FemTech Focus

Dr. Jessica Grossman is the CEO of Medicines360, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit global women’s health pharmaceutical company with a mission to expand access to quality medicines for all women regardless of their socioeconomic status, insurance coverage or geographic location. Dr. Grossman is a seasoned industry executive and serial entrepreneur with a proven track record leading successful women’s health c...

On this episode, FemTech Focus's co-founders, Dr. Brittany Barreto and Dr. Julie Hakim discuss their favorite topic... the VAGINA! The magical, vital and self-cleaning organ that's part of the female reproductive system. From the anatomy & parts of the vagina to discharge, hymens and vaginal rejuvenation, Drs. Brittany & Julie share this educational episode to demystify common misconceptions and e...

Dr. Taylor Sittler is the co-founder & CEO of The Cusp, a digital platform that provides comprehensive, collaborative, compassionate menopause care that’s built around—and with—women. Their platform includes private chat options, 1-on-1 meetings with menopause specialists and personalized care plans. Taylor previously co-founded Color Genomics (now known as Color), a startup that created affordabl...

On our first ever 3-way interview, we have Abby Stern and Savira Dargar from HITLAB. Abby was the Manager of the Women's Health Tech Initiative & Innovation Research & Evaluation and previously has a maternal and child health background with a Master's Public Health from Columbia University. Savira was the Deputy Director, Innovation Research, Strategy, & Compliance and the Director, Women’s Healt...

Trish Costello is founder and CEO of Portfolia, which offers a radically different investing process designed for women and other emerging investors. She is also co-founder and CEO Emeritus of the Kauffman Fellows Program, Center for Venture Education, the global educational institute preparing the leaders of the venture capital industry, located in Palo Alto, CA. Portfolia brings investing into t...

Eva Galant is the founder of Hashiona, the first all-in-one app for Hashimoto patients. Hashimoto patients are 90% female. Eva is a serial entrepreneur having co-founded 3 startups and experienced a small exit for one of her companies. She founded Hashiona after her own personal struggle with hashimoto disease at her previous startup. Eva earned her Bachelor of Science from West Pomeranian Univers...

Jenna Ryan is the co-founder & CEO of Uqora, a urinary track health company that creates a range of products to support urinary track health for those fed up with heavy antibiotic rotations. Since 2017, Uqora has helped over 100,000 women get ahead of UTIs. Jenna graduated with a Bachelors of Art from UC Santa Barbara. In this episode Jenna shared her personal struggle with UTIs, we discussed the...

Sheri Jacobs is the author of The Friendship Diet, a book about how women use food to cope with relationship troubles. She is a published, award-winning author, a certified and tenured NY teacher as well as a Texas certified teacher with ELA and ESL certification. She's also an active client of Pastorini-Bosby Talent Agency in Houston, TX with an extensive background performing on stage and in com...

Helene Guillaume is the founder & CEO of Wild. AI, a training app designed for womxn that is building the largest knowledge base of female datasets, across all ages, life stages and ethnicities. Starting with their B2C app, serving their first cohort of womxn: kickass females doing sports. Helene holds an Master’s Degree in Finance & Financial Risk Management from Audiencia Nantes Ecole de Managem...

Dr. Amy Divaraniya is the co-founder & CEO of OOVA, a fertility tracking kit that allows couples to measure, track and predict ovulation cycles from home. Dr. Divaraniya has a PhD in Biomedical Sciences with a focus in Genetics and Genomics from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. In this episode we discussed how Oova works, the progesterone and luteinizing hormones and empowering women with their own...

Marsha Stephanson is the founder & CEO of Cater to Mom, a monthly subscription box catered to the needs of moms during their fourth trimester, better known as postpartum. Their subscription boxes include monthly recovery essentials such as beauty or bath products, healthy snacks, books, self care tips and helpful postpartum care resources. Marsha is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, a degreed HR pr...

Terri Hanson Mead is an experienced IT consultant, expert witness, angel investor, startup advisor, podcaster, YouTuber, and award-winning author of Piloting Your Life. Her award-winning book Piloting Your Life was written to embolden women over the age of 40 to take the controls and be the pilots in their own lives. Terri has spent over 20 years working in and with biotech, medical device, diagno...

Keira Kotler is the CEO & Founder of Everviolet, an adaptive lingerie company that designs with the changes in a woman’s body following treatment for breast cancer and other meaningful life events in mind. Their lingerie are not only comfortable and functional but are also beautiful pieces of intimate apparel. Keira is a creative at heart, with a MFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institut...

Marija Butkovic is the Founder & CEO of Women of Wearables, a leading global organisation aiming to support, connect and mentor women and diverse groups in wearable tech, fashion tech, health tech and IoT with more than 20,000 members located across the globe. Marija is a digital marketing & business consultant and Forbes contributor who has worked across a range of projects in different industry...

Colleen Fisher Tully is a freelance writer and editor. She writes content for magazine media, lifestyle websites, agencies and business clients (B2B and B2C). Her portfolio includes longform articles, web articles, ghostwriting, white papers, advertorial, blog posts, e-newsletters, landing pages, display copy, press releases, product descriptions and SEO. She has contributed numerous articles to L...

Sylvia Kang is the Co-Founder & CEO of Mira, a women's health monitoring platform with that tracks cycles, predicts ovulation, monitors fetal health, measures ovarian reserve and detects menopause at home. Sylvia earned her BS in Bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh, MS in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia University and MBA from the Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management. Sh...

Liz Klinger is the Co-Founder & CEO of Lioness, a sexual health & wellness startup home to the Lioness Smart Vibrator, the first and only vibrator to improve orgasms through biofeedback and data. The Lioness Smart Vibrator was developed from over half a decade of research and development with sex researchers, doctors and analyzing 50,000+ orgasms. It has also won multiple Best of awards at CES, th...

Dr. Fahimeh Sasan the founding OB/GYN of Kinbody, a fertility & family-building clinic that is making it more accessible, intuitive, and empowering – for all. They serve patients and employers in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and nationally online and through their partner clinics. Dr. Sasan completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC and has been pr...

Christina Vanvuren is the Founder & CEO of Future of Femtech, a lifestyle wellness community for women’s health and femtech leaders. Christina is a mother, Navy veteran, and crisis counselor at Crisis Text Line. She is currently studying for a trauma-informed yoga instructor certification, as well as completing an intensive leadership program through Co-Active Training Institute. We discussed pivo...

Cathy Sebag is the CEO & Co-Founder of Hela Health, the one-stop-shop for employee health & wellness that allows users and their family to choose their own tools to manage their care. Ranging from hundreds of teleconsultation platforms, apps, wearables, products and services, Hela Health features some other well-known femtech brands such as Elvie, Pearl, Joylux, Twentyeight Health and more! Everyt...

Shakun Sethi is the CEO & Founder of Tickle.life, a community based online discovery platform and marketplace which is a one-stop-shop for sexual wellness content, products and services. Their platform has over 300 sex therapists, sex-positive groups, coaches and sex-perts. Prior to Tickle.life, Shakun founded Dizuna Communications, a crisis communication startup. She earned her Bachelor's degree...

Maria Berruezo es la cofundadora de LactApp Women's Health con sede en Barcelona, ​​España. LactApp, la primera aplicación dedicada a la lactancia y la maternidad con consultas individuales con especialistas sin la molestia de visitas en persona o largos períodos de incertidumbre. LactApp tiene 40,000 usuarios mensuales y responde a más de 90,000 preguntas cada semana y fue seleccionada por Apple...

Dr. Kelly Teagle is the Founder & CEO of WellFemme, a Telehealth service provided by female General Practitioners who specialize in menopause and midlife care. They provide evidence-based menopause information, advice and treatment in collaboration with our clients’ usual General Practitioners. She graduated in Medicine from the University of Queensland in 2001 and worked in the Royal Australian A...

Aneela Idnani is the Co-Founder of HabitAware. Through HabitAware, Keen was invented. It is a smart bracelet that uses gesture detection technology to bring awareness to hair pulling (trichotillomania), skin picking and nail biting disorders. These disorders are part of an umbrella term called Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRB). HabitAware aims to spread awareness of these behaviors and empo...

Chantell Preston is a serial entrepreneur, femtech founder & an active investor. She is a lead partner in the Portfolia Active Aging & Longevity fund and has over 20 years of healthcare operations & management. Within her extensive experience in the healthcare industry, she has successfully founded & exited several healthcare companies. On this episode we discussed how healthcare management relate...