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Why the health data gap for women is a big opportunity for femtech founders
- Medical research has historically overlooked the realities of the physiology of bodies assigned female at birth, leading to a massive, persistent gap in health data.
- Women's unique health concerns remain under-researched, often misunderstood and frequently dismissed.
- Backing founders building healthcare solutions that close the data gap stands to improve health outcomes for millions while unlocking a multibillion-dollar market.
- The fundamental lack of research and clinical data that adequately reflects the physiology, healthcare needs and experiences of people assigned female at birth, intersex people and individuals who are not cisgender male is the health data gap the article refers to.
- A lack of data doesn't just mean missing information; it means years of life spent in poor health, preventable suffering, and billions in economic cost.
- Closing this gap would potentially boost the global economy by over US$1 trillion annually by 2040.
- The lack of data prompts a reinforcing cycle of reduced scientific understanding of women's bodies that could de-risk future investment.
- Examples of healthtech startups actively working to uncover previously ignored data and the holistic datasets that these companies are set to create will hold immense potential for systemic change.
- Giant Leap wants to invest in founders that leverage AI and sex-disaggregated data to uncover underrepresented health trends that lead to highly impactful health interventions.
- In this deep dive, we use "women's health" to encompass health concerns specific to individuals assigned female at birth, regardless of gender identity.
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