Femovate by Guidea

🔮 Take a glimpse of the future where: - We screen for breast cancer with tears and have advanced 3D AI powered tools for diagnosis - We screen cervical cancer with a swab, and use a high sensitivity, high accuracy patch for diagnosis - We have non-invasive or minimally invasive solutions for ovarian and uterine health We covered all of these solution plus more in our recent Fast Company article: Shelving the speculum: Femtech’s radical transformation of women’s healthcare #healthinnovation #heathequity #womenshealth #femtech

In the US the DEA is threatening to limit the ability to prescribe controlled substances through telehealth appointments. This will have a negative impact for women and girls in rural areas, those without reliable transport to in-person visits, those working hourly wage jobs who cannot afford take off 2+ hours for appointments, and those who are actively caregiving for babies and elderly parents and needing help to care for themselves. This will have a negative impact on women who rely on telehealth to manage ADHD symptoms, mental health, perimenopause, insomnia and other conditions. Please take a moment to sign Joanna Strober's petition.

Congratulations Eli Health 🎉 It is beyond exciting to see the live product and the innovation you're bringing to women's hormone health, not just for fertility and reproduction but for women needing insights to manage chronic conditions like IBS, RA, MS, lupus, etc... You're a trailblazer Marina Pavlovic Rivas and the whole Eli Health team ✨ Stay tuned for more success stories from our Femovate by Guidea '22 and '23 teams. We're just getting started! #healthequity #womenshealth #femtech #healthinnovation

Theresa Neil's talk at SF Design Week this summer was all about design innovation in women's health. Check out some of our favorite product designs in full color with commentary! Incora Health's smart earrings that track core basal body temperature Impli. a sub-dermal, real-time, hormone monitoring implant Armor Medical Inc's proactive postpartum hemorrhage monitoring wearable Ciconia Medical's minimally invasive device to measure labor progression Cosm Medical's personalized Gynethotic™ for pelvic floor prolapse Elvie and Hyivy Health products for pelvic floor rehabilitation Namida Lab, Inc.'s breast cancer screening kit using tears and DeepLook Medical's AI powered breast cancer imaging platform Thyia's at home HPV screening kit Lioness Health, the first device to track and measure women's orgasms (watch the talk to learn why this is important) SkiiMoo Tech, a gender affirmation prosthetic Disclaimer: 9 of the above companies are in our Femovate by Guidea program b/c we think they are so amazing! https://lnkd.in/gyBqhv96 #womenshealth #femtech #designinnovation #femtechUX #medtechinnoavtion #healthtechinnovation

Check out Marissa Fayer of DeepLook Medical (a Femovate 22/24 startup) on this excellent podcst with Rachel Braun Scherl and Alyssa Dweck: https://lnkd.in/ggJCPpbH Adding Business of the V to our podcast list 😍 #healthequity #womenshealth #healthtech

👀 Interesting censoring When we were trying to share a carousel highlighting women's health innovation, LinkedIn rejected our boost. We followed all the guidelines, removed emojis, checked the grammar and spelling, resubmitted 3 different times and protested. On a hunch, we changed this one image from the 20+ page carousel and resorted to euphemisms and a vague reference to 'imbalances' and bam- approval! Why not just state the rule and rejection premise LinkedIn? Instead of this: "Your ad was not approved for the following reasons The ad contains non standard text (examples: spelling error, grammar error, capitalization, punctuation, repetition, symbols, upside-down text, and non standard formatting). Learn more" We have real problem if the LI review committee is too uncomfortable to even say "we don't allow these words: vaginal microbiome". #censored #womenshealth

🎉 Femovate Roundup 🎉 With over 50 startups in the Femovate by Guidea program, there are exciting things happening every week. Here's a quick recap from August: ⭐Nesa Medtech has been granted a patent in the US for Nesa’s flagship product GYIDE for uterine fibroids ⭐Eli Health launched their new site and waitlist for their revolutionary hormone monitoring system ⭐Proov launched their new perimenopause test kit, empower, on Amazon ⭐Tina John won the startup pitch at CharmHealth conference in DC for Veera ⭐Elektra Health's Co-Founder & CEO Jannine Versi has been selected as a 2024 Rock Health Innovation Fellow ⭐Pelihealth founder published a new article on Fast Company titled "Expanding impact: Scaling innovations in women’s health" ⭐joni® 21st-Century Period Care™ is writing new book called "Once Upon a Time of the Month" ⭐FemHealth Insights founder Brittany Barreto, Ph.D. released her book "Unlocking Women's Health: FemTech and the Quest for Gender Equity" ⭐Kelsey Mayo of Armor Medical Inc will be speaking at the Women's Health Innovation Summit this month in Boston ⭐ Incora founder Lindsey Calcutt, PhD will be on the stage at HLTH in October! Congratulations to all of you, we love seeing the momentum you're creating! #womenshealth #femtech #healthequity #healthinnovation

🤣 Follow the transcript of Google Gemini lecturing our founder for having a "strong stance" on leaving the word speculum in her upcoming article title. ----------------- I have a new article being published on FastCompany this week. The title is "Shelving the speculum: Femtech's radical transformation of women's healthcare". I wasn't thrilled with the word "transformation" in the subtitle and asked Google Gemini for help. Gemini explained that the reference to the speculum "Might not resonate with male readers: Some readers might find the reference too explicit or off-putting." Feeling a little feisty, I shared "that's okay, because at least 51% of the readers will get the reference." And asked again for help with the term "transformation". Undeterred, Gemini lectured that "it's essential to consider the potential for alienating male readers" and I should "explore better options". I finally got frustrated with Gemini and shot back "I'll go ahead and write for women and men can just deal with the word speculum, just like women have to deal with erectile dysfunction ads and billboards ALL the time!" Gemini then let me know my title might make some people 'uncomfortable'. Are you uncomfortable Gemini? You seem uncomfortable.

This article is all too timely. We've had some very real conversations lately with founders in femtech who are wearing down; you can hear the fatigue in their voices, you can see it on their faces. It is exhaustion and frustration and doubt that this work will ever pay off. Of course there are moments for celebration, but this is one hell of a mission to be on and it takes a toll. Miller Morris writes about this and proposes some possible fixes in her article.   "I was told [being a founder] was the hardest job in the world, but now I see that it has little to do with canonic late nights and early mornings. You can do everything right and still fail, and there are plenty of “success stories” we should hesitate to admire or emulate. In my opinion, what we need instead of the traditional, white noise story of a founder’s narrative is trifold: a community approach, alternative growth structures, and more authentic stories from founders (and beyond)." Read more: https://lnkd.in/gXnYeUSk

Innovation is on the rise for endometriosis, across the healthcare continuum. We've pulled together 30+ femtech innovators bringing new solutions for: ✴ Education & Awareness ✴ Screening & Diagnosis ✴ Treatment & Interventions ✴ Maintenance & Ongoing Support With a special should out to the team at Afynia Laboratories, one of our Femovate participants who just raised $1.5M for their screening product, endomiR, check out the article on Femtech Insider. Link in the comments. Know of more companies? Please add them iin the comments.