Definition of "femtech"

femtech

/ˈfɛmtɛk/

noun
uncountable
1. (neologism) Technology oriented towards women, especially health and reproductive technology.
  Quotations
  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
  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
  The scientific study of perimenopause has been going on for decades, and the cultural discussion of this mind and body shift has reached something of a new fever pitch, with several books on the subject coming out this spring and a gaggle of “femtech” companies vowing to disrupt perimenopause.
  2021 April 29, Jessica Grose, “Why Is Perimenopause Still Such a Mystery?”, in The New York Times‎