#126: Femtech, fundraising, and future aspirations: insights from Ida Tin

Danish born Ida coined the term Femtech in 2016. Ida Tin is the co-founder and former CEO and chairwoman, of Clue the most trusted female health app. Clue has more than 10m active users in over 190 countries.Ida has been interviewed or featured in major media including The New York Times, New York Magazine, Forbes, Der Spiegel and Le Figaro. She was also a speaker at prestigious conferences such as TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, LeWeb in Paris, Forbes Most Powerful Women in Montreal, Slush in Finland and many more.Before starting Clue, Ida led motorcycle tours around the world for five years in the motorcycle touring company MotoMundo she cofounded with her dad Hjalte Tin. She guided tours in Mongolia, Cuba and Vietnam amongst other destinations. Ida attended various art schools in South Africa and London, and graduated in 2004 from the progressive social entrepreneurship BA level business school The KaosPilots in Denmark. Ida currently lives in Berlin and has two children.She is now working on a new book about Femtech and is an active voice in the Femtech space. She is running three series of Femtech courses, from June 2024. We cover the following in our conversation: 00:11 Meet Ida Tin: the pioneer of femtech 02:02 Ida's childhood 05:01 The birth of Clue: a revolutionary femtech startup 07:20 Challenges and vision in femtech 10:22 Understanding femtech and its impact 14:51 Addressing the gender health gap 19:58 The importance of diversity and inclusion 27:24 The impact of gender in leadership 28:19 The rise of femtech 29:30 Flo Health 31:22 Ethical concerns in tech 32:54 The importance of diverse leadership 36:35 Building trust and transparency 45:14 Imagining a new system 49:29 Leadership and emotional intelligence ***