Connecting women in femtech and health tech to opportunities
 
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 WoW started in 2016 as a small meetup group bringing together women in wearable technology. Since then, WoW grew up to be a leading global organisation and ecosystem that brings together like-minded women and allies in health tech, digital health and women’s health from more than 50 countries worldwide.

Our members are startup founders, designers, technologists, industry experts, researchers, bloggers, journalists, investors, and many more.

If you are looking to learn, network, and find your next job opportunity in tech - you are in the right place.

 

Our goals are:

to EDUCATE our community about the latest innovations in the tech space and equip our members with knowledge and access to information;

to CREATE more jobs for women in STEM;

to SUPPORT female founders and entrepreneurs in building and scaling their businesses, and showcase female role models in tech;

to ENABLE our members easier access to funding through mentoring, matchmaking with investors, and networking at our events.

 
 
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Meet our team

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Marija Butkovic, founder and CEO

Marija Butkovic is a lawyer-turned-entrepreneur, innovation, and business consultant, feminist, and advocate for diversity and inclusion in the tech sector.

Marija is also a Forbes contributor writing for the Forbes Women, where her key topics of interest include diversity and inclusion, female leadership, women’s health, and healthcare technology innovation.

She is also an Advisory Board Member for the Women's Health Innovation Series; as well as part of the Innovation Equity Forum Steering Committee at the National Institutes of Health and a member of the Leadership Council at the Digital Medicine Society.

She has been featured in major tech and business publications such as TechCrunch, The Next Web, and Huffington Post; selected as one of the Most Influential Women in UK tech by Computer Weekly, and added among the Top 25 HealthTech influencers to follow on Twitter and 17 female startup leaders in Europe to follow on LinkedIn by Sifted.

She holds an LLM degree from the University of Law in Rijeka, Croatia.

LinkedIn: Marija Butkovic

Twitter: @MarijaButkovic

 
 

Anja Streicher, CMO

Anja Streicher is a Chief Marketing Officer at Women of Wearables.

Anja started her career working for a Y Combinator women’s health startup Bellabeat, where she led communications, content, and social media strategy. After moving to London, she continued supporting startups from different industries by working at Techstars London, a mentorship-driven startup accelerator program and a worldwide network for entrepreneurs. She then helped launch Bellabeat’s London office and led expansion to a portfolio of products aiming to help women lead a healthier lifestyle, including a health tracker, smart water bottle, pregnancy monitor, and wellness app.

She is passionate about FemTech, EdTech, and helping women in tech and business run and scale their businesses.

LinkedIn: Anja Streicher

Twitter: Anja Streicher