Women's health as an investment opportunity: Bridging capital, evidence and innovation

Women's health has received disproportionately little investment despite representing half of the global population. A recent report highlights the potential for significant economic and societal value. Experts identify three priorities for women's health innovation: expanding investment infrastructure, strengthening the pathway from early-stage innovation to scale, and redefining value creation in healthcare investment. The sector faces structural barriers, including underfunded research and fragmented healthcare systems. Expanding investment infrastructure requires increasing the number of women writing early-stage cheques and addressing uneven investor knowledge. Strengthening the pathway to scale involves addressing the funding gap between seed-stage experimentation and institutional-scale investment. New financial models, such as blended capital structures, can help address this gap.