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  • Concrete guidance on accessing non-dilutive and dilutive funding - what’s available, what’s working, and how to get it.
  • Strategies for founders and funders to navigate uncertainty and build investable, scalable ventures in women's health.
  • How women, as both innovators and investors, are transforming the funding ecosystem - and how to leverage that shift now.
Digital Health
Innovation and Investment

Author:

Lisa Marceau

CEO
Joyuus

Lisa Marceau

CEO
Joyuus
  • Demystifying product-market fit in the context of digital health, where clinical need, usability, and reimbursement must align.
  • Identifying key indicators—user adoption, engagement, and outcomes—that show readiness to scale.
  • Strategies for translating validated need into scalable, sustainable digital health solutions.
Innovation and Investment
  • How to mitigate inappropriate drug use and dosing risk, leveraging mechanisms like Pre-Approval Information Exchange (PIE) and PDUFA timelines to shape understanding of indication, value, and safety.
  • How to engage payers as early as phase 2 to build trust and tailor future value-based contracts, launching with outcomes-driven frameworks to support access and reimbursement.
Healthcare Outcomes
Innovation and Investment

Author:

Jim Kenney

Founder – JTKENNEY
Former Manager, Specialty and Pharmacy Contracts - Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Jim Kenney

Founder – JTKENNEY
Former Manager, Specialty and Pharmacy Contracts - Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  • How payers can apply AI and predictive analytics to optimize cost structures in women’s healthcare.
  • The role of structured and unstructured data in improving patient outcomes and reducing financial barriers.
  • Actionable insights for startups: what data to prioritize and how to maximize its value when working with payers and providers.

 

Healthcare Costs and Outcomes
Innovation and Investment

Author:

Angela Rastegar

CEO
Sunfish

Angela Rastegar

CEO
Sunfish
  • How remote monitoring and wearables are improving maternal outcomes through data-backed decision making.
  • Addressing the “fourth trimester” with digital tools and at home care.
  • Investment, commercialization, and coverage strategies for maternal health technology.
Maternal Health
Innovation and Investment

Author:

Rachel Springate

Founding Partner
Muse Capital

Rachel Springate

Founding Partner
Muse Capital

From the latest drug developments, diagnostic devices and tools, the Startup Showcase brings you the best of the best innovators disrupting the space.

Join this rapid-fire pitching session to hear from our 6 seed / series A startup finalists developing the next generation of regulated medical products, followed by questions from a judging panel of expert investors. Come along to see the who’s who dominating the startup landscape.

Innovation and Investment

From the latest apps, wearables, digital therapeutics and diagnostics, AI and M/L, the Startup Showcase brings you 6 investor selected seed & series A disruptors poised to transform consumer women’s health.

Join this rapid-fire pitching session to hear from our startup finalists, followed by questions from a judging panel of expert investors. Come along to see the who’s who dominating the startup landscape.

Innovation and Investment
  • Sharing perspectives from leaders in women's health, entrepreneurship, ecosystem building, and investment to explore the creation of thriving FemTech ecosystems.
  • Delving into FemTechAZ's model, dissecting key barriers facing innovation, and outlining practical strategies for building supportive regional networks.
  • Featuring insights from market validation and mission to establish Arizona as a blueprint for developing regional innovation ecosystems.
Innovation and Investment
Digital Health

Author:

Susan Sly

Founder & CEO
The Pause.ai

Susan Sly is the Co-CEO and cofounder of RadiusAI (RAI), an award-winning visual intelligence company specializing in the retail and healthcare sectors. RAI is currently implementing its smart retail solution at the edge for a national retailer with 1,000 locations.

 

RAI has been named one of the fastest growing startups in Phoenix three years in a row and won VentureBeat’s AI Innovation at the Edge Award in 2022, beating out several highly acclaimed technology companies.

 

Prior to cofounding RAI, Susan led channel sales teams in three sectors generating over $2 billion in revenue. In her spare time, Susan is the host of the highly acclaimed podcast, Raw and Real Entrepreneurship, mom of five, wife, and tech investor. Susan has appeared on CNN, CNBC, Fox, ABC Family, and is a member of the prestigious Forbes Business Council.

Susan Sly

Founder & CEO
The Pause.ai

Susan Sly is the Co-CEO and cofounder of RadiusAI (RAI), an award-winning visual intelligence company specializing in the retail and healthcare sectors. RAI is currently implementing its smart retail solution at the edge for a national retailer with 1,000 locations.

 

RAI has been named one of the fastest growing startups in Phoenix three years in a row and won VentureBeat’s AI Innovation at the Edge Award in 2022, beating out several highly acclaimed technology companies.

 

Prior to cofounding RAI, Susan led channel sales teams in three sectors generating over $2 billion in revenue. In her spare time, Susan is the host of the highly acclaimed podcast, Raw and Real Entrepreneurship, mom of five, wife, and tech investor. Susan has appeared on CNN, CNBC, Fox, ABC Family, and is a member of the prestigious Forbes Business Council.

Author:

Sidnee Peck

Co-Founder
FemtechAZ

Sidnee Peck

Co-Founder
FemtechAZ

Author:

Azin Radsan van Alebeek

Co-Founder & General Partner
Emmeline Ventures

Azin Radsan van Alebeek

Co-Founder & General Partner
Emmeline Ventures

Author:

Mitzi Krockover

Co-Founder, FemtechAZ
Managing Director, Golden Seeds, CEO, Woman Centered

Mitzi Krockover

Co-Founder, FemtechAZ
Managing Director, Golden Seeds, CEO, Woman Centered

Author:

Scarlett Spring

Executive Director
Phoenix Bioscience Core

Scarlett Spring

Executive Director
Phoenix Bioscience Core

Hear from investors with a range of funds, interests, and rounds available to companies active in healthcare sectors that only, differently, or disproportionately affect women. Tailor your company pitch to meet the needs of these investment experts.

Innovation and Investment

Author:

Anna Valcheva

Venture Partner
Alumni Ventures Group

Anna Valcheva

Venture Partner
Alumni Ventures Group

Author:

Megan Dover

Principal and Co- Founder
Cross-Border Impact Ventures

Megan Dover

Principal and Co- Founder
Cross-Border Impact Ventures
  • How can companies evidence value to payers in relation to existing solutions and models?
  • As women’s health evolves, what areas are of greatest interest to payers?
  • Exploring women’s health through a value-based care, Medicaid, government, and population health lens.
Innovation and Investment
Healthcare Costs and Outcomes

Author:

Dianne Balon

SVP of Government
Blue Cross Alberta

Dianne Balon

SVP of Government
Blue Cross Alberta

Author:

Katie Ryan

Senior Innovation Strategist
Humana

Katie Ryan

Senior Innovation Strategist
Humana

Author:

Alice Zheng, MD, MBA, MPH

Principal
Foreground Capital

Alice Zheng, MD, MBA, MPH

Principal
Foreground Capital