femtech

It’s hard to imagine more intimate data than that collected by female technologies or “femtech.” These apps and devices not only monitor women’s menstrual cycles but also record their sexual encounters, orgasms, and pregnancies. A new study shows that many femtech companies do not adequately safeguard such sensitive information. Some may even intentionally leak personal data to third parties. The research, led by Dr Maryam Mehrnezhad at the Royal Holloway University in London, is part of a…

Historically, women’s health has taken a back seat to men’s — leaving a persistent gender gap in data, research, and clinical trials. A wave of femtech innovators may finally bring balance. Among them is Elina Berglund Scherwitzl, co-founder and CEO of Natural Cycles, the world’s leading birth-control app. “We need more companies focusing solely on women’s health and women’s issues because that’s what is going to make up for the gender gap in the end,” she tells TNW. Berglund Scherwitzl is a…

 Let’s talk about femtech in Europe. In this bonus episode of the TNW Podcast, we’re featuring two interviews with notable players in the industry: Ida Tin, co-founder and chairwoman of the period tracking app Clue — and the very person who coined the term ‘femtech’ itself. Valentina Milanova, founder and CEO of Daye, a gynaecological health startup based in the UK. Listen to the episode with the player above — or, better still, find us on your favourite podcast platform and subscribe!…

Founders of startups will also be measured on governance quotient in addition to intelligence quotient and emotional quotient, Boat cofounder and CMO Aman Gupta said on Saturday. "Apart from other things, Founders need IQ, EQ and GQ. Governance quotient now will become more important than ever and it's good for the ecosystem that Corporate Governance is taken seriously from Day Zero", the startup founder and angel investor tweeted. Angel investor and founder of FemTech startup Sirona, Deep Bajaj feels that startups must…