In today’s episode, I interview Cheryl Hostinak, the Executive Director of American bone health. American Bone Health teaches people how to build and keep strong and healthy bones for life with practical and up-to-date information and resources to engage, educate and empower them to prevent bone loss, osteoporosis and fractures. They love bones and we should too! Bone health is something we should think about sooner rather than later. Many health conditions that women deal with, and treatments f...
Mar 21, 2022•52 min
In today’s episode, I interview Soumyadip Rakshit, the CEO and co-founder of MysteryVibe. MysteryVibe invents category-defining products that combine the best of humanity & technology to create the most personalized pleasure experience. They want to make sexual health as commonplace as health. So anyone from post-natal to post-menopause, adventurer to ED solver, single to long-term couples…everyone can use MysteryVibes tools, talks & techniques to bring mystery back into the bedrooms. My...
Mar 15, 2022•49 min
In today’s episode, I interview Dallas Barnes, the founder and CEO of Reya Health. Reya’s digital solution makes navigating birth control easy and effective. Their smart algorithms utilize in-depth user profiles to match members with the right birth control solution for them. They also have a Birth Control Boundary tracking system that supports users in managing any birth control side effects or symptoms. Dallas is from Ontario, where she resides with her cats and chickens. Before becoming an en...
Mar 15, 2022•47 min
Today is a special bonus episode! I interview Katelyn Marini, Managing Director at the Bowdoin group. The Bowdoin Group is an executive search firm that specializes in leadership and strategic roles, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) services, and major hiring projects for a wide range of companies, from small firms building out their executive team to larger firms sourcing talent for rapid market expansion. The Bowdoin group knows women’s health is an emerging market that needs thought lead...
Mar 04, 2022•30 min
In today’s episode, I interview Priya Oberoi, Founding general partner Goddess Gaia ventures. Priya is an entrepreneur, founder, and lawyer by training. She is also a cancer survivor passionate about investing in technology that improves women’s health. Goddess Gaia Ventures is a female-founded 100M Pound venture fund investing in pre-series A femtech startups in the United Kingdom. They align their investments with creating a sustainable and healthy planet and prioritize investing in underrepre...
Feb 28, 2022•52 min
In today’s episode, I interview Dr. Harpreet Nagra, a behavioral scientist, clinical researcher, licensed psychologist, and equity expert. She serves as the VP of Behavior Science and Advanced Technologies at One Drop. One Drop is a digital health company harnessing the power of behavioral science, mobile computing, and data science to transform the lives of people with diabetes and other chronic conditions worldwide. In this interview, we speak about techquity. Techquity refers to digital healt...
Feb 21, 2022•49 min
In today’s episode, I interview Deborah Copaken, the author of "Ladyparts", a memoir. Deb is a New York Times bestselling author of several books, including Shutterbabe, The Red Book, and Between Here and April, among others. A contributing writer at The Atlantic, she was also a TV writer on Emily in Paris, a performer, and an Emmy Award–winning news producer and photojournalist. Her photographs have appeared in Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, ...
Feb 21, 2022•1 hr
In today’s episode, I interview Arielle Spiegel, the founder and CEO of CoFertility. Cofertility is a dynamic website where you can get all your fertility questions answered. CoFertility can’t make you get pregnant faster. But they can make the waiting less lonely and confusing. I love Arielle's story of how and why she founded CoFertility. She founded it in the middle of her own fertility struggles. She says she had a great doctor and a clinic but she still had questions. Sometimes these questi...
Feb 21, 2022•47 min
In today’s episode, I interview Morgan and Courtney King, the Cofounders of Orchyd. Orchyd is a period care company that provides inclusive and sustainable support to women and everyone who has a period by reshaping the way we look at menstrual care. They have a period tracking app with on-demand telemedicine and a Bluetooth enabled purse that holds your menstrual products and reminds you when to bring them along with you so you don't find yourself bleeding without being prepared. Essentially Or...
Feb 21, 2022•47 min
In today’s episode, I interview SJ Sacchetti the CEO of Cleo. Cleo’s mission is to transform the perception and experience of being a working family from a disadvantage to an edge in America’s workforce. Cleo is a family benefit offered to prospective and current parents through their employers. Cleo’s clients include major companies such as Pinterest, salesforce, PepsiCo, and Upwork. Cleo brings working families the support they need from family planning to parenting children up to age 12 with ...
Jan 27, 2022•50 min
In today’s episode, I interview Amy Beckley, PhD, founder and CEO of Proov. Proov is an at-home test and app to monitor hormone levels and predicts fertile windows and ovulation quality. Proov was invented by Dr. Amy Beckley after three years of infertility and seven miscarriages, Amy applied her own science expertise to uncover a luteal phase defect also known as a problem with ovulation quality. With help from her doctor and a simple supplement, Amy was able to get pregnant with her daughter. ...
Jan 27, 2022•51 min
In today’s episode, I interview, Mary Fenske, the founder and CEO of Posture Wings. The Posture Wings athletic bra supports the breasts, spine, and shoulders while allowing for freedom of movement. It's a sports bra that helps with posture support and keeps bones and joints in proper alignment so that muscles are used correctly. Posture Wings are engineered to leverage the skeleton and muscles to support breast tissue. The patented straps improve posture support while reducing bounce and pain. T...
Jan 14, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Hi femfans, in today’s episode, I interview Juan Pablo Segura, president and co-founder of Babyscripts. Babyscripts is a virtual maternity care software solution. It enables physicians to virtually connect with expecting and new mothers between visits with a fully customizable, branded, HIPAA-compliant mobile app. Providers are able to educate, empower and engage with patients with daily content up through 1 year postpartum. The app offers a robust library of educational content in English and S...
Jan 13, 2022•49 min
FemTech back a hot topic in 2021. How has this affected our industry? What are the risks and benefits of FemTech becoming mainstream? In this episode, our host, Dr. Brittany Barreto discusses the industry year in review plus predictions for where the industry is headed in 2022. Check out FemTech Focus at www.femtechfocus.org Rate, Review & Subscribe!
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 22 min
In today’s episode, I interview Bryony Cole, the founder of Future of Sex and SexTech School. As the world’s leading authority on sextech, Bryony is fascinated by the way technology permeates every corner of our lives, even the most intimate ones. Since launching the top-rated podcast *Future of Sex*, Bryony has been on stages across the world forecasting trends in the sextech industry for governments, tech titans and entertainment companies. Her incredible body of research, global sextech hacka...
Dec 29, 2021•48 min
In today’s episode, I interview Kathy Lee-Sepsick CEO and founder of Femasys (NASDAQ FEMY). Femasys is a publicly-traded, biomedical company focused on transforming women’s healthcare with minimally invasive, non-surgical, in-office product technologies providing significant clinical impact to address severely underserved areas. Their product FemVue is available in the market to physicians to assess the Fallopian tubes via ultrasound since sometimes infertility is caused by blockages in the Fall...
Dec 20, 2021•48 min
In today’s episode, I interview Dr. Abigail Hirsch the founder of Lin Health. Abigail is a clinical psychologist by training and no stranger to the world of digital therapeutics. Her company Lin Health is a digital platform for chronic pain management. Their care support team helps individuals navigate a personalized and integrative approach to care. They’ve built a connected, curated, and customizable digital pain management solution poised to deliver chronic pain treatment at scale in a way th...
Dec 07, 2021•49 min
In today’s episode, I interview Dr. Juliette McClendon, the Director of medical affairs at Big Health. Big Health has two mental health apps. The first is called Sleepio which supports people suffering from insomnia and the second is Daylight which supports people with anxiety. Both of which disproportionately affect women. Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder than men. Women are also twice as likely to have insomnia, the inability to fall asleep and stay asleep, as...
Dec 07, 2021•53 min
In today’s episode, I interview Dr. Robynne Chutkan. She’s an Integrative Gasterointerologist, founder of the Digestive Center for Wellness, and author of three books; The Bloat Cure, The Microbiome Solution, and Gutbliss. This is a super informative and fun episode where we discuss the difference between women's and men's GI tracks. Spoiler alert - turns out we have a lot of differences! We also talk about how hormones from pregnancy, menstruation, and menopause change your stool. Yes, I’m refe...
Nov 24, 2021•1 hr 2 min
In today’s episode, I interview Dr. Kim Capone the Chief Scientific Officer of Femtec Health. FemTec Health intends to integrate genetic, microbiome, and biometric data into a consumer-driven digital health experience with a focus on women’s specific health issues. This is a special episode because Femtec Health has just emerged from stealth mode and requested to tell their story on our show. Normally I like to interview people and companies that have been around and made huge strides to advance...
Nov 19, 2021•38 min
In today’s episode, I interview Dr. Cecilia Caetano, Medical Affairs Director of Bayer’s Women’s Healthcare. Over the last 6 years, Cecilia has been a key physician at Bayer in their women’s health division. She’s worked on their short-acting contraceptives as the medical lead for the birth control pill, Yaz. She then worked on long-acting contraceptives supporting the global launch of a new intrauterine contraceptive and the global lead for the IUD Mirena. Over the past year, Cecilia has led Ba...
Nov 09, 2021•42 min
In today’s episode, I interview Dr. Alex Capano the Chief scientific officer of EcoFibre. Ecofibre is a leader in hemp-based products with over 20 years of growing and breeding experience. They own one of the largest collections of genetically diverse hemp plants with over 300 landraces of cannabis from over 25 countries. Industrial hemp refers to the non-psychoactive, meaning less than 1% THC, varieties of Cannabis Sativa. Over the years, hemp has been unjustly demonized due to its association ...
Nov 01, 2021•45 min
In today’s episode, I interview Gwen Floyd, the co-founder and CEO of Wile. Wile is a holistic, plant-based wellness line for grown women 40-plus, rooted in hormonal and emotional balance. Created in partnership with endocrinologists and naturopaths, Wile is led by a team of seasoned entrepreneurs. Wile serves the 30 million mid-life women ignored by brands and the medical establishment yet overburdened with expectations. Wile believes access to effective solutions, real information and communit...
Nov 01, 2021•47 min
In today’s episode, I interview Andrea Barrica the founder and CEO of O.School. O.School is a judgment-free multi-media platform for sexual wellness. Andrea is building a future with less sexual shame and judgment and more permission to build sexual wellness, whatever that means for each person. O.School believes that every human being on this planet deserves comprehensive education about sex, pleasure, and relationships. Andrea is a serial entrepreneur, investor, contributor to New York Times a...
Oct 18, 2021•40 min
In today’s episode, I interview Tracy Warren the Managing Partner of Astarte Ventures. Astarte Ventures was formed by Tracy and her business partner, Tammi Jantzen. The fund ran from 2013 to 2017 and was the first early-stage investment fund dedicated to enhancing the health and well-being of women and children. Tracy and Tammi could not successfully fundraise the fund because in 2013 the bias of thinking women were a niche market and could not produce large returns was rampant. Tracy and Tammi ...
Oct 18, 2021•37 min
In today’s episode, I interview Etta Watts-Russell the Founder and CEO of Lactamo. Lactamo is a specialized ball specifically designed and developed to facilitate and promote breastfeeding. Lactamo harnesses the power of breast massage, compression, heating, and cooling. Breast massage and temperature may be helpful in providing relief for the most common breastfeeding challenges. Lacatamo helps clear blocked ducts, relieve swelling and pain, fight off infection, stimulate milk production and fl...
Oct 05, 2021•44 min
In today’s episode, I interview Lina Chan CEO and founder Parla. Parla is a digital health company revolutionizing reproductive health by providing greater access to diagnostic tests and proactive support. Parla was inspired by Lina’s own experience with fertility. She always felt on the back foot. Like many women, she found it difficult to understand what was going on with her body, get trusted support, and take care of her emotional health. Parla means to speak, and Lina believes it’s time to ...
Oct 05, 2021•40 min
In today’s episode, I interview Maria Velissaris, the founding general partner of Steelsky ventures. Steelsky is one of only 6 femtech specific venture funds. Their thesis is driven by their belief that women’s healthcare is a global market opportunity in the nascent stage that is primed for exponential growth. They invest across several verticals in women’s health including medical devices, consumer health, digital health, new healthcare delivery models, ePharmacy, and retail therapeutics. As a...
Sep 20, 2021•35 min
In today’s episode, I interview Claire Coder the Chief Estrogen Officer (CEO) and Founder of Aunt Flow. Aunt Flow is making the world better for people with periods. Aunt Flow is the first full-solution to help businesses and schools stock their bathrooms with freely accessible tampons and pads. Their free-vend, wall-mounted dispenser allows companies to provide 100% organic cotton menstrual products at no charge to their employees, students, and guests. So no more quarters! No more giant metal ...
Sep 13, 2021•42 min
In today’s episode, I interview Isharna Walsh, the CEO, and founder of Coral. Coral is a venture-backed app that shows you how to have your best sex life through personalized lessons, guided exercises, real stories, and more. Coral is here to challenge sexual complacency and wake people up to the wonders of investing in their sex life - because sexuality is an integral part of happiness, health, and identity. Coral is an app that facilitates sexual education, acceptance, and connection, to impro...
Sep 13, 2021•49 min
