How a FemTech Pioneer Is Fixing Women’s Health Infrastructure with Ida Tin | Ep. 140

2026-02-19

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What if women's health is not a niche, but infrastructure?In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with Ida Tin, the woman who coined the term FemTech and co-founder of Clue, one of the world's leading women's health apps. Together, we unpack why innovation in women's health has stalled, what a missing data set is costing us, and why fixing it may be the highest-return investment in the global economy.This episode is for women in tech, femtech founders, and investors who believe women's health deserves to be treated as...

What if women's health is not a niche, but infrastructure?

In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with Ida Tin, the woman who coined the term FemTech and co-founder of Clue, one of the world's leading women's health apps.

Together, we unpack why innovation in women's health has stalled, what a missing data set is costing us, and why fixing it may be the highest-return investment in the global economy.

This episode is for women in tech, femtech founders, and investors who believe women's health deserves to be treated as foundational infrastructure — not a funding afterthought.

What you'll learn in this episode:

Why continuous hormonal data is the missing layer in women's health
How the "leaky pipeline" metaphor reframes health as an economic issue
What it takes to raise conviction capital as a female founder in FemTech
Why Europe has a unique opportunity to lead in gender-informed healthcare
How to use the "imaginary empty chair" framework for ethical data design
What Ida learned from taking Clue through FDA clearance as the world's first data-driven birth control

Chapters:

02:00 The Journey to Femtech

04:56 Clue: Revolutionizing Women's Health

07:56 The Importance of Men's Understanding in Women's Health

10:22 The Need for Hormonal Data

11:17 Challenges in Hormonal Monitoring

14:20 The Societal Impact of Women's Health

17:22 Women's Health as Societal Infrastructure

20:04 Investing in Women's Health

23:15 The Future of Gender-Informed Healthcare

26:23 Europe's Opportunity in Women's Health

28:39 The Interconnection of Health and Environment