Interview 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩 podcast
Most female health problems were never studied. For decades, medical research ran on male bodies, and the result is that women are still misdiagnosed, dismissed, or diagnosed too late, across both ‘gender-agnostic’ health issues, such as heart disease, and female specific health issues, such as endometriosis. Health tech can help close that gap, but not with another wellness app.
It is exactly why our partner Karen Berg wants to see Femtech reach its full potential, in episode 161 of the W𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩 podcast with host Dirkjan Hupkes.
It is also the kind of thinking that shapes where we put our money: not the products that are easy to build and easy to copy, but the companies solving actual health problems, with impact you can prove in numbers rather than claim. In the episode, Karen breaks it down into a few clear points:
🔹 Femtech is so much more than wellness. Sleep and mood apps do not fix the female health gap. The real solution sits in data, diagnosis and treatment, exactly the problems most investors avoid because they are hard.
🔹 Regulation is a moat, not a burden. An FDA, MDR, or CE marking takes years to earn, and in a world where AI makes solutions easy to build, that head start is what keeps competitors from catching up.
🔹 AI in women's health keeps hitting the same wall: there is very little historical medical data on the female body. Better answers begin with closing that gap.
🔹 Impact only counts when you measure it. Healthy.Capital tracks its portfolio against six dimensions of the LIFe Impact Framework: cost, quality, capacity, environment, patient satisfaction, and employee satisfaction. So far, every euro invested has prevented at least €5.19 in costs elsewhere in the system. What gets measured gets funded.
🔹 Closing the female health and funding gap is not just a women's issue. It only works when all genders push on it together.
A podcast tip we can highly recommend, whether you are building in health tech or deciding what to back.
🎧 You can listen on:
- YouTube (audio only)
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