Paradigm Shifting In Women's Health Care: Founding to Funding and Finding Solves
There is a gap in America’s knowledge of women’s health. This is no surprise because it wasn’t until 1993 that Congress wrote an NIH inclusion policy into Federal law that encouraged women and minorities as subjects in clinical research. Much of what is considered ‘health standards’ are largely skewed towards men because of the years when women went unstudied. Even today, there remains gender inequality in healthcare as we face wide gaps in research and treatment ability for areas unique to women.
By elevating the importance of women’s health, we can deliver better, more inclusive data and insights; more targeted, accessible solutions; and enable better care for women worldwide. Not only that, but we shine a light on the importance of funding and uplifting companies that center around changing the business of our bodies.
To move the needle forward in shifting the paradigm in women’s health, the Female Founder Collective is bringing the co-founders of Cofertility (Halle Tecco and Lauren Makler) together to discuss founding women’s health brand, how to secure funding in a historically underfunded market, and finding solutions for women seeing better health care options.
Whether you want to freeze your eggs for free when donating half to another family, or you’re looking to build your family through egg donation, Cofertility has your back! Cofertility's tech-enabled fertility ecosystem supports individuals and families across different phases of the fertility journey.
MEET THE FOUNDERS
Halle Tecco is an entrepreneur and investor passionate about fixing our healthcare system. Halle has been investing in the future of healthcare since 2011 as an angel and LP. Halle has invested in some of your favorite companies, including Tia, Poppy Seed Health, Loom, Everly Health, Aavia, and more. She is the founder/co-founder of Cofertility, Natalist (acquired by Everly Health), and digital health venture fund Rock Health. Halle is also an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, where she created and has taught the first MBA-level course on digital health investing since 2015.
Lauren Makler is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cofertility, a human-first fertility ecosystem rewriting the egg freezing and egg donation experience. Previously, as an early Uber employee, Lauren founded Uber Health, a product that enables healthcare organizations to leverage Uber’s massive driver network in improving healthcare outcomes through patient transportation and healthcare delivery. Under her leadership, the business helped millions of patients get to the care they needed. Prior to that, Lauren spent the early years at Uber launching the core business throughout the east coast and led the company’s first experiment in healthcare, national on demand flu shot campaigns. After a rare disease diagnosis, Lauren’s fertility journey led her to believe that everyone should have the opportunity to freeze their eggs–and that there should be better access to egg donors. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their miracle baby girl.