<p><strong>What if three wall plugs could transform how night nurses care for an entire nursing home floor?</strong></p><p>Femke Delissen is the co-founder of PAVA, a Dutch startup using a combination of Wi-Fi sensing technology and AI to help nurses in elderly care work more efficiently — without cameras, without wearables, and without sacrificing the privacy and dignity of residents.</p><p>In this episode, Femke shares how she and her co-founders turned an AI master’s project in Amsterdam into a full-time startup, why they’ve stayed committed to healthcare despite the temptation of faster markets, and what top-level sports taught them about building a resilient founding team.</p><p><strong>You’ll hear about:</strong></p><ul><li>How Wi-Fi signals through a wall plug can tell a nurse whether a resident is asleep, in the bathroom, or wandering a hallway — without a single camera</li><li>Why Femke calls elderly care a “double problem” — and why solving it requires both technical innovation and a moral compass</li><li>The “first save” moment that proved their system worked, during a live night shift at their first paying customer</li><li>How all three founders’ sports positions still define how they lead today</li><li>What female founders get wrong about the funding journey in healthcare (hint: investors need numbers before they’ll listen to your vision)</li><li>Why Femke says she’d “lose faith in society” if they pivoted to energy savings just because it was easier</li></ul><p>Whether you’re building in healthcare, navigating slow decision cycles, or looking for proof that you don’t always need a breakthrough invention to solve a real problem — this episode is for you.</p><p><strong>About Femke Delissen</strong><br>Femke Delissen is the co-founder and commercial lead of PAVA, a remote monitoring startup for elderly care based in the Netherlands. </p><p>She holds an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Amsterdam and studied at UC Berkeley. </p><p>Before going full-time on PAVA, she worked in a student-led consultancy at Sustainable Students Consultancy. She played hockey for HGC, at the highest competitive level in the Netherlands.</p><p><strong>Connect with Femke and Pava</strong></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/femke-delissen/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/femke-delissen/</a></p><p>PAVA Website: <a href="http://pava.ai" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">pava.ai</a></p><p>PAVA on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/pava-ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/company/pava-ai/</a></p><p><strong>Chapters</strong></p><p>00:00 Introduction</p><p>02:40 From Education to Entrepreneurship</p><p>09:38 Introducing Pava: Revolutionizing Elderly Care</p><p>11:04 Addressing the Challenges in Healthcare</p><p>14:57 Innovative Solutions: Wi-Fi Sensing Technology</p><p>20:41 Personalized Care Through Data</p><p>25:29 The Future of Monitoring: AI and Beyond</p><p>31:51 Passion for Healthcare: A Personal Journey</p><p>37:53 Navigating the Healthcare Landscape</p><p>44:48 Funding Challenges in Healthcare Startups</p><p>51:51 The Influence of Sports on Entrepreneurship</p><p>57:12 Learning Through Community and Collaboration</p><p><strong>Connect with Women Disrupting Tech</strong><br>Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube so you never miss an episode.</p>