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Funding the Future of Women's Health Tech: Fireside Chat with Female Founder & VC Partner

Hosted by Maya Ayed & Shannon Ellis
 
 
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Join us for an empowering and inclusive event dedicated to women in the thriving women's health tech industry. Inspired by the demand for more women-only events following SF Tech Week, we are excited to present an opportunity for female founders, investors, professionals, and allies passionate about advancing women's health!

Kickstarting the event, we have an insightful fireside chat featuring Loewen, Founder & CEO of Amira, a groundbreaking menopause care startup focused on alleviating women's hot flashes and enhancing their sleep. Joining her is Sujude, a distinguished VC Investor at Jazz Venture Partners, bringing a wealth of experience and industry insights.

Following the fireside chat, you'll have the chance to network and engage with other passionate women in the field. This event provides a safe space to foster friendships and build a supportive community of like-minded individuals. We are dedicated to leveraging innovative technology to revolutionize the women's health sector, and this gathering serves as a platform to accelerate progress and collaboration.

Whether you are already making waves in the industry or simply interested in exploring the intersection of technology and women's health, this event offers an inspiring environment to connect, learn, and grow together.

Join us for an evening of meaningful conversations, valuable connections, and a shared vision for transforming women's health through technology. Don't miss out on this exceptional opportunity to be part of an empowering community!

About the speakers

Loewen Cavill

Loewen began her journey in entrepreneurship as a healthcare and technology investor at Bessemer Venture Partners and Dorm Room Fund. She graduated from MIT with a major in Mechanical Engineering with Computer Science. After graduating, she designed the magnet factory for a nuclear fusion startup and then founded and led the data prognostics team at GoogleX.

Loewen founded Amira with the mission to unlock the full potential of women after seeing her aunt struggle with sleep deprivation for years due to her menopausal hot flashes. Amira provides holistic health care during menopause by predicting women’s symptoms and responding preemptively to counteract them.

Sujude Dalieh

Sujude is an investor at JAZZ where she both invests in new opportunities and supports existing portfolio companies across all funds. She is interested in the intersection of culture and science and is passionate about accelerating generational health and community capital. 

Sujude started her career off in the computational sciences and is a Berkeley-trained scientist. She was a member of the Somorjai Group, a surface chemistry research lab at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and subsequently led the integration of Jupyter computation into social sciences research and curricula at the Berkeley Institute of Data Science. She has also worked for an array of community-forward health initiatives at Hopelab and YTH and contributed to projects including Engage, an empowerment program to reduce childhood marriage in Malawi, and Oregon Reminders, a state-funded SMS platform to reduce HIV transmission. Sujude is also active in the MENA-affiliated startup world as a board member of TechWadi.