Women's Health Investment Summit
About the Summit
The Women’s Health Investment Summit is a curated, high-signal investor gathering designed to scale innovations in global women’s and children’s health. Presented by Cross Border Impact Ventures and MaRS Discovery District, the summit unites LPs, VCs, medtech founders, corporate strategics and global health experts to unlock the capital and commercialization pathways essential for building category-defining companies.
What to Expect
Attendees will hear from thought leaders on the current state of women's health and the need to allocate more investment dollars to bridge the gap, emerging M&A dynamics and firsthand lessons from founders who have built, scaled and exited international health companies — including why emerging markets represent compelling opportunities for growth-stage companies seeking deep impact and access to mass markets. The program also features a showcase of portfolio companies developing and commercializing cutting-edge solutions.
Who's in the Room
Leading LPs · Top-tier VCs & growth equity GPs · Corporate strategics · Women’s and children’s health medtech founders - Global health experts · Health system leaders
Confirmed speakers include Organon, Hologic, J&J, Merck, Grand Challenges Canada, Foreground Capital and more.
Our Goal
Together, we will build momentum around investing in women's and children's health with a global mindset — sharing real-time insights on what's shifting, what's accelerating and where capital is moving next. Our goal is to boost the scale and impact of innovations transforming women’s and children’s health globally.
Space is limited.
Morning Program
8:30 a.m. — Registration Light breakfast
9:00 a.m. — Welcome, opening remarks
9:25 a.m. — Closing the gap: Why women’s health deserves investment
9:50 a.m. — Rethinking women's health: From gaps to breakthroughs
10:00 a.m. — Innovations in gynecological health
10:30 a.m. — Break
11:00 a.m. — Women's health as health access: The LP playbook
11:30 a.m. — Buy low/Sell high: Women’s health exits
12:00 p.m. — Corporate perspectives on women’s health
Afternoon Program
12:30 p.m. — Lunch
1:30 p.m. — The birth of tomorrow
2:00 p.m. — Rethinking three cancers that impact women
2:30 p.m. — Dual purpose technologies saving newborn lives
2:50 p.m. — Break
3:30 p.m. — The interplay of innovation, VC dollars and non-dilutive capital to unlock global impact
4:00 p.m. — Capital gains and labour pains
4:30 p.m. — R+D in women's health, leading to innovations for scale
5:05-6:30 p.m.— Evening networking reception
About the organizers
The Women’s Health Investment Summit is brought to you by Cross Border Impact Ventures (CBIV) and MaRS Discovery District as part of Toronto Tech Week.
Toronto Tech Week is a citywide celebration of the people building what’s next. From May 26–29, 2026, founders, investors, and builders come together for hundreds of community-led events across Toronto, connecting tens of thousands of people around Canadian tech. Torontotechweek.com.
Thank you to the Firebird Foundation for sponsoring the event.