Rina Carlini, Ph.D.’s Post

We're excited to welcome the talented #LiONSLAIR2024 finalists to our Hamilton office! Congratulations once again to each of the top 10 finalists who have made it through the rigorous #FoundersFastTrack program: DOUBL, Deaf AI, Infinite Harvest Technologies, Yellowbird Diagnostics, Inc., Harvest Systems, Leynek Medical, Maman Biomedical, Neuropeutics Inc, ConSoul , and healthyher.life Following a pitch training session with our CEO, David Carter, the top 10 finalists get to network with their fellow entrepreneurs. Over the next few weeks, they'll continue to collaborate with our esteemed Pillar of Business LiONS and dedicated team members to refine their pitches for the upcoming LiONS LAIR competition. 👉 Learn more about the finalists: https://loom.ly/7rhQKSI 👉 Join us at the 14th annual LiONS LAIR gala: https://loom.ly/n96jEt0 #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #Business #Technology #Startups #Networking #Events #Ontario

📆July is Fibroid Awareness month!  💡Did you know that 80% of women will develop #uterinefibroids in their lifetime? Fibroids can give several debilitating symptoms like heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic pain, iron deficiency and more.   📌To learn more about the causes, diagnosis and treatment for iron deficiency #anemia, join us at our next Women Talking™ Wednesday virtual learning event on July 24, 2024 with Dr. Michelle Zeller, MD (Clinical Hematologist @Hamilton Health Science and @McMaster University, Faculty of Medicine).     🔗Register here: https://bit.ly/45XBIgP     #FibroidAwareness #IronDeficiency #HormonalHealth #HeavyPeriods Women's Health Coalition Canada Innovation Factory Menopause Foundation of Canada The Menopause Society Communitech Next AI FemTech Focus Femtech Canada NEXT Canada American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) GI (Gastrointestinal) Society | badgut.org Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR)

Actions speak louder than words. After my last posts on the female funding gap, I have been in contact with so many amazing female founders. I've scheduled more than 25 meetings over the next 3 weeks, and I'm committed to making 1-2 investments over the summer and 5 investments in female-led startups by the end of the year. One female founder, Claudia Nassif, went a step further than just reaching out… 🙏🏻 Claudia provided me with a list of actionable suggestions (for male angel investors!) on how to support women who are fundraising: ➡️ Take meetings with female founders, even if their business is outside your usual investment scope. ➡️ Stay curious; women founders may have surprising insights to offer. (Definitely true!) ➡️ Ask positive, supportive questions. ➡️ Invite women founders into your network and engage with their posts. They will likely reciprocate and help you connect with other female founders. ➡️ Make warm introductions. Even one can make a big difference. ➡️ Carefully track and analyze your deal flow regarding female founders. ➡️ Explore opportunities beyond B2B SaaS. Many women are active in deep tech, green tech, and consumer-facing businesses. ➡️ Join transparency initiatives to combat unconscious bias. ➡️ Explicity encourage female and underrepresented founders to apply for funding, especially if all your co-investors are male and white. ➡️ Incentivize all-male founding teams in your portfolio to add female cofounders, even at later stages. This will make these companies healthier and create a greater pull effect. ➡️ Never blame women for the funding gap. Yes, there are fewer women starting companies, fewer women in certain industries, and fewer women showing the same level of aggressiveness and optimism as men. This is due to decades of structural discrimination and education. Every female founder sitting in front of you who decided to start a business against all odds is probably hungrier, grittier and more resilient than the average male founder. Ladies, let's go! 🚀 P.S. Please reshare if you find this insightful, more male investors need to see this… ____________________________ Sharing my experiences as an entrepreneur and angel investor. Investing in early stage B2B SaaS startups. Happy to connect 👋

The #CollisionConf 2024 in Toronto was a fantastic experience for healthyher.life to raise awareness about the need for giving women better healthcare navigation and reliable, evidence-based health solutions to manage a chronic hormonal health condition like #endometriosis, #menopause, #PCOS, #thyroid disorders and more. 👉 No better to achieve that than hand out free #sustainable #periodproducts at a male-dominated tech convention❗️ 🙌 Many thanks to our Canadian collaboration partner GetOnly.Ca 🇨🇦 who supplied us with their line of sustainable #plasticfree #periodproducts (tampon & menstrual pad) in our Healthyher.Life paper-based swag bags. The time is now to get serious about #womenshealth and #hormonalhealthcare. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gxR9HshC ➡️ Follow our channels, or better yet - join our growing healthyher.life community hub (it’s free), and make lasting connections with fellow members across the globe 🌎. **WE’RE HIRING❗️over the next few months - send DM to hello@healthyher.life to express interest to apply (cover letter, resume and portfolio links all required): • Digital Marketing & Communications Specialist or Manager. •Full-Stack Software Developer (Masters Degree) with interest in women’s health. #femtech Femtech Canada Femtech Insider Innovation Factory Next AI WomenInTech Alliance #womenintech Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science Waterloo Women in Engineering (WiE) Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute Vector Institute NEXT Canada BDC Thrive Lab TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good Spring Springboard Enterprises Megha Poddar, MD Dr. Ardelle Piper Joanne Tejeda, PhD Rina Carlini, Ph.D. Optimal Innovation Group

Are your hormones disrupting your sleep?😴 Join us for the next Women Talking with Trust™ Community Circle on June 10 at 7 PM EST! We’re diving into "Tips for Better Sleep" to help you conquer those restless nights. ✨ Discover effective tips to improve your sleep ✨ Connect with women who share your experiences ✨ Share and learn in a supportive space Don’t miss it! 🧘♀️💤 Register Today (Community Members Only): https://bit.ly/4565U95 Event details: Date: Monday June 10, 2024 Time: 7:00-8:00 pm Eastern Time Location: virtual Zoom gathering Not a Healthyher.Life member yet? Visit www.healthyher.life and join the hub, it’s free! #WomenTalkingWithTrust #bettersleep #communitycircle #hormonehealth #menopause #endometriosis #pcos #womenshealth #sleep #sleepdisruption #hormonesandsleep #periods #womenshealthresearch #menstruation #perimenopause #longevity #longevitylifestyle #sleephygeine #wellnessjourney