๐Ÿ”—๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ ยท ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฏ

๐Ÿ”—๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ ยท ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฏ

UK femtech investment surges 194% in a decade

๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€

๐Ÿ“ˆ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ

The UK femtech sector has seen investment rise by 194% over the past decade, with funding increasing from ยฃ9.4 million in 2015 to more than ยฃ100 million in 2025. Deal activity has also increased significantly.

โ†’www.femtechworld.co.uk/news/uk-femtech-investment-surges-194-in-a-decade-research-finds/

๐Ÿ’ฐ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€-๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ $๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿด๐—บ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต

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. 

โ†’www.femtechworld.co.uk/news/cross-border-impact-ventures-raises-us58m-for-women-and-childrens-health-cbv26/ 

๐Ÿงฌ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต

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. 

โ†’arxiv.org/abs/2608.08244

 

๐Ÿ“ฐ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜

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. 

โ†’ www.theoriginway.com/2026-state-of-pelvic-health-report

๐Ÿง  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐š๐ฉ

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.

 

๐Ÿ† ๐—ข๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ

The European Athletics Championships in Birmingham take place from 10โ€“16 August 2026, bringing Europeโ€™s leading track and field athletes together to compete for medals across a packed week of athletics.

โ†’womeninsport.org/news/summer-of-womens-sport-2026-calendar-dates-times-and-where-to-watch/ 

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€

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