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THIS! ➡️ "Ovaries lose function earlier than the rest of the body, leading to many women spending two thirds of their lives dealing with a degree of infertility, and one third of their lives in a stage of poor health post-menopause. Currently with our lead program, Fertilo, we are looking to reduce the hormonal burden on women and address infertility. Now with this award, we have sufficient resources to further apply our cell engineering technology and bring forward a program for women going through menopause, an area with even fewer treatment options.” - Dina Radenkovic (Turner) Congrats Gameto, Dina Radenkovic (Turner) and team on this well-earned $10M grant award.

*NEW RESEARCH REPORT* We are excited to share our 2024 Research Report: Women & Wealth – The Wealthspan. Click below to download. Why did we write this report? ➡️ By 2030, American women are expected to control nearly $30 trillion in financial assets, up from $11 trillion today. This seismic wealth transfer presents a unique opportunity for startups to redefine how women manage and grow their wealth — as investors, consumers, shareholders and market movers. Historically, Fintech has not been considered an “underinvested category” like Women’s Health or Motherhood. In fact, it has received $1.8 trillion in venture dollars over the last decade. While in theory these dollars have predominantly funded solutions for everyone, in practice user data reveals that women remain an untapped, underserved and underfunded market segment. In this report, we introduce “the wealthspan,” a framework that inclusively outlines the building blocks of consumer financial control for everyone. Because only when we distinctly consider the unique needs of female consumers can we tap into the full $10 trillion Wealthspan opportunity. This methodology guides our predictions for the next decade and serves as the foundation for identifying how venture-scale startups can drive innovation, particularly when they are built with women in mind. https://lnkd.in/e8vk6E-Z

Congrats Team Evvy on this impressive and important milestone!

It was an honor to spend time this week at the 2024 Clinton Global Initiative and with Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton & Chelsea Clinton discussing a topic I am so passionate about: investing in women.   I started Ingeborg Investments five years ago. Since then, I am proud to have backed 15 female fund managers who in aggregate manage more than $2.5B in AUM and to have invested in more than two dozen female-led companies, including Bobbie, Midi Health, Helaina, Zūm, Ellevest, Evvy, Julie Products Inc., The Mom Project, Hearth, Attn: Grace, Aunt Flow and Millie. At Ingeborg Investments, we find it thrilling to see women starting businesses to serve women’s unmet needs. Their wins will help fuel the change we want to see in the world. Our three observations: 1.     THE INTEREST IS REAL: we’re seeing the conversation getting louder and more visible on the need for innovations to improve every stage and facet of women’s lives – from hygiene to healthcare; from early career to retirement; from the morning after to motherhood to menopause. 2.     THE MARKET OPPORTUNITY IS REAL: to give just one example: last fall, we put out a research report on investing in motherhood. The bottom line? Motherhood is a massive market – a $2 trillion investment opportunity in the United States alone. And, don’t forget many studies show female founders outperform men. 3.     THE STRUGGLE IS REAL: The venture industry is still overwhelmingly male. And that reality has consequences. Today, all-female founding teams still receive just 2% of VC dollars. Incredibly, those numbers have barely budged in 15 years. In 2024, does anyone truly believe that women only have 2% of great ideas?! Despite the struggles, I remain optimistic. I also remain committed to putting more money in the hands of more women, who continue to reimagine our future by fueling innovation that is built with women in mind.  --Olivia Sterns Walton

Laura Katz and the Helaina team are reinventing consumer nutrition by replicating functional proteins found in the human body and making them available as new high-value nutrients. And it all started with insights and inspiration from lactoferrin - the super-power protein in breast milk! Congrats team Helaina on your $45M Series B led by Avidity Partners. We are proud to double down in support of your vision to advance and improve peoples' access to quality nutrition at all stages of life.

I’m thrilled to share that an extraordinary coalition of women leaders including Amy Schumer, Connie Britton, Brandi Chastain, Sheryl Sandberg, Tory Burch, and others, have joined Midi Health’s Series B round, in an SPV organized by Operator Collective 🔆 led by Mallun Yen. This isn’t just about funding; it’s a powerful declaration that women are investing in women. Our unparalleled group of investors put their resources where their beliefs are, driving forward a cause that affects us all.  When women invest in solutions that impact us personally, we break down barriers, create change that resonates deeply and authentically, and address gaps in care that have been overlooked for too long. Here’s why this matters more than ever: In 2023, a shocking 2% of the $41.2 billion in venture funding for health companies went towards women’s health. *Just two percent.* And yet, women make up 50% of the population. By stepping up to this investment, this trailblazing group of women isn’t just funding Midi. They’re also investing in the future of women’s health—and standing up for every woman who has ever had her menopause symptoms ignored or dismissed. To the incredible women who have joined us in this mission: thank you. Together, we are paving the way for a future where women’s midlife health is prioritized—and invested in equally. https://lnkd.in/gWYqncBh #WomenInvestingInWomen #WomenSupportingWomen #FemaleInvestors #MidiHealth

Proud to be returning LPs in Rethink Impact's latest $250M fund as Jenny Abramson, Heidi Krauel Patel and the fantastic Rethink Impact, LP team continue to invest in game-changing companies. We couldn't have said it better, "Investing in women and impact is good business". Congrats to the Rethink team on today's big news! For more details on this latest announcement, check out the full story by Forbes.

Ingeborg Initiatives is proud to support the formation of the Doula Alliance of Arkansas. As Arkansas faces the highest maternal mortality rate in the nation, the Alliance creates a vital partnership between doulas and physicians, providing an added layer of support for moms during pregnancy and the challenging postpartum period. https://lnkd.in/gBHeRdPU

Voting is officially open for SXSW 2025 panels! We are so excited to team up with Ingeborg Investments portfolio company, Gameto & CEO Dina Radenkovic on the important topic of transforming women's health and need your vote to make it happen. It only takes two minutes to vote, all you need to do is: 🔗 Visit the link below and make an account https://lnkd.in/eTjNbQ6B 📩 Click on the link sent to your email with the subject line “SXSW Account Confirmation” ⬆ Click on the up arrow on the upper right side of the page to submit your vote!

Join us in celebrating June 10th as #EqualResearchDay and check out equalresearchday.com to purchase the beautiful coffee table book put together by Evvy highlighting 100 shocking facts about the gender health gap like the fact that less than half of medical schools have women's health curriculum. All proceeds go to WHAM (Women's Health Access Matters) We can’t improve outcomes for women without including them in the research, and we are still playing catch up. Congrats to the Evvy team on this important initiative! Priyanka Jain Laine Bruzek Pita Navarro