FORWARD - WOMEN'S HEALTH SUMMIT
FORWARD: TechThrive’s flagship culture event.
This edition: Women’s Health Summit, hosted by TechThrive Ventures with our friends at First Citizens Innovation Banking, formerly Silicon Valley Bank, in San Francisco.
Hosts: Navneet Kaur & Wendy Chan
Women's health is one of the largest (and most overlooked) opportunities in healthcare innovation.
Join FORWARD 3rd edition for Women's Health with Silicon Valley Bank, featuring leading investors and ecosystem builders discussing the future of women's health, emerging investment opportunities, funding trends, founder challenges, and where they see the greatest potential for impact.
This is a curated, high-signal gathering bringing together founders, investors, clinicians and operators for a full day of substantive conversation from wearables and diagnostics to longevity science, from FDA regulatory pathways to where capital is actually flowing.
Throughout the day, we’ll return to a question that shapes everything else: How do we ensure innovation in women’s health reaches beyond the markets that can afford it first building global access and health equity into the foundation of what gets built, funded and scaled.
Agenda :
9:30 AM - Checkin - Registrations & Checkin
10:00 AM - Welcome & Opening Remarks
10:10 AM — Coffee Chat: From Innovation to Global Access
What does it take to move healthcare innovation from markets that can afford it to populations that need it most. A global conversation on access, affordability, and scaling impact across markets.
🎤 Navneet Kaur, in conversation With Andrea Olariu CEO, Medicines360.
10:40 AM - Panel: The Longevity Frontier: Women’s Health & Menopause.
🎤 Moderator - Navneet Kaur
Reena Bhargava - BioTrax AI
Jim Donnelly - Humanaut Health
Sophia Yen - Pandia Health
11:20 AM - Panel: The Future of Wearables & Consumer Health
🎤 Moderator
Navneet Kaur, Founder & Managing Partner, TechThrive Ventures; Founder, FemTech India
Jenny Duan - CEO, Clair Health
Sylvia Kang - Mira Care
Talia Haller - Ultrahuman
Kyle Gonzalez - Coya Life ; author of Move, Thrive, and Come Alive
12:00 PM - Lunch Break
1:00 PM - Investor Panel: What It Takes to Build a Category-Defining Women's Health Company.
🎤 Moderator - Wendy Chan, Director of Startup Banking - Life Sciences at First Citizens Innovation Banking
Maria Molland - Frazier Healthcare partners
Azin Radsan van Alebeek - Emmeline Ventures
Brad Chernin - Covington
Erika Seth Davies - Rhia Venture
1:40 PM - Panel: The Regulatory Roadmap, Building Trust in Medical Devices & Diagnostics.
🎤 Moderator Kimba Williams, Founder of Kushae
Kara Egan, CEO, Teal Health
Amy Leiser, Covington
Shri Raghunathan, Noctrix Health
Alexander Proctor, BoneScore
2:30 - 3:30 PM - Closing remarks & Networking
Who Should Attend
Founders building in women’s health, consumer health and longevity
Investors actively investing in healthcare and emerging categories
Clinicians, researchers and scientific leaders
Corporate, strategic and industry partners
Operators building and scaling healthcare companies
FORWARD is designed for people building what comes next in healthcare and the capital, infrastructure and partnerships needed to scale it.
Who Should Attend
Founders building the next generation of women's health, longevity and consumer health companies
Investors deploying capital across women's health, consumer health and emerging categories
Operators & brand builders scaling women's health companies, products and brands across markets
Corporate & strategic leaders exploring partnerships, innovation and the future of care
Clinicians, researchers & ecosystem leaders shaping how women's health is built, funded and delivered
Advisors & industry leaders connecting the dots across the New Care Economy
About Your Host
Navneet Kaur is a global women’s health ecosystem builder and investor working at the intersection of consumer health, wellness, longevity, and women’s health, bridging India and Western markets.
She is the Managing Partner at TechThrive Ventures, Founder of FemTech India, and author of the first-ever FemTech industry book. Host of Ctrl.Alt.Thrive, a podcast in partnership with UNESCO spotlighting conversations on ethical AI, women's health and leadership.
ABOUT - TechThrive Ventures
TechThrive Ventures is a San Francisco–based pre-seed venture fund focused the future of consumer health, longevity, wellness CPG, and women's health. We partner with early-stage founders by providing capital, industry connections, and operational support to help build category-defining companies
About First Citizens Innovation BankingFirst Citizens Innovation Banking, formerly Silicon Valley Bank, is the bank of some of the world’s most innovative companies and investors. First Citizens Innovation Banking provides commercial banking to companies in the technology, life science and healthcare, private equity and venture capital industries. First Citizens operates in centers of innovation throughout the United States, serving the unique needs of its dynamic clients with deep sector expertise, insights and connections. First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCNCA), is a top 20 U.S. financial institution with more than $225 billion in assets. First Citizens Bank, Member FDIC. Learn more at innovation.firstcitizens.com.
Wendy Chan Director of Startup Banking - Life Sciences at First Citizens Innovation Banking, where she partners with pre-Series A founders and investors building innovative healthcare and life science companies. Working at the intersection of startups, venture capital, and healthcare innovation, she helps entrepreneurs navigate the early stages of company building, fundraising, and growth.
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