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Direct To Consumer Approach Underscores Femtech’s Disruptive Potential

New Accelerator Looks To Fill Information Gaps About Femtech Market And Support Start-Ups

 
• By Lucie Ellis-Taitt

A new technology accelerator, FemTech Lab, will support the scale-up of at least 10 firms in 2021 that have innovative solutions for issues affecting women’s health and wellbeing. The founders talk to In Vivo about their view of the femtech market and how it will impact traditional health care.

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The first of its kind in Europe, FemTech Lab launched in London at the end of 2020 as a new accelerator to help femtech entrepreneurs get their companies investment ready. It offers a 3-month program – enrolling 10 start-ups in the first cohort – to assist new companies in getting their products to market. During the program, the start-ups have access to world-class experts and resources to scale their product development, they can utilize relevant go-to-market channels, and receive advice on how to raise the necessary funds to get from innovative idea to fully fledged company.

Alongside business growth, FemTech Lab helps start-up founders to grow as leaders – addressing a talent gap in the European...

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