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Women's Health

The 150-Minute Myth: Why Women’s Hearts Were Never Playing by the Rules

A groundbreaking Nature study reveals that women gain far more heart protection from far less exercise and exposes the quiet bias built into decades of…

Nov 16 •

When Care Becomes Capital: Inside the $18 Billion Women’s Health Deal Reshaping Medicine

Blackstone and TPG’s acquisition of Hologic isn’t just a medtech move. It’s a cultural signal. Here’s what it reveals about the next trillion-dollar…

Nov 2 •

The Billion Dollar Blind Spot: Why We Built the FemmeHealth Alliance

When ideas mature into infrastructure: reflections on the launch of the FemmeHealth Alliance and the next chapter of The Billion Dollar Blind Spot.

Oct 26 •

Being Female Is Not a Disease: The Untapped Investment Opportunity in Women’s Health

From hysteria to antidepressants, medicine has long medicalized women’s distress instead of solving it. Here’s why that blind spot is also a…

Oct 19 •

The Business of Women's Health

How women’s health became medicine’s biggest blind spot and investors’ next opportunity.

Oct 12

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Women's Wealth

What Can’t Be Printed Away: Hard Assets and the Future of Women’s Health

From Nixon’s gold shock to JPMorgan’s “debasement trade,” why investors are rethinking what counts as real value and why women’s health companies may be…

Oct 5

Why Women Investors Outperform Men and What Wall Street Still Doesn’t See

Decades of data reveal women earn higher returns and fund stronger startups, yet women’s health remains one of the most underpriced asset classes in…

Sep 21 •

The Trillion-Dollar AI Correction

How a viral post on women's health bias spotlighted an overlooked challenge in healthcare data infrastructure

Jun 19 •

The Book I Wish I’d Had: A Strategic Guide to Investing in Women’s Health Innovation

Why the smartest capital often misses the most lucrative healthcare opportunities and how investors can find alpha in women’s health, diagnostics, and…

Jun 15 •

The Quiet Reason Women Aren’t Investing

From Flo’s data reckoning to capital pattern bias, this week’s insights unpack the hidden forces that shape who gets to invest and what gets funded.

Jun 8 •

Why Women Don’t Invest And Why That’s Changing Now

How history shaped women’s relationship with capital and why the next wave of investors looks different.

Jun 7 •

Podcasts

Blindspot Capital

Tough Love for Women’s Health Founders

Recommendations

Letters from an American

Heather Cox Richardson

Artificial Intelligence Made Simple

Artificial Intelligence Made Simple

Devansh

Ground Truths

Eric Topol

Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman

Zenith Within by Dr. Sara

Zenith Within by Dr. Sara

Sara Redondo, MD, MS

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Signal Not Noise

Signal Not Noise: Clarity’s FDA Win, Progyny x Amazon, and the Rise of Hormone Health Infrastructure

This week’s top signals in women’s health investing: Clarity’s FDA win, Progyny joins Amazon Health, Eli’s hormone tracker, and more strategic shifts.

Jun 14 •

Signal Not Noise: Flo’s Data Reckoning, Evvy’s Expansion & Toxic Tampons Wake Up the Market

The Briefing for Backers of the Future of Health

Jun 6 •

Signal Not Noise: Hologic’s Bet, Hormona’s Raise & Insurance-Backed Longevity for Women

Women’s health insights through an investor lens. Because headlines fade. Signals shape strategy.

Jun 1 •

Signal Not Noise: What Mattered in Women’s Health Investing (May 11–May 17)

Women’s health insights through an investor lens. Because headlines fade. Signals shape strategy.

May 17 •

Signal Not Noise: What Mattered in Women’s Health Investing (May 4–May 10)

Women’s health insights through an investor lens. Because headlines fade. Signals shape strategy.

May 10 •

Signal Not Noise: What Mattered in Women’s Health Investing (Apr 27–May 3)

Women’s health insights through an investor lens. Because headlines fade. Signals shape strategy.

May 3 •

The Billion Dollar Blindspot

The Billion Dollar Blindspot

Your weekly guide to decoding the business of women's health. Built for investors and capital allocators.

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The 150-Minute Myth: Why Women’s Hearts Were Never Playing by the Rules

A groundbreaking Nature study reveals that women gain far more heart protection from far less exercise and exposes the quiet bias built into decades of…

Nov 16 •

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Tough Love for Women’s Health Founders

Lisa Suennen on What VCs Really Think and Why Passion Isn’t a Business Model

Nov 6 •

When Care Becomes Capital: Inside the $18 Billion Women’s Health Deal Reshaping Medicine

Blackstone and TPG’s acquisition of Hologic isn’t just a medtech move. It’s a cultural signal. Here’s what it reveals about the next trillion-dollar…

Nov 2 •

The Billion Dollar Blind Spot: Why We Built the FemmeHealth Alliance

When ideas mature into infrastructure: reflections on the launch of the FemmeHealth Alliance and the next chapter of The Billion Dollar Blind Spot.

Oct 26 •

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