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.
Rebecca Saunderson
CEO at Consentic
Romi Gubes
CEO at Sensi.ai
Roni Sternberg
CEO at Lyra Health
Rosina Mazumder
CEO at Arogga
Sally Metelerkamp
CEO at Lived (Formerly known as Arli)
Samantha Lawson
CEO at Oxford VR
Samantha Truex
CEO at Upstream Bio
Sara Saeed Khurram
CEO at Sehat Kahani
Sarah Simmer
CEO at Found
Senping Cheng
CEO at Triastek
Seungeun Choi
CEO at S-Alpha Therapeutics
Shao-Lee Lin
CEO at ACELYRIN
Shashwata Narain
CEO and Co-Founder at Veera Health
Shilpa Raju
CEO at Truepill
Sigal Eli
CEO at Filterlex Medical
Silvia Pfeiffer
CEO at Coviu
Stephanie (Papes) Strong
CEO at Boulder Care
Stephanie Eltz
CEO and Co-Founder at Doctify
Su Xiao
CEO at Neurophth Therapeutics
Suzann O'Brien
CEO at MoMa Therapeutics
Sylvana Q. Sinha
CEO, Chair and Founder at Praava Health
Tamara Rajah
CEO at Live Better With
Tara Croft
CEO at Baymatob
Toyin Ajayi
Co-Founder and President at Cityblock
Umaima Ahmad
CEO at 52 North Health
Vivian Chu
CEO at Diligent Robotics
Yanni Lin
CEO at CureGenetics
Yu Zhao
CEO at SiBionics
Zeinab Ardeshir
Co-Founder and CEO at PillSorted
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