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femtech

Syllables: fem·tech/ˈfɛmtɛk/

femtech noun: technology oriented towards women, especially reproductive health technology.

Noun

femtech (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) Technology oriented towards women, especially reproductive health technology.
    • As well as companies selling menstrual protection, the femtech sector includes fertility apps, maternal health and sexual wellbeing products.2018 November 9, Nina Jones, “Women's health start-ups bloom with no blushes”, in Financial Times
    • The current major players in the femtech industry - period apps - have demonstrated that it is profitable to target women and gather their data.2019 November 27, Maria Mellor, “Fitness trackers and wearables are ignoring a $50bn market: women”, in Wired

Examples of femtech in a sentence

  • With $800m of funding going to the femtech startups in 2019 alone, there couldn’t be a better time for ohne to enter the market.2020 February 20, Bianca Barratt, “Period Product Brand Ohne Takes Femtech To New Heights - Can Investors Do The Same?”, in Forbes:
  • Thiel, who once suggested women’s suffrage was bad for America, did not seem like a natural investor in femtech.2025 March 21, Katie J. M. Baker, “The Conservative Women’s Magazine With Big Ambitions, and Sex Tips for Wives”, in The New York Times...

Origin of femtech

From fem- (“feminine/female”) + tech, coined by Danish internet entrepreneur and author Ida Tin in 2016.

Questions about femtech

What does femtech mean?
Femtech means technology oriented towards women, especially reproductive health technology.
How do you use femtech in a sentence?
With $800m of funding going to the femtech startups in 2019 alone, there couldn’t be a better time for ohne to enter the market.
What part of speech is femtech?
Femtech is a noun.
How do you pronounce femtech?
Femtech is pronounced /ˈfɛmtɛk/.

Words near femtech in the dictionary

  1. femsubs
  2. femsymp
  3. femsymps
  4. femtard
  5. femtards
  6. femtech
  7. femto-
  8. femto-photography
  9. femtoampere
  10. femtoamperes
  11. femtobarn

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