🔗𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝘁𝘀 · 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟯𝟯
🔗𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝘁𝘀 · 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟯𝟯
UK femtech investment surges 194% in a decade
𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀
📈 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱
The UK femtech sector has seen investment rise by 194% over the past decade, with funding increasing from £9.4 million in 2015 to more than £100 million in 2025. Deal activity has also increased significantly.
→www.femtechworld.co.uk/news/uk-femtech-investment-surges-194-in-a-decade-research-finds/
💰𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀-𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 $𝟱𝟴𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵
FemTech World reports that the specialist health-tech fund has secured US$58m at first close towards a US$125m target. Its investment mandate specifically targets women, children and adolescents, including sexual and reproductive health, maternal health and chronic disease.
🧬𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵
Researchers have introduced FemWear, a specialised wearable AI foundation model designed around women's-health signals including menstrual cycles, symptoms, sleep, affect, activity and pregnancy-related outcomes. Early results are promising, but researchers caution that clinical validity and universal superiority remain unproven.
📰𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁
Origin's new research draws on a retrospective cohort of 4,662 patients, comparing virtual, hybrid and in-person pelvic-floor physical therapy. Its headline finding is that virtual care produced comparable clinical improvement to in-person care in about half as many visits.
→ www.theoriginway.com/2026-state-of-pelvic-health-report
🧠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐚𝐩
Women are promoted on demonstrated performance, men on perceived potential. Femtech faces the same asymmetry: 194% investment growth still comes with researchers who must caveat their own findings and studies that need 4,662 patients to be taken seriously.
🏆 𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸
The European Athletics Championships in Birmingham take place from 10–16 August 2026, bringing Europe’s leading track and field athletes together to compete for medals across a packed week of athletics.
→womeninsport.org/news/summer-of-womens-sport-2026-calendar-dates-times-and-where-to-watch/
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