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Gamechanging wearable sensor technology set to prolong independent living for Ireland’s elderly population
6th March 2024

HIHI is this week spotlighting a game changing wearable technology for elderly people living in the community in Ireland. As the Irish population over the age of 65 increases over…
Vox-AI amongst winners of HIHI’s FemTech Innovation Call with an AI driven tool centred on menopause management
21st February 2024

    Vox-AI is an AI-driven platform that uses advanced Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) technology, complemented by multilingual spoken word bots and avatars. MenoMate is a chatbot centred on menopause management and…
In advance of International Women’s Health Week – Meet one of the winners of HIHI’s FemTech Innovation Call indentifyHer
21st February 2024

identifyHer Ltd is a femtech company focussed on detecting and tracking menopausal symptoms. The identifyHer platform is a wearable biosensor to detect and track menopausal symptoms with an accompanying application to present…
Dr Tanya Mulcahy Director of HIHI and Founder of Femtech Ireland to speak at the upcoming National Menopause Summit – Advocating for change
19th February 2024

HIHI are delighted to announce that Dr Tanya Mulcahy will speak again this year at the National Menopause Summit. The event takes place on the 11th and 12th April 2024…
The Menopause Hub among the winning companies of HIHI’s FemTech Innovation competition
7th February 2024

The Menopause Hub App will allow women to track their menopause and perimenopause symptoms prior and post treatment and to book appointments. It will provide medication and appointment reminders and has…
Meet Aurin another winning company from HIHI’s FemTech Innovation competition that aims to relieve the symptoms of menopause
6th February 2024

The AURIN platform is a femtech innovation for the treatment of menopausal vasomotor symptoms (hot flushes and night sweats). AURIN comes from a team of researchers from University of Galway and University…
Meet SAOR Health one of the winners of HIHI’s Femtech Innovation competition with a health app that will enable women to be safe and confident when exercising outdoors
6th February 2024

  The SAOR Health app will let women set their emergency contacts (SOS Tribe) and share real-time locations with trusted people (Training Tribe). This gives women confidence to exercise outdoors without risking…
A Postpartum product from PPR Healthcare among winners of HIHI Femtech Innovation competition
31st January 2024

PPR Healthcare develop products to help the recovery process after childbirth for mothers. Mul tie Briefs is a new product range in development from PPR Healthcare. Read about the product which…
Spotlighting MyMovesMatter another winning start-up emerging from HIHI’s first FemTech Innovation Competition
30th January 2024

Read about this pioneering app for Parkinson’s disease that enables women with the disease to track their symptoms and improve quality of life My Moves Matter – Health Innovation Hub…
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
29th January 2024

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…
Health Tech Newspaper HTN highlights the 11 Winners of HIHI’s FemTech innovation competition
29th January 2024

Read the full article here https://htn.co.uk/2024/01/26/health-innovation-hub-ireland-announces-winning-femtech-companies/  
Read coverage regarding My Moves Matter in the Irish Examiner. The company is one of the winners of HIHI’s FemTech Call competition
29th January 2024

Read the full article by Eoin English in the Irish Examiner UCC Researchers in world first study on women managing Parkinson’s. https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41319130.html
Meet HIHI’s FemTech Innovation Call winners – Spotlighting AVeta Medical a product set to revolutionise the treatment of vaginal atrophy
24th January 2024

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…
Meet HIHI’s Femtech Innovation Call winners – Spotlighting AltaScience and their product AltaSeal for permanent contraception
22nd January 2024

AltaScience is developing a FemTech medical device for permanent contraception. It is an alternative to tubal ligation. Read all about AltaSeal here AltaScience – Health Innovation Hub Ireland (hih.ie)  
11 FEMTECH COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS TO WATCH FOR 2024 features in Irish Tech News
22nd January 2024

HIHI were delighted to feature in Irish Tech News highlighting the 11 winners of Health Innovation Hub Ireland’s Femtech Call competition 2023. Read Simon Cocking’s full article here FemTech companies to…
HIHI’s 11 FemTech Innovation Call winners feature in FemTech Insider
17th January 2024

Health Innovation Hub Ireland’s First Femtech Innovation Call Unveils 11 Winning Startups    
Meet HIHI’s Femtech Innovation Call Winners – First spotlight is on Amara Therapeutics and their product BladderBoss
17th January 2024

Amara Therapeutics is one of the 11 Irish FemTech start up winners of Health Innovation Hub Ireland’s first FemTech Innovation Call. Read all about this product here Amara Therapeutics –…
HIHI FemTech winners emerging from the FemTech Innovation Call featured in the Irish Times
17th January 2024

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…
Health Innovation Hub Ireland announces 11 winning FemTech companies and products to watch for 2024
16th January 2024

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…
HIHI delighted to welcome new team member to HIHI HQ offices in Cork
8th January 2024

HIHI is delighted to welcome Joann Kelleher (they/them) to the team at HIHI. Joann takes up the post of Research Support Officer. Joann previously held the post of Research Admin…