Articles (written by Avestria):

May 12, 2023: Crunchbase News: Are (male) investors missing the obvious? Why investing in female leaders in healthcare can increase returns and improve health outcomes (by Linda Greub, Co-Founder & Managing Partner)

February 24, 2023: Fast Company: Why investing in women’s health is impact investing (by Linda Greub, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, and Eva Epker, Director of Marketing)

February 24, 2023: TechCrunch: 5 questions emerging managers should ask before selecting LPs (by Linda Greub, Co-Founder & Managing Partner). Note: membership required for viewing.

January 19, 2023: MedCityNews: The rise of interest and investment in women’s health (by Linda Greub, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, and Eva Epker, Director of Marketing)

August 16, 2021: FemTech Collective: 2021 Market Report: Investment in FemTech (co-authored by Eva Epker, Director of Marketing)

September 27, 2020: Business Insider: Female-backed health startups can bridge the gap in women’s health (by Eva Epker, Director of Marketing)

February 25, 2020: ThriveGlobal: How Plunging into Your Passion Can Deliver Unexpected Benefits (by Corinne Nevinny, Co-Founder)

Articles (featuring Avestria):

April 18, 2024: Healthcare Markets: Why the UK is becoming a global leader in the emerging FemTech industry (ft. quotations from Linda Greub, Co-Founder & Managing Partner)

August 15, 2023: Silicon Valley Bank: Healthcare investments and exits: mid-year 2023 update (featuring Avestria as one of the top investors in women’s health and featuring Antiva, AOA, Axena, Curio, Madorra, and Midi: six Avestria portfolio companies)

May 19, 2023: PitchBook: Startup radar: VCs on femtech startups worth watching (ft. Linda Greub, Co-Founder & Managing Partner and AOA Dx. and Mae: two Avestria portfolio companies)

May 12, 2023: PitchBook: Reproductive health startups face double whammy of legal battles, skittish investors (ft. quotations from Tracy Dooley, Partner)

April 12, 2023: Livermore Vine: Upcoming webinar to highlight the unseen opportunity in women’s health (ft. quotations from Neil Ray of Raydiant Oximetry, an Avestria portfolio company, and Linda Greub, Co-Founder & Managing Partner)

January 20, 2023: GirlTalk HQ: This female-run VC firm invests in medical startups that prioritize women’s health

October 17, 2022: Business Insider: 35 of the most promising femtech startups, according to VCs (ft. AOA Dx, Curio, Mae, Midi, and Raydiant Oximetry, all Avestria portfolio companies, and quotations from Tracy Dooley, Partner). Note: membership required for viewing.

August 1, 2022: Une Femme Wines: Hall of Femme Honoree: Linda Greub

July 22, 2022: Exeleon Magazine: Linda Greub named one of Exeleon’s Top 10 transformational women leaders of 2022. (Read the full digital issue here.)

June 20, 2022: San Francisco Business Journal: Money talks - Avestria’s Linda Greub on the opportunities in women’s health (subscription required for access)

June 16, 2022: PitchBook: PitchBook’s guide to VC fundraising for startups (ft. quotations from Linda Greub, Co-Founder & Managing Partner)

April 24, 2022: Business Insider: Growth of femtech sector has been held back by a lack of women in senior investment roles. five female VCs say (ft. quotations from Tracy Dooley, Partner)

November 2, 2021: GlobeNewswire: Raydiant raises $5 million in oversubscribed Series A-2 financing round (ft. Raydiant Oximetry, an Avestria portfolio company and quotations from Linda Greub, Co-Founder & Managing Partner)

October 4, 2021: Withum: Spotlight with Linda Greub - Avestria Ventures

September 6, 2021: Tech Company News: Avestria Ventures: Seeding Women’s Health And Life Science Ventures

September 1, 2021: American Entrepreneurship Today: Two Women Business Leaders Build on their Friendship to Fund Women Entrepreneurs

August 26, 2021: BusinessWire: Avestria Ventures Closes Fund I

March 8, 2021: Forbes: Meet 30 Inspirational Women This Women’s History Month (ft. Corinne Nevinny, Co-Founder)

March 7, 2021: LaingBuisson: FemTech: an emerging market on course for major expansion

January 27, 2021: Harvard Business School Alumni: Club webinars explore untapped potential of femtech

February 27, 2020: The Portland Tribune: Portland firm leading a revolution in women’s health care (ft. Madorra, an Avestria portfolio company and quotations from Linda Greub, Co-Founder & Managing Partner)

Lists & Profiles:

March 15, 2024: Mina Lindberg: Bridging the Gap - 25 VCs that support female founders

March 7, 2024: American Entrepreneurship Today: 60 Top Women-Led Venture Capital Firms

December 4, 2023: Women of Wearables: 200 Trailblazing Leaders in Women’s Health and FemTech: 2023 Edition

October 12, 2023: Future of Maternal Care Summit: Interview with Avestria Ventures

July 20, 2023: Venture Capital Journal: 100-plus VC firms led by women Note: membership required for viewing.

June 25, 2023: Halle Tecco: Your Guide to Starting a Women’s Health Company From Someone Who Has Done It (Twice)

March 22, 2023: PitchBook: 92 Female Founder and Investors To Know

March 15, 2023: Bolt PR: 30 Femtech Brands to Watch in 2023

February 20, 2023: The Future is Female: Female-Founded VC Firms

December 1, 2022: Women of Wearables: 200 Trailblazing Leaders in Women’s Health and FemTech: 2022 Edition

July 25, 2022: PitchBook: The Top 13 Most Active VC Investors in FemTech

June 23, 2022: DxD Healthtech: DxD Summer Intern Innovation & Exploration Series

April 6, 2022: FemTech Insider Edition #135: What’s New In FemTech This Week?

March 14, 2022: Beta Boom: 50+ Top VC Funds Investing in Female Founders - The Definitive List for 2022

March 11, 2022: National Association of Investment Companies: Celebrating Exceptional Female Leaders for Women’s History Month

March 8, 2022: Nixon Gwilt Law: 2022 List Of Venture Funds And Accelerators For Womxn

January 7, 2022: National Association of Investment Companies: Managers in the Market Report

November 29, 2021: Women of Community: #WOCMondayMotivation - Tracy Dooley

November 4, 2021: FemTech Analytics: 500+ FemTech Personalities

September 2, 2021: FemTech Insider Edition #103: What’s New In FemTech This Week?

July 16, 2021: Women’s Private Equity Briefs: Women Investing in Women

July 12, 2021: FemTech Analytics: FemTech Investments Overview

April 9, 2021: Women’s Private Equity Briefs: In the Spotlight…

March 18, 2021: FemTech Insider Edition #80: What’s New In FemTech This Week?

January 13, 2021: National Venture Capital Association: NVCA Member Spotlight: Avestria Ventures

October 26, 2020: FemTech Insider, Featured Funders: Linda Greub & Corinne Nevinny

July 16, 2020: FemTech Insider Edition #43: What’s New in FemTech This Week?

July 15, 2020: Wharton Social Impact & Catalyst at Large: Project Sage 3.0: Key Insights from the Latest Gender Lens Investing Report

2020: FemTech Insider: FemTech Investors, Angels, & Funds

September 12, 2019: AskWonder:  VC firms that fund women-owned businesses

September 6, 2019: Women’s Private Equity Briefs: In the Spotlight…

2019: The Fundery/Inc.: Profile - Avestria Ventures

Speaking Engagements:

January 18, 2024: The Under the Sisterhood Podcast: Linda Greub - from healthcare institutional investor to a Women’s Health VC

September 12, 2023: Medtech Women: MedtechVISION 2023

April 25, 2023: Avestria Ventures and Startup Tri-Valley: The Unseen Opportunity in Women’s Health Webinar. Recording is available here. Read the recap here.

March 16, 2023: Synergist SF: Female-Led Funds Panel

March 6-9, 2023: American Telemedicine Association: ATA 2023 Annual Conference and Expo

January 25-26, 2023: Future of Maternal Care: Future of Maternal Care Summit

January 10, 2023: Avestria’s Women & Health Breakfast at the 2023 J. P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Read the recap here.

November 15, 2022: MedTech Strategist’s Innovation Summit San Francisco 2022: Operationalizing Diversity - What Young Companies Are Doing and What’s Next?                                                                    Read the recap here.

October 26, 2022: Beyond the Paper Gown and G2G Consulting: Putting Women’s Health on the Ballot Note: Linda’s section starts at 25:58. Check out the corresponding podcast episode here.

October 26, 2022: The Startup Tri-Valley Podcast: Putting women’s health first with Linda Greub and Tracy Dooley - Part II

September 27, 2022: The Startup Tri-Valley Podcast: Putting women’s health first with Linda Greub and Tracy Dooley - Part I

June 29, 2022: Women’s Health Innovation Coalition: Women’s Health Forum Series - Cognitive & Brain Health. Note: Tracy Dooley’s section starts at 36:21.

May 24, 2022: VentureFuel: What’s Next Now: Health & Wellness - From Proof of Concept to Patient Care with Tracy Dooley M.D and Dov Shamir, PhD

February 19, 2022: Harvard GlobalWe (Global Women’s Entrepreneurship) student/alumni roundtable:
Invest in Her - Women Creating Impact through Entrepreneurship Note: Linda Greub’s section starts at 46:44.

October 18, 2021: Micro-Dosing with Paul Schrimpf podcast: Tracy Dooley MD and Women’s Health (also available on Apple Podcasts)

April 12, 2021: A Opalesque podcast: VC & Angel Investing: Three female leaders unveil 1000s of opportunities in FemTech, female entrepreneurship, LatAm, and ESG

December 8, 2020: An HBS Association of Northern California webinar: Why FEMTECH is Ripe for Innovation and Investment

June 29, 2020: The 6% with Nancy M.D podcast: Venture Capital with a Women’s Health Focus with Linda Greub & Corinne Nevinny

June 2, 2020: When She Founded podcast: Linda Greub of Avestria Ventures

June 1, 2020: An Avestria webinar: Decoding Diagnostics (ft. Sophie Allauzen, Ph.D)

May 18, 2020: Between the Term Sheets podcast: Avestria Ventures (also available on Apple Podcasts, Google, and Spotify)

January 27, 2020: USC’s Viterbi Voices: The Podcast: From MD to Venture Capital with Dr. Tracy Dooley

Avestria’s Blog Posts:

March 7, 2024: International Women’s Day 2024: How You Can Advance Women’s Health

January 16, 2024: Avestria and “Women & Health”: A #JPM2024 Recap

July 9, 2023: Happy 4th Birthday, Avestria: A Look at the Whos, Whats, and Whys of Avestria

April 17, 2023: The Unseen Opportunity in Women’s Health

March 7, 2023: By the Numbers: 10 Challenges Facing Women and Women’s Health

January 17, 2023: Avestria and “Women & Health”: A #JPM2023 Recap

December 20, 2022: The Top 10 Opportunities for Women’s Health in 2023

July 9, 2022: Happy 3rd Birthday, Avestria: We’re Answering Your FAQs

March 22, 2022: How To Get More Institutional Dollars to Diverse Founders: Rethinking College Endowment Management

March 8, 2022: By the Letters: Opportunities in Women’s Health

July 9, 2021: Happy Birthday, Avestria: Looking at the Past, Present, & Future as Avestria Turns Two

March 8, 2021: By the Numbers: Investments in Women & Women’s Health

February 7, 2021: Closing the Gap for Women in Venture Capital

The “Under the Microscope” Series:

May 16, 2024: Under the Microscope: Clarified Precision Medicine

September 7, 2023: Under the Microscope: Axena Health

April 20, 2023: Under the Microscope: Candesant Biomedical

November 3, 2022: Under the Microscope: ENB Therapeutics

August 4, 2022: Under the Microscope: Midi Health

April 21, 2022: Under the Microscope: Antiva Biosciences

November 4, 2021: Under the Microscope: Curio

October 21, 2021: Under the Microscope: AmplifiDx

September 16, 2021: Under the Microscope: Mae

July 1, 2021: Under the Microscope: AOA Dx

February 18, 2021: Under the Microscope: DrugViu

January 14, 2021: Under the Microscope: Genome Medical

January 7, 2021: Under the Microscope: Knowledge to Practice (K2P)

December 17, 2020: Under the Microscope: Rhinostics

December 10, 2020: Under the Microscope: Raydiant Oximetry

December 3, 2020: Under the Microscope: Madorra

November 19, 2020: Under the Microscope: Uqora

November 12, 2020: Under the Microscope: Alydia Health

Avestria’s Women’s Health Webinars:

March 27, 2024: Dr. Shailja Dixit, Dr. Ali Domar, and Curio Digital Therapeutics (postpartum depression focused)

March 6, 2024: Dr. Neil Ray and Raydiant Oximetry (childbirth focused)

February 21, 2024: Kristine Ball, Dr. Tom Cox, and Antiva Biosciences (HPV- and cervical cancer-focused)

February 14, 2024: Melanie Igwe, Dr. Samantha Shapiro, and ViuHealth (autoimmune disease focused)

January 24, 2024: Eileen Maus, Dr. Mandy Pulliam, and Axena Health (pelvic health focused)

December 13, 2023: Oriana Papin-Zoghbi, Dr. Katrin Eurich, and AOA Dx (ovarian cancer focused)

December 6, 2023: Joanna Strober and Midi Health (midlife health focused)

November 29, 2023: Maya Hardigan, Sasha Kelemen, and Mae (maternal health focused)