Ruth Shaber

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Linkedin profile

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United States

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I’m thrilled to report that there are more companies and more new technologies. This includes new science for significant women’s health issues that have been overlooked for decades, such as endometriosis, preeclampsia and ovarian cancer screening. And, we are also seeing new platforms for delivery of women’s health services and self care opportunities. The pipeline of investment opportunities is robust!

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Despite the new science and technology, the biggest challenges come from a lack of capital at the early seed stage, and also growth capital for successful companies to expand and scale. This is because institutional investors and strategic partners such as big pharmaceutical companies don’t see the market opportunities. The people sitting in the capital allocation seats are still mostly white men. Only 14% of portfolio managers are women (and this number hasn’t changed in 20 years) and women only control about 8% of capital. This means that “GroupThink” largely drives investment decisions and a group of white men are unlikely to appreciate the huge investment opportunity of women’s health innovation.

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