Episode 217
From Undervalued to Unavoidable: Treating Women's Health as Infrastructure
Aug 25, 2026
32:53
Episode Description
Women's health isn't a cause, it's infrastructure. Med tech founder Marissa Fayer breaks down why closing the women's health gap is worth a trillion dollars a year, and why capital still isn't following.
In this conversation:
- Why dense breast tissue affects up to 70% of women, and how software can cut repeat scans
- Why only about 6% of private healthcare capital goes to conditions that affect women
- How menopause and perimenopause hit during women's most productive career years, and what employers get wrong
- Why the women's health market is mispriced, not unproven
- How the funding conversation looks different across the US, Africa, and Asia
Marissa Fayer, CEO, DeepLook Medical
Megan Antonelli, Chief Executive Officer, HealthIMPACT Live
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