#65: Sextech, a trillion dollar market: an update on MLNP and the female founder journey with Cindy Gallop

<p>Cindy Gallop is the founder and CEO of <a href="https://makelovenotporn.com/">MakeLoveNotPorn</a> (MLNP) launched at TED 2009 – ‘Pro-sex. Pro-porn. Pro-knowing the difference’.</p> <p>In 2013 she turned MLNP into the world’s first user-generated, human-curated social sex video-sharing platform, socialising and normalising sex in order to make it easier to talk about, to promote consent, communication, good sexual values and good sexual behaviour. MakeLoveNotPorn is spearheading the <a href="https://socialsexrevolution.com/">Social Sex Revolution</a> (the revolutionary part isn’t the sex, but the social). Given the challenges Cindy has faced finding investors, she is raising the world’s first dedicated sextech fund, <a href="http://www.alltheskyholdings.com/">All the Sky Holdings</a>.</p> <p>She speaks at conferences globally and consults, describing her approach as ‘I like to blow shit up. I am the Michael Bay of business.’</p> <p>We cover the following in our conversation:</p> <ul> <li>Cindy talks to us about what she's been up to since she was last on the show ie an update on MLNP and her journey as a female founder.</li> <li>Sextech: the trillion dollar market opportunity&nbsp;</li> <li>Building a new market and new categories</li> <li>The challenges in the industry</li> <li>Raising $20m for MLNP</li> <li>Female investors</li> <li>Cindy's view on the overturning of Roe vs Wade (US) and where do we go from here?</li> </ul> <p>***</p>