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Meet HIHI’s FemTech Innovation Call winners. Spotlighting OnaWave Medical with a product Endosolve set to be a gamechanger for the diagnosis and treatment of pelvic conditions

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Congratulations to OnaWave Medical on being one of the 11 winning companies emerging from HIHI’s first Femtech Innovation Call competition. A medtech company, it focusses on improving the diagnosis and treatment of pelvic conditions.

About the product – EndoSolve provides a digital biomarker-based risk-stratification platform with associated wearable solutions that can identify patients with pelvic conditions, such as endometriosis and subfertility, to support clinical decision-making and enhance the delivery of personalised care for the individual. The EndoSolve technology is patent pending. OnaWave Medical is developing this technology with support from the European Innovation Council.

OnaWave Medical

Meet HIHI’s FemTech Innovation Call winners – Spotlighting AVeta Medical a product set to revolutionise the treatment of vaginal atrophy

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Meet one of the winners of HIHI’s recent FemTech Innovation Call competition. Today we are spotlighting AVeta Medical a fetmtech medical device company that aims to revolutionise the treatment of vaginal atrophy.

The VITA AV product is a hormone free, safe, targeted therapy to treat the symptoms of genitourinary syndrome of the menopause (GSM). The technology has been patented.

Learn more about the product here AVeta Medical – Health Innovation Hub Ireland (hih.ie)

 

 

HIHI FemTech winners emerging from the FemTech Innovation Call featured in the Irish Times

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Health Innovation Hub Ireland was delighted to feature in an article written by Ciara O’ Brien, Business and Technology journalist at the Irish Times. Read the full article here. First winners of femtech innovation call announced – The Irish Times

To read about all the winning companies and their femtech products find out more here.

HIHI FemTech Call Winners 2023

Health Innovation Hub Ireland announces 11 winning FemTech companies and products to watch for 2024

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HIHI is delighted to announce the winners of its first ever Irish FemTech call to industry. This is set to be a trailblazer for Femtech industries in Ireland as it’s the first time that there has been a focus on innovations that address women’s health.  In total there were 37 applications, 11 were selected as winners and will receive further product development support from HIHI.

Applicants were selected based on novelty, the significance of the problem addressed, market and potential for future investment. What’s interesting is that five of the eleven winners had products that are considered ‘deep tech’ and 27 of the 37 companies had a female founders (73%).

Deep tech startups are those whose technology is based on tangible engineering innovation or scientific advances and discoveries applied for the first time as a product, often aiming to solve society’s biggest issues. (Deep Tech: Europe | Dealroom.co)

The winning FemTech products include innovations in the area of fertility, menopause, contraception, postpartum health, fitness, bladder health and Parkinson’s in women. Read about the full range of winning, products, founders and companies here. https://hih.ie/engage/femtech/hihi-femtech-call-winners-2023/

Speaking on the announcement of the winners, Dr Tanya Mulcahy, Director of Health Innovation Hub Ireland said: “I would like to congratulate the 11 companies and founders on becoming the first winning companies of the inaugural Femtech Innovation competition in Ireland. We have a massive opportunity to encourage, support and enable development of new innovations in FemTech and ensure that Ireland is firmly placed on the global FemTech map. These companies will go a long way in achieving that objective”.

Dr Mulcahy explained that there is huge opportunity to pool women’s health ideas and develop them. “While, this competition was specifically for products at prototype or market ready stage, I have no doubt that there are many more ‘ideas’ out there also and we intend to support this very early stage of FemTech innovations through a future programme.”

And the winners are

 Alta Science

https://hih.ie/engage/femtech/femtech-call-winners/altascience/

Amara Therapeutics

https://hih.ie/engage/femtech/femtech-call-winners/amara-therapeutics/

AURIN

https://hih.ie/engage/femtech/femtech-call-winners/aurin/

AVeta Medical

https://hih.ie/engage/femtech/femtech-call-winners/aveta-medical/

identifyHer

https://hih.ie/engage/femtech/femtech-call-winners/identifyher/

My Moves Matter

https://hih.ie/engage/femtech/femtech-call-winners/my-moves-matter/

OnaWave Medical

https://hih.ie/engage/femtech/femtech-call-winners/onawave-medical/

PPR Healthcare

https://hih.ie/engage/femtech/femtech-call-winners/ppr-healthcare/

SAOR Health

https://hih.ie/engage/femtech/femtech-call-winners/saor-health/

The Menopause Hub

https://hih.ie/engage/femtech/femtech-call-winners/the-menopause-hub/

VOX-AI

https://hih.ie/engage/femtech/femtech-call-winners/vox-ai/