind of support is available for businesses in this space.
Community events, news, and updates 💻🌎📆
📌 Prototyping 101 Workshop by our friends from Loomia. Next Enrollment Period: Jan 20th - Jan 31st, 2021, more info via this link!
📌 Reboot - The virtual wellness festival by our friends from Clementine. Running from January 18th - January 28th, 2021, over 8 evenings, this festival will help you to REBOOT your career, confidence, sleep, body image, love life, sex life, and much more!
📌 New London-based digital retailer ILOH, founded by our WoW member Jemma Sawyer, is on a mission to destigmatize female pleasure with its edit of intimate wellness products. An entrepreneur with years of experience in fashion and communications, Sawyer set out to explore the intersection of femtech and female design. Read more via Wallpaper!
📌 Vibio, a new and exciting sextech brand, is launching their app-controlled female wearable Frida next month. They are looking for potential retailers and distributors to work with. For more information feel free to contact alma@vibiostore.com.
📌 Our WoW member Allesandra Scicchitano is looking to partner up with other women to write a book chapter on UX and Wearables. She is looking for women founders that use wearables as the main technology. Get in touch via email at contact@byaures.com.
Industry news, and updates 💻🌎📆
Five VCs discuss what surprised them the most in 2020
Global VC Funding To Female Founders Dropped Dramatically This Year
7 predictions for how technology will shape healthcare in 2021
World's first artificial heart approved for sale in France
Gender stereotyping is harming young people's mental health, finds UK report
Psilocybin Treatment for Mental Health Gets Legal Framework
Advice for women who want to join a board — and why gender balance in the boardroom is important
Five Predictions For Early Stage Startups In 2021
For Female Founders, Women In Tech & Allies 👩🏾⚕️👩🏼🏫👩🔬
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