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EPISODE · Apr 2, 2026 · 34 MIN

“They Asked Me to Take This Off My Deck” — On Building in Femtech

from Women In The Building · host The Aurora Tech Award

Femtech is one of those terms everyone uses and no one quite agrees on. Is it a category? A movement? A funding thesis?This episode is a collaboration with the FemTech Real Money Talks podcast. We brought together Elena Lipilina — host, and founder of a femtech startup herself — and Mayra Hurtado, leader of Femtech Mexico and founder in her own right. Together we get into the big questions: where the money in femtech actually flows, what's blocking it, why the category is so hard to define — and whether emerging markets are the next frontier.Because if the term is still confusing, the opportunity isn't.***Listen to the FemTech Real Money Talks wherever you get your podcasts: https://kite.link/femtech-real-money-talks***Contact us: Email: [email protected]***Website: https://www.auroratechaward.com/?utm_source=podcast_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=women_in_the_building_271125***Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aurora-tech-award/***Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/auroratechaward***This podcast is produced by Libo/Libo studio

Femtech is one of those terms everyone uses and no one quite agrees on. Is it a category? A movement? A funding thesis?This episode is a collaboration with the FemTech Real Money Talks podcast. We brought together Elena Lipilina — host, and founder of a femtech startup herself — and Mayra Hurtado, leader of Femtech Mexico and founder in her own right. Together we get into the big questions: where the money in femtech actually flows, what's blocking it, why the category is so hard to define — and whether emerging markets are the next frontier.Because if the term is still confusing, the opportunity isn't.***Listen to the FemTech Real Money Talks wherever you get your podcasts: https://kite.link/femtech-real-money-talks***Contact us: Email: [email protected]***Website: https://www.auroratechaward.com/?utm_source=podcast_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=women_in_the_building_271125***Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aurora-tech-award/***Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/auroratechaward***This podcast is produced by Libo/Libo studio

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