Close the Gap: How Founders are Advancing Women's Health

​We don’t need more awareness of the gender health gap — we need solutions.

​This Upstream side event brings together doctors and entrepreneurs who are already building them. From underdiagnosed conditions to overlooked life stages, this is a space to explore how women’s healthcare is becoming more accurate, more equitable, and more accessible — in practice, not just in theory.

​The session opens with a 45-minute panel discussion, followed by topic-focused roundtables where participants can go deeper on the gaps that matter most to them.

​Designed for a cross-sector audience — from investors and corporates to clinicians and researchers — the format is built for real exchange, not just listening.

​Format & Schedule — Wednesday, May 20
09:30 – 09:45
Welcome

​09:45 – 10:30
Panel: Real Solutions for the Women’s Health Gap

​10:30 – 11:15
Topic Roundtables

​11:15 – 11:30
Closing + Networking

​Speakers
To be announced shortly

​Roundtables
Following the panel, entrepreneurs will host topic-specific discussions, each anchored in the gap they are actively working to close. Participants can join the conversations most relevant to them — creating space for direct exchange between those building, funding, and shaping the future of women’s health.

​Who should join
Investors (VC, corporate venture, impact)
Corporates in health, insurance, and pharma
Clinicians and academic researchers
Founders and operators in FemTech and women’s health

​Organizers

​3mbrace Health
3mbrace Health supports women’s health across key life stages — menstruation, motherhood, and menopause — with a focus on the workplace. Through expert-led sessions, digital support, and employer programs, they help organizations translate women’s health into better wellbeing, retention, and performance.

​Sibyl
Sibyl is building a personalized support platform for people navigating pregnancy loss — combining emotional support, trusted information, and space to reflect, in their own time and on their own terms. Built from lived experience and shaped with clinical guidance, Sibyl uses thoughtful AI to make care more accessible, continuous, and deeply human.

​Organized in partnership with Rabobank and FemTechNL

​This event is part of Upstream Festival week.
Upstream (May 21) brings together startups, investors, and industry leaders to connect around funding, partnerships, and growth — with a strong focus on health & wellbeing among other key sectors.

​We have a 15% discount available for our community:
Code: 15%3MBRACE
Register for Upstream here.