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Healthcare innovation is the future. But, there's a shocking challenge for female founders when it comes to funding. Do this to gain greater access to capital. Do you want to know how female entrepreneurs can gain access to more capital? At a recent speaking gig, I answered the question, “Do Women Founders Need to Present Like Men to Get Funding?” and it was recorded… (I’m not sure I’m allowed to share it, but) DM me FEMALE FUNDING and I’ll send you the video recording. #healthcareinnovation #fundingforfemalefounders #healthcaretech #healthcareinnovators

We’re helping women build one another up 💪 Partner Joyce Tong Oelrich recently joined client Aavia co-founder Aagya Mathur, along with other female founders to discuss exciting opportunities in the women’s health and femtech space. Thanks to Rebecca Minkoff, Alison Koplar Wyatt, and The Female Founder Collective for bringing together so many brilliant founders to share their experiences building women's health companies from the ground up in our New York office. ✍️ Here’s what we learned: 💡Traditional “women's” issues are now recognized as everyone's issues, and building infrastructure for these issues can lead to early investment opportunities. 💡Consider non-traditional funding sources – government funding and family offices – because venture funding may not be the best fit for most companies. Non-dilutive funding may be the best bang for your buck at your stage of growth. 💡Innovators face challenges convincing healthcare stakeholders they can create cost savings, especially in a complex industry like healthcare with reimbursement codes and incentives. Find influential doctors who can serve as marketing channels. 💡Foster meaningful relationships with investors, remember that investors may not even understand the basics of women’s health while demonstrating your solution and the size of the investment opportunity, market demand, and product-market fit. Keep an eye out for more programming for female founders and funders during NY #TechWeek in June! #Femtech #Innovation #Womenshealth 

“Women are half the population and the bearers of our evolutionary future. Why is there such a stark contrast in how we invest?” - Sanskriti Thakur WHAM's #30Not30 forum is just a day a way. Our Chairwoman Sanskriti Thakur, along with Jane Karpis, Emily McNeill, and Dr. David Sable will be speaking on the topic of "Accessing Alternate Sources of Capital to Drive Innovation at Scale" which will be moderated by Sasha Kelemen. We look forward to the discussion that will help explore opportunities to fund equality and innovation in #womenshealth. Hunter Creek Advisors LLC, Eden Global Partners, Special Situations Funds, TOWER, Women's Health Access Matters, Northwell Health, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Walgreens, Quantified Ventures, Leerink Partners #WHAM #3Not30 #KatzInstitute #NorthwellHealth #WomensHealth #HealthInnovation #FutureOfHealthcare #WhamNow #InvestingInHealth #TowerCapital #GenerationalHeatlh #HealthEconomics #GlobalHealth  #CommunityHealth #InvestingInHealth #WowenInTech

Roughly a decade ago, when all we talked about was women in tech and leadership, we would routinely discuss how women face increased barriers to access, expossure, and capital. The numbers haven't improved much since: in 2024 female entrepreneurs still account for just 2% of all venture capital funding. We're just not talking about it as much anymore. When I was first starting Dot Health, access to networks was key. I was brand new to the world of healthcare—an entrenched industry with a mess of a private-public payer system. Incredible women like Louisa Greco, Jodi Butts, Ilse Treurnicht, Diane Lafontaine, ASC, C.Dir., and powerhouses like Paul Desmarais, Jolyon Burton, and David Naylor graciously gave me access to their professional networks. This was the difference between getting my startup off the ground and going kaput. Growing Dot Health from its infancy to now working with tens of thousands of healthcare providers across North America has been a challenge and a half. Andy Weissman once told me, "Your ambition will always outstrip your progress," and that has stayed with me. I will never think I've "done" it. No matter how big or beautiful our product, or how far-ranging our network. But I'm learning that progress is perfection. To do my bit in giving back, I'm teaming up with Mastercard Small Business Community on their upcoming event series for women in small business. I will be helping mentor Canadian women in small business to better sell, market, and raise capital for their companies. #smallbusiness #womensmallbusiness

🌟 Exciting news for the VC landscape! 🌟 I came across this incredible blog post on NextRound.ai, highlighting the trailblazing women who are shaping the US VC landscape. It's truly inspiring to see the impact that female founders are making in the industry and how they are paving the way for future generations. If you're interested in learning more about these powerhouse women and the trends they are setting, I highly recommend checking out the blog post here: https://lnkd.in/gq6izQSj At NextRound.ai, we are dedicated to supporting founders on their fundraising journey. Our platform provides valuable insights and tools to help founders navigate the fundraising process more effectively. To learn more about how NextRound.ai can assist you with fundraising, visit our blog at https://nextround.ai/blog/. Let's continue to celebrate and support the incredible women who are revolutionizing the VC industry! 💪 #FemaleFounders #VC #NextRoundAI #FundraisingSuccess

Female founders are lighting the way for more women-led innovations. 💡  Fenwick partnered with The Female Founder Collective and Amplifyher Ventures during New York TECH WEEK by a16z to talk about smart fundraising, ownership preservation, and which key metrics to watch for growing your business.  Get their tips here: https://bit.ly/4eBaj8d Which tip resonates with you the most?  #NYTechWeek #FemaleFounders #WomeninTech 

I'm really excited to be organising this event for women who would like to find out more about angel investing - join us on 27th September. #AngelInvesting #WomenInInvesting #FemaleFounders Attendees will need to self-certify as HNW or Sophisticated Investor. Capital at risk, and this communication is directed exclusively to professional investors only. Don’t invest unless you’re prepared to lose all the money you invest. This is a high-risk investment and you are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong. Take 2 minutes to learn more- https://lnkd.in/eM9Qfixh

Are you looking to join an early stage female-founded (led by or has at least one female in the c-suite) company as a fractional CMO, CTO, CCO, CFO, COO? Are you a skilled systems builder in your area of expertise? Look no further than Decision Society to find the most interesting female led companies to join! Our first newsletter, which serves as a professional matchmaking email, is launching this week! At Decision Society, we understand that the current capital raising system for women is systemically broken. It is very clearly not serving us, according to our value systems, and this can determine our professional fate. As a former small business owner, I know this pain intimately. Decision Society has been built from wanting to solve for a crisis, one that I have personally experienced. When I ask female founders about their goals, they are usually looking to build lives and companies around purpose, create income for life, and build companies that don't deplete our precious remaining resources. Only one handful of times, out of hundreds of conversations, have women said they want to make millions and start their own fund... Even if that is the goal, there's a better way to meet the right partners and we are here to help build the right relationships on shorter timelines. Women come to the table with 20 years less financial knowledge and resources, with a much smaller community around them to help them make decisions. So we need to help each other, and we want to! But we should not be asked to do so for free, as we often are. Decision Society is on a mission to support women, to get them out of this toxic system of capital begging, so that they can instead focus on building important companies, faster, better, with more support, less commitment, and way more freedom. We are on a mission to pay women for their knowledge sharing with women who are aligned in missions. We work to match fractional c-suite operators to companies that they WANT to work at, that they are EXCITED about. We help negotiate equity for time agreements. The ultimate goal is to help women reach profitability, with better systems support, and in a way that they can buy back their equity that they gave out to get there, and to pay and/or promote the women who supported them. Join Decision Society today, to be included in this months newsletter. Let's put the joy back into collaboration and growing. Let's build profitable businesses before we ask and seek out large equity partners. Let's go into our Series B rounds as majority owners of our businesses. Let's build companies we don't have to or want to sell, together. Please join us. All small business allies welcome, men and women, we need you all to help us build!