Alexandra Fine (founder of Dame Products) on how to build a FemTech startup
Alexandra Fine (founder of Dame Products) on how to build a FemTech startup

Alexandra Fine (founder of Dame Products) on how to build a FemTech startup

Sagun Ghimiray✨

38 min
Business & Finance
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<p>FemTech designates all technologies addressing women’s health — including reproductive health, hormonal health, menopause, and a lot more. Last year, STATION F launched a <a href="https://stationf.co/apply/femtech" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">new startup program</a> to support innovation in this space because FemTech entrepreneurs have to overcome additional challenges on top of the usual founder hurdles: they have to deal with censorship, taboo, and difficulty convincing investors.</p><br><p>In this first episode of Entrepreneur Talks, we interview <a href="https://twitter.com/afinehuman?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alexandra Fine</a>, Founder &amp; CEO of <a href="https://www.dameproducts.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dame Products</a>, a leading SexTech company that has not only faced these barriers but also built a thriving business. Dame has led and won a three-year legal battle to have the possibility of doing ads in the New York City subway. Dame is also part of the first companies to be featured at Sephora in their new Sexual Wellness selection. It has broken new ground for FemTech startups at large and we are super excited to have Alexandra on the show to tell us about her stories and learnings from building Dame — starting with how to fundraise to market a product surrounded by taboo.</p><br><p>This episode is co-hosted by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/elin-oeyre/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elin Øyre</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-olsson-558b7943/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Andrea Olsson</a>, the co-founders of <a href="https://www.bumpyapp.se/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bumpy</a>, a startup in STATION F’s FemTech Program. Elin and Andrea are building a platform to support people going through infertility by connecting them together and helping them to find the right fertility provider.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Find out what it takes to succeed in the FemTech industry. And, if you

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