Femtech Assembly
A new think tank by Ida Tin
Over the last three years I have travelled the world talking about Femtech and meeting the many builders, founders, funders and supporters of Femtech all over the planet. It has been inspiring and empowering but has also made me understand how much work there still is to be done to fully unleash the power and potential of technology addressing needs in women’s health. Potential for innovation, business and economic growth and for driving our planet forward on a much needed systemic shift towards a regenerative mindset. One where we live more in synch with both our bodies and the planet as a whole.
Before doing this sector wide deep dive I spent a decade building Clue, a tech startup in female health. An app that is now used by over ten million people in 190 countries. We have done scientific work with world renowned research institutions and been part of a cultural liberation around menstruation and women’s health more broadly.
I am now dedicated to fostering the cultural and economic conditions for Femtech to be an even more thriving category in tech, and a positive force for equality. Founding the think tank Femtech Assembly is my next step on that journey, just like building Clue was.
The aim for the think tank is to articulate the link between investing and innovating in Femtech, economic potential and planetary regeneration and well being.
In short, I’d like to make it an undisputed fact that investing in women’s health is a good investment on all levels, from individual to societal, and that the follow-on effects when women thrive in their bodies are deep and wide, in fact they amount to being a central part of a planetary recovery process where we learn to live healthily as a planetary ecosystem and a social whole.
My hope is that Femtech Assembly can be a meeting place, a bridge builder between entrepreneurs, users, funders, policy makers, healthcare systems and the wider tech community. A place for anyone who wants to use their skills and energy to drive the Femtech sector forward, always with real people in mind, the women who need technology to work for them, to fit their bodies, to support them on their wild life journeys in female bodies.
Femtech Assembly is new and unformed, and I am looking forward to giving it life together with all of you.