Dmitry Gurski: Founder & CEO @Flo Health, Breaking Taboos, Building Trust w/ 70M Users | Slush 2024
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Medical research has historically been biased against women. Before the 1990s, women were rarely included in clinical trials, leading to fatal data gaps in medicine. Many medical conditions affecting uniquely women were left in the shadows, which is evident still today. There are five times as many papers on ResearchGate discussing erectile dysfunction—a condition that affects 19% of men—than on premenstrual syndrome, which affects 90% of women. The fact that history has been silent on women has meant that women’s health as an industry is full of untapped potential. Yet investors have been slow to get on board—women’s health has remained severely underfunded. What can we learn from building in the space? How do you scale a company in a market that is traditionally perceived as niche and suffers from a chronic lack of investor support? Dmitry Gurski is the perfect person to consult on the topic. His company Flo Health has 60 million monthly active users and over 250 million downloads worldview. In February 2024, it became the first femtech unicorn in Europe. --- Slush is the most founder-focused event on Earth, delivering actionable company-building advice while bringing together the who’s who in startups and tech. Slush will be back on Nov 19–20, 2025 in Helsinki, Finland. Stay in the loop: slush.org linkedin.com/company/slush instagram.com/slushhq x.com/slushhq
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