Women Tech Meetup

It's been a busy fall for Foreground Capital! ??Boost by BioBreak: Elizabeth Bailey spoke on the panel “Women's Health: Advancing Innovation and Investment"?alongside?Luba Soskin, Global Clinical Lead at Bayer and?Tatiana Yglesias Ulloa, Executive Director at Portal Innovations, LLC. The panel was moderated by?Stephanie Oestreich, Managing Director at Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation - MMRF. ??SF Tech Week: Alice Zheng spoke on the panel “The Future of Women's Health: Opportunities & Challenges” alongside?Tara Viswanathan, CEO & Founder at Rupa Health,?Laura Mason, Growth Investor at Composition Capital,?Dorothy Kilroy (she/her), CCO at ōURA and?Sylvia Kang, Founder & CEO at Mira. The panel was moderated by?Dasha Shunina, Venture Capital Contributor to Forbes, Founder of Women Tech Meetup, Ambassador Community & Partnerships at Puzzle. ?? Harvard Business School Women's Health Summit: Elizabeth served as a judge at the Student Pitch Competition. Fellow judges included:?Leslie Schrock, Author, investor, and entrepreneur,?Eva Luo, OBGYN and Head of Clinical Solutions at Pomelo Care, and?Thomas de Vlaam, Partner at Pillar VC. Congratulations to the winner?Tess Kim, MD,?founder of PeriPeach! ??2024 Milken Institute Future of Health Summit: Elizabeth was invited to join the roundtable?“A Collaborative Network to Advance Women's Health” to discuss the development of a national network and platform coalescing investors, researchers and stakeholders to foster and accelerate R&D, data-sharing, resource collection, and institutional knowledge exchange. She also had the chance to connect with?Adaeze Enekwechi, CEO of our portfolio company Cayaba Care. ??RAISE Global Summit We are proud to have been selected as one of the top 100 applicants out of 900 for the RAISE Global Summit. Stasia Obremskey participated in a roundtable with emerging managers and prospective LPs, discussing opportunities in women’s health investment. The summit offered a valuable chance to engage with limited partners interested in supporting emerging managers. Stasia also had the opportunity to connect with?Paige Hendrix Buckner, CEO of All Raise.

Thrilled to have co-hosted and sponsored this event focused on longevity and aging with Women Tech Meetup this past Tuesday graciously hosted by Withum! Special shoutout to Dasha Shunina for organizing this successful and important event. It was a pleasure to connect with incredible women in technology, female founders, entrepreneurs, community builders, and other professionals. Thank you to our panelists Alejandra Guillén, Caitlyn Krebs, Sophia Lugo, and our very own CMO, Bobbie Kumar, MD MBA FAAFP for taking the time to share their journey and provide insights on longevity, aging, women's health, and the intersection of these through technology. We are grateful to have had the opportunity to introduce HelloFam to all of you and announce the launch of our latest feature – the marketplace! If you haven’t already, take our? 5-minute Longevity Assessment found here: https://www.hellofam.app/ The assessment helps?you uncover how your lifestyle impacts your health span. Discover where you’re thriving and identify areas for improvement. Start your free assessment today and take the first step toward living longer and healthier!

???? Yue LU from Pillar Legal, P.C. recently attended the Women Tech Meetup, an inspiring event featuring discussions from female founders about technology, AI, innovation, and product development. This November, the meetup focused on biotech, health data, anti-aging, and longevity. ?? According to Carta, women made up just 13.2% of all startup founders in 2023. This gap is even wider in some sectors. ?? As Lu Yue reflected on her work with startups, she noted that only one out of ten—sometimes none—of the companies she’s worked with have women founders. ?? Despite underrepresentation in leadership, by some metrics, women often outperform in industries like education, healthcare, biotech and consumer products. ?? Women in leadership also drive successful outcomes. According to research conducted by McKinsey & Company in 2019, overall, companies with more than 30% women executives were more likely to outperform those with fewer women executives, or none at all. ?? Thank you to Dasha Shunina for organizing these meetups in San Francisco, New York City and Miami. They provide a space for women entrepreneurs to connect, share ideas and support one another. ???? If you’re navigating legal questions or challenges as a founder, feel free to connect with Yue LU at the next Women Tech Meetup. #WomenTechMeetup #SanFrancisco #Legal #WomenFounders #StartupCommunity

Supporting Women Founders: Courage and Encouragement ????Attending the Women Tech Meetup always leaves me feeling motivated. The events are often packed, with people standing wherever they can to listen as female founders share their experiences in technology, AI, innovation and product development. This November, we discussed biotech, health data, anti-aging and longevity. ??According to Carta, women made up just 13.2% of all startup founders in 2023. This gender gap is even wider in some sectors than others. ??As a female lawyer who works closely with startups almost every day, I can’t help but reflect: how many of the startups I’ve worked with have had women founders? Probably one out of ten? ??In fact, some statistical research suggests women often outperform in sectors like education, healthcare, biotech and consumer products. Sometimes, what we need is just a little courage from within and a little encouragement from others. ?? Further, according to research conducted by McKinsey & Company in 2019, overall, companies with more than 30% women executives were more likely to outperform those with fewer women executives, or none at all. In other words, women in leadership positions drive successful outcomes. ??Thank you to Dasha Shunina for organizing these amazing monthly meetups in San Francisco, New York City and Miami. These events provide that encouragement, creating a community where women entrepreneurs can find each other and grow together. ????If you have legal questions or challenges in your entrepreneurial journey, feel free to connect with me at the next Women Tech Meetup. #WomenTechMeetup#SanFrancisco#Legal#WomenFounders #StartupCommunity

This is a somewhat unexpected angle for the first photo, but this is what you get if you arrive late to Dasha Shunina events—it was packed! Four amazing founders from vastly different parts of health tech (gene medicine, endocannabinoid supplements, wearable and fashionable EEG, health education app) discussed their products, challenges, and approaches. Discussions revolved around the reasons why it is hard to make lifestyle changes, what it takes to make medical products accessible, representation challenges in drug development and medical research, the importance of a community, and things that specifically affect women's health span. My favorite quotes from the event: "Muscle is the currency of life" - Bobbie Kumar, MD MBA FAAFP, MD MBA FAAFP on age-related muscle loss. "Concept of vitamin people" - Alejandra Guillén on interactions that provide you with much-needed energy. It starts to feel less lonely to be a female interested in longevity! Thanks to Dasha and her Women Tech Meetup??

What an inspiring evening at the Women Tech Meetup on Longevity & Aging! ? I was honored to participate as a panelist at this incredible event, and I’m still buzzing from the thought-provoking discussions and the energy in the room! Longevity and aging are topics that impact us all, and it was amazing to share the stage with such inspiring women who are shaping the future of healthtech. A huge THANK YOU to Dasha Shunina! It was a privilege to share ideas, exchange insights, and connect with so many passionate and innovative minds. Here’s to more events like this that bring us together to explore the future of health and wellness! #WomenInTech #HealthTech #Longevity #AgingInnovation #Networking

We had a great time hosting the most recent Women Tech Meetup. Amazing turnout and an inspiring group of panelists all thanks to Dasha and her team.

Had such a great time at Women Tech Meetup in SF. Thanks Dasha Shunina for organizing it! Women meetups are definitely something special, warm and relaxing. The topic Longevity & Aging is super interesting and brought up a lot of related and acute questions about women's health in general. I had a pleasure to meet one of the panelists Bobbie Kumar, MD MBA FAAFP, co-founder and Chief Medical Officer at HelloFam, a cool app where the longevity experts guide you through several weeks to improve your health. I've just onboarded and now waiting for my personalized plan!

What a night it was ??

Still buzzing from the energy at the Women Tech Meetup last night! ?? Kudos to Dasha Shunina for her stellar moderation and to the team for organizing a legendary event. The Aging & Longevity panel was fire??and the networking vibes were on another level. What an amazing community to be part of! ??