Europe’s AI boom is leaving femtech behind
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Europe's AI investment boom is diverting funds from femtech, risking women's health. Global femtech funding dropped sharply in 2022 as capital shifted to AI, highlighting a critical gap in essential infrastructure.
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Left unchecked, Europe’s narrow focus on AI investment will come at the health of half its population. As venture capital floods disproportionately into the AI sector, women’s health innovation — the definition of essential infrastructure — is once again left fighting for scraps. In 2021, global femtech investment peaked at €1.89bn before plunging to just €1.1bn the next year, amid a tech funding apocalypse and capital making a headlong dash towards AI. Several factors contributed to this decline — broader market conditions, withering investor risk appetite, and natural sector maturation. But the surge in AI funding coinciding with a plunge…
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