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“Menopause is a biological inevitability. Half the population will experience it,” says neuroscientist Nahid Zokaei, who in her startup Cerebella is creating tech to ease menopause brain fog. “There is always going to be a need. Unfortunately, we haven’t addressed it until now”. Zokaei, a former Oxford researcher and Chief of Science at Brain+, a Danish digital therapeutics firm, is determined to change that.

Since 2024’s TechBBQ, when Femtech Studios launched from their Femtech Stage, and UVISA Health won the Life Science Pitching Competition at the Life Science Stage at last year’s TechBBQ, the femtech scene at this year’s TechBBQ was packed with people wanting to know more. Under the title “No longer niche: The $1 trillion femtech opportunity”, the femtech panel debate at the Tech Stage got more questions in the Slido app than there was time to answer.

If you plan to update your insight on female technology (femtech) and innovation in women’s health during the summer, you might dive into last year’s content. Here are a few suggestions.

Four experts on femtech and women’s health are on stage at the Heartland Festival at Egeskov Castle, inviting the audience to engage in a discussion on menopause. The event will take place on Saturday, June 14, at 3:30 p.m. Dr Vanessa Julia Carpenter went through pre-menopause at 37 while completing her PhD in designing meaningful, smart products. She now applies her PhD research to her work with femtech (female technology) as co-founder of FemtecFemtech Studios.

Mayra Hurtado is a co-founder of Hormony, a hormone-measuring and monitoring tool for women in perimenopause. I’ve talked to her about why she started Hormony, what it does, and the tech behind it. Join our conversation. I’m Sara Janasz, a writer for TechTruster who also runs SJ Copywriter. I help FemHealth brands share their customer success stories to reach more women and grow their business. Sara: So, Mayra, tell me a little about your background.

Hosted by “Women of Wearables,” the Menopause 2.0 global event gathered startup founders, clinicians, corporate representatives, and legal experts to reframe menopause from a private struggle to a public priority. One message rang out across keynote talks and panel discussions: women over 40 are demanding better—and they’re not waiting quietly.

Attracting thousands of downloads is no longer enough; keeping those users engaged over the long haul is now crucial. If engagement drops off after the initial excitement, there’s no steady stream of real-world data or health improvements to show. No retention means no real data and no reason for anyone to invest or reimburse. Trusted Partner Jens Stensgaard Jakobsen, CEO of Chiron, is the author of this article.

“Text me when you’re home” is a message that has become all too ingrained in the lives of notably young women in recent years as more accounts of violence against women reach the general public. WHO estimates that around 736 million women, almost one in three women around the world aged 15 or older, have experienced physical and or sexual intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or both at least once in their lives.

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This year, the Meaningful Menopause Jewellery exhibition at Copenhagen Business Academy (KEA) went further than last year’s designs. The annual exhibition showcases prototypes of functional wearables crafted by students at the KEA Jewellery, Technology, and Business Institute. Combining engineering and jewellery design, the students create prototypes to alleviate 34 menopause symptoms and challenge conventional thinking.