'Cindy Gallop, founder of “social sex” site @makelovenotporn and a founding member of @womenofsextech, a network of women working in the #sextech space, adds female founders have a much tougher time raising capital than men.' @timmpsmith @mparts_ @Siftedeu sifted.eu/articles/rise-…
“@Roman in 4 years has raised $897m and is valued at $5bn. The enormous irony is that has enabled Roman to expand into women’s health with @hellorory and to build out an overarching healthcare platform called @ro,” Gallop says.' @Siftedeu sifted.eu/articles/rise-… #sextech
“Meanwhile female-founded @ModernFertility in the same 4 years has only been able to raise the paltry sum of $22m. @ro has just acquired Modern Fertility for the pathetic sum of $225m.' Me to @timmpsmith @mparts_ @Siftedeu on investors missing out sifted.eu/articles/rise-… #sextech
"We can’t build unicorns, because we’re women, and yet we have unicorns in waiting. How fucking unfair is that?” I talk to @timmpsmith @mparts_ @Siftedeu on how investors miss out on billion dollar opportunities by not funding female-founded #sextech sifted.eu/articles/rise-…
'Dominique Karetsos @wearehpg @AmboySt says the gender funding gap is compounded by investor squeamishness around sexual pleasure. "Vulva owners have a hard time getting funding, period. Irrespective of what we’re selling." @timmpsmith @mparts_ sifted.eu/articles/rise-… #sextech
“From my background in VC, I had seen the success stories of meditation and fitness apps and I was really surprised not to find anything similar focused on female sexual wellbeing.” Andrea Oliver Garcia @letsemjoy @timmpsmith @mparts_ @Siftedeu sifted.eu/articles/rise-… #sextech
'Oliver Garcia tells @Siftedeu @letsemjoy tripled its paying subscriber base last year, while @weareferly saw daily organic downloads grow by 65% during lockdown.' And at @makelovenotporn video submissions tripled. sifted.eu/articles/rise-… #sextech #socialsexrevolution #socialsex
“Any time you have an underserved consumer category like female pleasure & add fast-paced, accessible digital innovation, it creates a very scalable and sustainable business model, with multiple revenue options like subscriptions or partnerships" sifted.eu/articles/rise-… #sextech
'While @femtasy1 didn’t have problems raising funds from angel investors, Lepique says audio erotica is harder to finance than other health verticals: “As #sextech #femtech you have to be extra professional and extra data-driven to be taken seriously.” sifted.eu/articles/rise-…
“We put a man on the moon before we discovered the clitoris, which should give us an indication of the state of play here,” says Dominique Karetsos @AmboySt which claims to be the only female-led fund in Europe focused on sexual health.' @Siftedeu sifted.eu/articles/rise-… #sextech
“Every business obstacle I encounter is a huge disruptive opportunity in itself. I want to fund the @stripe of #sextech to remove the business inhibitors we all face.' I talk to @timmpsmith @mparts_ @Siftedeu on the infrastructure opportunity for investors sifted.eu/articles/rise-…
"I want to build out the entire underlying ecosystem to make #sextech the next trillion dollar category in tech.” I talk to @timmpsmith @mparts_ @Siftedeu about the opportunity for investors to fund sextech infrastructure unicorns: sifted.eu/articles/rise-… #femtech #socialsex
Thanks @timmpsmith @mparts_ @Siftedeu for this great piece, but to correct a myth: we can tell you from our lens at @makelovenotporn as the world's only #socialsex videosharing platform, that it's NOT true 'women are less visually-driven than men' sifted.eu/articles/rise-… #sextech
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