130 CEOs from our 2022 Global Health Tech 1000 are women. We're celebrating this inspirational cohort and hoping this spotlight inspires action and support for more women entrepreneurs around the world to lead us towards a happier and healthier future.
Every year, HolonIQ identifies the top 1000 Health Tech startups globally. Region by region, we map the most promising Health Tech startups, both early and late stage. In 2022, we announced the Africa Health Tech 50, Australia and New Zealand Health Tech 100, East Asia Health Tech 200, Europe Health Tech 200, South Asia Health Tech 100, LATAM Health Tech 50, Middle East and North Africa Health Tech 50, North America Health Tech 200 and Southeast Asia Health Tech 50. To be eligible, these companies must be startups (i.e. not acquired, controlled or listed), operating in the field of digital health, medtech, biotech or broadly health technology, and less than 10 years old.
We’re celebrating the women leading these incredible startups as CEOs or Co-CEOs, and the work they are doing to transform the global healthcare system. Through our work at HolonIQ (also co-founded and co-led by a woman CEO), we are determined to play our part in eliminating the gender gap in leadership, entrepreneurship and education.
Despite the progress made in parity for women, there’s still an enormous amount to be done. Our Global State of Women CEOs and Leadership deep dives into the numbers across different industries to highlight the areas making most progress and where much work is still to be done.
130 Women CEOs and Founders leading Global Health Tech Startups
The following amazing women have Founded or Lead the most promising Health Tech Startups globally. Building and running a startup is not for the faint hearted with an estimated 90% failure rate and research shows that barriers for women to start or lead a successful business are higher than normal. The women you see below have not only overcome significant odds but are focused on making a difference in the lives of millions of learners worldwide. Congratulations on your impact so far and we look forward to tracking your progress over the coming years.
If by chance we have missed a female CEO or Founder/Co-Founder who leads a Health Tech company selected in HolonIQ’s Global Health Tech 1000 Series, please contact us and we will update the list.
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Rebecca Saunderson
CEO at Consentic
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Romi Gubes
CEO at Sensi.ai
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Roni Sternberg
CEO at Lyra Health
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Rosina Mazumder
CEO at Arogga
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Sally Metelerkamp
CEO at Lived (Formerly known as Arli)
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Samantha Lawson
CEO at Oxford VR
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Samantha Truex
CEO at Upstream Bio
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Sara Saeed Khurram
CEO at Sehat Kahani
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Sarah Simmer
CEO at Found
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Senping Cheng
CEO at Triastek
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Seungeun Choi
CEO at S-Alpha Therapeutics
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Shao-Lee Lin
CEO at ACELYRIN
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Shashwata Narain
CEO and Co-Founder at Veera Health
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Shilpa Raju
CEO at Truepill
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Sigal Eli
CEO at Filterlex Medical
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Silvia Pfeiffer
CEO at Coviu
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Stephanie (Papes) Strong
CEO at Boulder Care
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Stephanie Eltz
CEO and Co-Founder at Doctify
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Su Xiao
CEO at Neurophth Therapeutics
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Suzann O'Brien
CEO at MoMa Therapeutics
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Sylvana Q. Sinha
CEO, Chair and Founder at Praava Health
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Tamara Rajah
CEO at Live Better With
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Tara Croft
CEO at Baymatob
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Toyin Ajayi
Co-Founder and President at Cityblock
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Umaima Ahmad
CEO at 52 North Health
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Vivian Chu
CEO at Diligent Robotics
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Yanni Lin
CEO at CureGenetics
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Yu Zhao
CEO at SiBionics
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Zeinab Ardeshir
Co-Founder and CEO at PillSorted
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