<p>What if women's health is not a niche, but infrastructure?</p><p>In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with <strong>Ida Tin</strong>, the woman who coined the term FemTech and co-founder of Clue, one of the world's leading women's health apps. </p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><strong>What you'll learn in this episode:</strong></p><ul><li>Why continuous hormonal data is the missing layer in women's health</li><li>How the "leaky pipeline" metaphor reframes health as an economic issue</li><li>What it takes to raise conviction capital as a female founder in FemTech</li><li>Why Europe has a unique opportunity to lead in gender-informed healthcare</li><li>How to use the "imaginary empty chair" framework for ethical data design</li><li>What Ida learned from taking Clue through FDA clearance as the world's first data-driven birth control</li></ul><p><strong>Chapters: </strong></p><p>02:00 The Journey to Femtech</p><p>04:56 Clue: Revolutionizing Women's Health</p><p>07:56 The Importance of Men's Understanding in Women's Health</p><p>10:22 The Need for Hormonal Data</p><p>11:17 Challenges in Hormonal Monitoring</p><p>14:20 The Societal Impact of Women's Health</p><p>17:22 Women's Health as Societal Infrastructure</p><p>20:04 Investing in Women's Health</p><p>23:15 The Future of Gender-Informed Healthcare</p><p>26:23 Europe's Opportunity in Women's Health</p><p>28:39 The Interconnection of Health and Environment</p><p>29:24 Innovations in Health Monitoring</p><p>31:07 Understanding Hormonal Health</p><p>31:55 Transformations in Women's Health</p><p>33:55 The Importance of Data in Women's Health</p><p>34:25 The Femtech Assembly: A Movement for Change</p><p>37:49 Building a Cohesive Femtech Community</p><p>40:28 Data Privacy in Femtech</p><p>45:24 Reframing Women's Health as an Opportunity</p><p>52:56 Advice for Female Founders in Health Tech</p><p><strong>More information and links to connect</strong></p><p>🔗 Connect with Ida Tin on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/idatin/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn.</a> </p><p>🔗 Learn more about FemTech Assembly on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/femtech-assembly/?viewAsMember=true" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a> or <a href="https://substack.com/@femtechassembly" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Substack</a>.</p><p>📰 Check out <a href="https://womendisruptingtech.blog/2026/02/19/episode-140/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">the show notes</a> for magic moments and insights from the episode.</p><p>🎧 Listen to Women Disrupting Tech on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube.</p><p> 👉 Subscribe for more conversations with women building the future of health and tech.</p>