Femovate

Fueling women's health innovation with design capital for medtech, biotech and digital health startups around the globe

60

Early Stage Startups

16

Femtech Verticals

$2M

In Services Awarded

+1K

Hours UX Research

$120M

Funding Raised

What Does the Femovate Program Provide?

Femovate provides founders with commercialization strategy, product design and validations service

Our domain expertise and proven approach accelerates timelines, and reduces risk of poor product-market fit

We work closely with each startup to create commercially viable, market-ready products and select the best engineering partners to launch

Unlock investment and non-dilutive grants with a solid go-to-market strategy, regulatory pathway, product design and dev roadmap

Our Focus Areas

Our experts have worked with top medtech, life sciences, digital health, and healthcare organizations for the last decade to bring highly successful solutions to market. Our healthcare solutions are now in the hands of 660M patients, consumers, providers, and payers across the globe.

Femtech Verticals

Mental Health

Oncology

Pelvic Floor Health

Reproductive Health

Sexual Wellness

Urinary Health

Vaginal Health

Uterine Health

Womens Wellness

Breast Health

Chronic Conditions

Cardiovascular

Fertility

General Health

Hormone Health

Maternal Health

Menopause

Menstruation

Product Types

Biotech

Consumer Digital Product

CPG

Diagnostics

Digital Health

Educational Platform

Healthcare Software

Medical Device

Medical Procedure

Supplements

Telehealth

Therapeutic Drug

Regulated Devices

SaMD

DTx

More about the Program

Femovate was created in 2022 to accelerate the investment in, and launch of, women's health innovation. Our team works closely with early stage femtech founders on product vision, go-to-market strategy, female-centered design innovation, MVP support, FDA submissions,  clinical studies and the product development lifecycle.

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Guidea has worked with top biopharma, life sciences, medical device, and healthcare organizations for the last decade to bring highly successful digital health, MedTech and HealthTech solutions to market. Our healthcare product designs are now in the hands of 660M patients, consumers, providers, and payers across the globe.

Selection Process

We are accepting applicants on a rolling basis and through start-up pitch competitions

Program Timeline

We work closely with each team to create a bespoke project plan to meet their specific needs, typically spanning 4-8 weeks

Sponsorship Value

We invest up to $25k in design capital, in-kind product strategy, research and design services, to each selected startup

Are We a Good Fit?

We genuinely want to help all applicants, but we specialize in specific areas. Let’s make sure we’re a great match before you apply for the program.

1

Stage

Are you a pre-seed to Series A startup?

Pre-seed

Seeded

Series A

2

Founding Team

Are you a founding team with experience launching digital products or who have already participated in a startup accelerator?

With experience

In accelerator

3

Verticals

Is your startup in one of these verticals?

Breast Health

Chronic Conditions

Cardiovascular

Fertility

General Health

Hormone Health

Maternal Health

Menopause

Menstruation

Mental Health

Oncology

Pelvic Floor Health

Reproductive Health

Sexual Wellness

Urinary Health

Vaginal Health

Uterine Health

Womens Wellness

4

Product Types

Is your startup creating one of these products?

Biotech

Consumer Digital Product

Diagnostics

Digital Health

Educational Platform

Healthcare Software

Medical Device

Medical Procedure

Supplements

Telehealth

Therapeutic Drug

Regulated Devices

SaMD

DTx

Our Services

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Product Market Fit and GTM Strategy

Working with early stage femtech teams to verify a product market fit, commercialization strategy and product design roadmap for their medtech, healthtech or digital health products or platforms. We partner with regulatory experts Nixon Gwilt Law to navigate the highly regulated healthcare landscape.

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Female-Centric Design

Researching and designing the unique health and wellness experience women need and deserve. Our proven process for iterative research and design, augmented with generative AI, rapidly accelerates the design and validation process, and mitigates the risk of developing a product with low adoption and engagement.

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Digital Prototypes & Vision Demos

Leveraging our UX framework for digital health design, full of validated patterns of interaction and engagement, we work closely with the founding teams to build compelling vision demos for investors and pitches, and create development ready assets for implementation.

Clinical Trials & Market Launch

Working closely with the founding team and partner teams to prepare the product for validation and regulatory and quality review, or in the case of direct to consumer or enterprise software, prepare for a pilot or commercial launch.

About Femovate

My design studio created Femovate in 2022  to accelerate the investment in, and launch of, women's health innovation. Since then we've invested $2M in design capital in 60 early-stage femtech startups. The startups, in turn, have launched 30 products, raised over $130 million from investment and grants, four have raised a Series A, and 7 have received FDA clearances.

Unicorn

"The Femovate team has deep experience in women's health so rather than starting from zero, we were starting from shared understanding. (The) user interviews were powerful to deepen our understanding of a new customer segment . We believe that their help has been instrumental in the success of our newly launched product -- built by women, for women."

Amy Beckley
Founder & CEO
Proov

Unicorn

Theresa Neil and her team are outstanding partners. They brought their considerable experience in femtech and medtech to help us design our patient monitor UI. Their approach to design is creative, strategic, and centered around our users. They also went out of their way to point us to additional opportunities in their network to help us grow our brand and business. I highly recommend partnering with (Femovate) for their exceptional service and UX design!

Kelsey Mayo
CoFounder & CEO
Armor Medical

Unicorn

"Eli has worked with (Femovate) now for several months on the user experience of our mobile app, which is one component of our hormone monitoring system. Beyond providing extensive knowledge on best practices for designing the UX medical devices with a paired mobile app, they investigated what objectives we wanted our users to achieve and created lo-fi and hi-fi wireframes to test with users and guide the requirements for our software developers."

Sarah Moug
Product Manager
Eli Health

Unicorn

"Working with (Femovate) was a fantastic experience. They not only exceeded our expectations by delivering a modern and user-friendly app frame, but they also provided invaluable insights and guidance. Their attention to detail and collaborative approach made the entire process seamless and truly enjoyable."

Celine Vignal
Cofounder
NeurodigitX

Unicorn

"The Femovate program truly prepared our team for a better user experience during our first pilot study. The team has the subject matter expertise that we needed for our digital health technology."

Kim A. Smith, MHA, FACHE
Founder & CEO
Health Evolve

Unicorn

"Great! A super organized team and we were able to get all of the details that we wanted included on our provider/researcher dashboard."

Eydis Lima
Founder & CEO
Curiva

Unicorn

"Theresa and Karin aren't just design professionals—they're true partners who have gone above and beyond at every turn. Their deep understanding of the healthcare landscape has been incredibly impressive, allowing them to provide insights that go far beyond typical design work. I can confidently say that Femovate has been more than a design agency—they've been true collaborators who have significantly elevated our project. Theresa and Karin's expertise, passion, and partnership have been instrumental in bringing our vision to life. If you're looking for a design team that will truly understand your mission and help you exceed your goals, this is the team to call."

Athena D
Founder & CEO

Unicorn

"Working with (Femovate) has been eye opening, they are a wealth of technical expertise. Beyond providing deliverables necessary for our solution, they have provided a wealth of coaching, guidance and knowledge specific to the ever evolving industry - health tech innovation."

Sheila Pande
Founder & CEO
Tandem Community

Unicorn

"Working with Theresa and the rest of the team has been a game-changer! They supported us flashing out our product and have made our UX/UI journey so compelling. Theresa is an experienced, hard working professional, and on a personal level, someone who is great to work with. Their team has had a profound impact on our work and we are so grateful to have worked with them."

Claudia Chisari, PhD, CPsychol
Founder & CEO
Bloume Health

Unicorn

"We had the absolute pleasure of working with (Femovate) on UX designs for our healthtech solution, as part of the Femovate programme. From the beginning, the process has been easy, straightforward and enjoyable. Theresa and Karin were incredibly supportive and highly professional at every stage of the partnership. We had a number of pivots in what we needed and they patiently guided us through this, helping us pin down our product strategy, UX design for key workflows, and design kits. They are deeply dedicated and experienced in this sector, and I am very much looking forward to working with them further in future."

Dr. Dupe Burgess
Founder & CEO
Bloomful

Our Partners

Nova is a design and engineering partner connecting the digital and physical through user-centered methodologies

Design Angel is a brand agency that supports Femtech and Women’s Health + Wellness. Our mission is to amplify women’s voices through effective branding. We empower you to be seen, heard, and shine.

Women of Wearables is a global organisation and ecosystem for innovative companies, female innovators, entrepreneurs and allies in health technologies providing them with community, connections, and knowledge to grow and succeed.