Create the next big thing in Femtech
DAYA Innovation Lab offers invites women, men and non binaries from all professions, cultures and walks of life to join in venture creation for women’s health and the discovery of better technologies. We take a hands-on approach and create companies from scratch.
This process involves conducting research, leveraging relationships, and exercising due diligence.
Inventing women back together, piece by piece
Women's health is disproportionately underfunded and underexplored, despite its significance. According to the World Health Organization, only 2% of global health research funding is dedicated to women's health issues, and there is a major gender gap in health data and clinical studies.
Both biological and societal factors play into the state of women's health. Women are prone to chronic and autoimmune disease and up to 15% suffer from permanent birth damages. Mental health issues are spiking among teenage girls since the past ten years. Tech and engineered products are generally designed around men - women are 47% more likely to be severly injured in a car crash.
Menopause will be experienced by nearly 1 billion people by 2025. The annual global economic impact of menopause, between productivity loss and healthcare costs, is estimated at $150B. These are only a few examples.
Looking for natural patterns to create technology that can symbiose with human behaviour
Innovation and entrepreneurship needs science. We are on a constant lookout for potential collaboration partners in all parts of the world.
From inception to startup-ready in three months
We source, research, test and build our ideas within a global ecosystem of tech women and humane tech enthusiasts. Every project gets a hand-picked core team for maximum output.
FROM IDEA TO STARTUP
Tech supported breast feeding
The OTII project began with the aim of measuring volume. 60% of first mothers have trouble breastfeeding and the need was - to know how much the baby has eaten.
Collaborating with both researchers and patients we pretty soon discovered that measuring the volume does not mean anything. Only a small amount can be enough. We also learned that Oxytocin (anti-stress hormone) is the hormone which ignites the producing of breastmilk. And if the mother is stressed out - no milk.
The measuring of volume, and app control behaviour would stress the mother out.
After investigating some more, we learned that every mother and child has a natural symbiosis, a pattern if you will, that we often no longer feel while we are pressed by schedules and outside factors.
The solution: an invisible technology that tracks visualizes your everchanging natural pattern for you when you need it. An app that doesn’t interfere or require manual handling.
Currently exploring
Mental self help AI for young girls / Open unified health data / Prediction and prevention of preeclampsia / Functional jewellery / Birth fear smart CBT / Birth damage prevention / The chemistry of pregnant skin
Submit your idea
If you have an idea for a women's health service or product and would like to test it in our Innovation Lab - let us know! We are interested in both formed ideas and well-identified problems. You don't need to have it all figured out - that's what we're for!
Join as a founder
We create several femtech startups yearly, and are always looking for ambitious entrepreneurs to run them. If you're interested in being matched with an idea, and taking it from incorporation to market, let us know.