Ep #008: Bethany Corbin
The FemTech Revolution: A Conversation with Bethany Corbin
What happens when women’s healthcare is finally treated not as a niche category… but as one of the biggest opportunities in healthcare innovation?
In this episode of Bluestock Talk, Allison is joined by Bethany Corbin, healthcare attorney, FemTech advocate, author of The FemTech Revolution, and founder of FemInnovation, to explore the rapidly evolving world of women’s health technology.
Bethany shares her deeply personal journey into FemTech, from watching her mother struggle for years to receive a diagnosis for a rare illness to navigating her own painful experiences with fibroids, surgery, and dismissal within the healthcare system.
But as Bethany reflects, one of the hardest parts was not always being dismissed by others. It was learning how often women are conditioned to dismiss their own symptoms, pain, and experiences for years before seeking care. That experience ultimately reshaped her career and fueled her mission to help build a future where women’s healthcare is taken more seriously, better funded, more privacy conscious, and designed with real patient experiences in mind.
One of Bethany’s most powerful takeaways:
“We are not charity cases. We are 50+% percent of the population. We make 80% of healthcare decisions.”
That insight opens the door to a much larger conversation about why women’s health has historically been underfunded, misunderstood, and underestimated by healthcare systems, investors, and even society itself.
Along the way, Allison and Bethany explore:
• The evolution of the term “FemTech” since 2016
• Why women’s healthcare is still frequently dismissed
• The growing investment opportunity in women’s health innovation
• The importance of diverse representation in venture capital
• Data privacy risks in FemTech apps and digital health platforms
• How consumers can better evaluate health app privacy policies
• The future of at-home testing, AI-enabled diagnostics, and women’s health devices
• Why storytelling and openness are helping reduce stigma around women’s health
Bethany also explains why healthcare data may be one of the most valuable forms of personal information people unknowingly give away, especially through health and wellness apps.
One of her strongest reminders:
“Your data is actually one of your most valuable commodities.”
The conversation also highlights several emerging technologies reshaping women’s healthcare, including AI-enabled breast exams, cervical cancer screening innovations, at-home testing tools, and period tracking platforms that help women advocate more effectively for their own care.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
• Women’s healthcare represents a major innovation and investment opportunity
• Consumer education is critical for FemTech adoption and privacy protection
• Healthcare data privacy deserves far more attention from consumers and companies
• Diverse representation improves healthcare innovation and investment decisions
• Storytelling and openness can help reduce stigma and improve care experiences
• FemTech innovation has the potential to improve outcomes for millions of women
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction to Bethany Corbin
02:00 Bethany’s journey into FemTech and healthcare law
08:00 Why women’s healthcare is still often dismissed
11:00 Building FemInnovation and supporting founders
16:00 Investment challenges in women’s healthcare
21:00 Privacy, healthcare data, and digital health apps
30:00 How consumers can evaluate privacy protections
35:00 Emerging FemTech innovations and diagnostics
43:00 The future of women’s healthcare innovation
44:00 Medical technologies that impacted Bethany’s life
Read more about Bethany Corbin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethanycorbin/, and more about The FemTech Revolution at https://femtechlawyer.com/book/.
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