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AI and Women’s Health: Seizing Opportunities and Overcoming Challenges in the Funding Landscape
Event Overview
According to Pitch Book, femtech startups are potentially on track to raise a record amount of venture capital in 2024, approximately $1.2 billion. The most valuable femtech companies by post-money valuation include virtual care company Maven Clinic and molecular diagnostics firm, BillionToOne.
Despite this good news, the fundraising picture for women’s health and female founders is still challenging. Pitch Book reports that deal count, or the number of femtech companies receiving funding, is down nearly 50% in 2024. And, the recent election of Trump to the presidency may shape the investment landscape in unexpected ways.
How can startups and rising companies in women’s health (in AI and related sectors) understand this challenging and unpredictable investing landscape and position themselves for success? Our panel of investors will provide predictions and expert strategic guidance.
Select Topics We’ll Cover
AI vs. Non-AI Women’s Health Investing: Differences, similarities and trends to watch.
Successful Implementation and Fundraising Strategies: AI is not new in healthcare, as it is well-established in certain sub-sectors. What strategies should women’s health companies thinking about integrating AI into their offerings (or that already have AI) pursue to execute and fundraise successfully?
The Data Question: There is a large health data gap between men and women. How are women’s health-focused AI companies overcoming and helping to address data disparities?
Preparing for the Future: How might the investing landscape in the U.S. change versus other parts of the world, such as Europe and Asia? How can women’s health companies seeking funding prepare and thrive?
Webinar Agenda
Overview: The Current AI in Women’s Health Company and Investment Landscape
Discussion: Health Policy Shifts and Women’s Health Investing in AI and Beyond: Trends to Understand, Watch and Navigate
Discussion: AI in Women’s Health Investing Implementation: Investors Talk Data Challenges, Business Models and Success Stories
Discussion: Overcoming Headwinds in Women’s Health Fundraising in AI and Related Sectors
Q&A: Panel and Audience
Speakers
Connie Harrell
President Keiretsu Forum Southern California
Connie Harrell is president of Keiretsu Forum Southern California, a regional group within the world’s largest network of accredited investor members.
Keiretsu Forum brings together a network of dedicated investors, business leaders, venture capitalists, corporate and institutional investors, family offices, and experienced entrepreneurs, united by two interconnected goals: To foster mutual growth and strategic alliances, sharing insights, and building a robust angel network that spans diverse expertise and to access and invest in promising angel investment opportunities worldwide.
With over 3,000 accredited angel investors across 53 chapters on four continents, Keiretsu Forum stands as the world’s largest and most successful private equity and accredited investor community. Since its founding in 2000, members have collectively invested more than $1 billion in companies spanning various industries, including software, telecommunications, health and life sciences, biotech, real estate, mobile applications, Internet, consumer products, and other high-growth sectors.
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Jolene Anderson
Managing Director VectorPoint Ventures
Jolene Anderson is a Managing Director for VectorPoint Ventures, former Chapter President for Keiretsu Forum NW Region, investor, advisor for seed and early stage companies in North America for over two decades. She has served on investor panels, as a speaker and a judge in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. on life science, FemAging, women’s healthcare and impact investment. She is a current Board member of the Evergreen Bioscience Innovation Cluster in WA state, member of the ACA Life Science Committee, Co-Chair ACA Impact Committee, Keiretsu Forum Northwest Life Science Screening Committee, and Scientific Advisory Board Chair for EndBrainCancer.org.
A pioneer in the wellness industry since 1996, she founded one of the first corporate wellness education companies, was a guest speaker at anti-aging events in North America, producer of a radio show, media and events on healthy aging.
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Judy Robinett
Startup Funding Expert, Bestselling Author, “Crack the Funding Code”
Judy Robinett is the author of “Crack the Funding Code: How Investors Think and What They Need to Hear to Fund Your Startup” (HarperCollins, January, 2019) and “How to Be a Power Connector: The 5-50-150 Rule,” #1 of The Top Ten Business Books of 2014 by Inc.com. Robinett is a business thought leader who is known as “the woman with the titanium digital Rolodex.” She has been profiled in Inc., Forbes, Venture Beat, Huffington Post, and Bloomberg Businessweek as a sterling example of the new breed of “super connectors” who use their experience and networks to accelerate growth and enhance profitability.
She was a managing director of Golden Seeds Angel Network (the third most active angel investment group and one of the largest in the U.S.); the CEO of publicly traded Medical Discoveries; and she served on the faculty of Goldman Sachs’s 10,000 Small Businesses program. She consults internationally with businesses looking for U.S. investors.
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