The innovations Avestria hopes to see in the New Year — 2023 marks a significant year in women’s health history: the 30-year anniversary of the NIH Revitalization Act which allowed women of child-bearing potential to participate in clinical trials. As the year begins, we’re highlighting the top 10 opportunities in women’s health for similar innovation and change. Advertising: This past fall…

Why Avestria Invested in this Small Molecule Therapeutics Startup — In this series, we explain why we invested in our current portfolio companies. In the process, we hope to highlight the white spaces in women’s health and the life sciences — as well as the people, products, and companies working to fill those gaps. …

Why Avestria Invested in this Midlife Health-Focused Startup — In this series, we explain why we invested in our current portfolio companies. In the process, we hope to highlight the white spaces in women’s health and the life sciences — as well as the people, products, and companies working to fill those gaps. …

An Overview of Spaces for Improvement, Innovation & Investment — from A to Z — On International Women’s Day in 2021, we published “By the Numbers: Investments in Women and Women’s Health”. For this year’s International Women’s Day post, our focus remains on current gaps and potential solutions in women’s health — this time though, we’re breaking down those opportunities by the letter. Autoimmune disorders…

Curious about what we do & why we do it? Find your answer here — On July 9, 2019, Avestria Ventures completed its first close for its first fund. …

Why Avestria Ventures Invested in This Topical Therapeutics Startup — In this series, we explain why we invested in our current portfolio companies. In the process, we hope to highlight the white spaces in women’s health and the life sciences — as well as the people, products, and companies working to fill those gaps. …

We can rethink school endowment management. — Diverse companies are a good investment: on average, they have higher revenues per dollar raised, better financial returns, and faster exits than homogeneous teams. They also consistently receive less than 5% of all venture capital funding all together. Investment firms tend to support like entrepreneurs. For example, firms with at…

Why Avestria Invested in this Digital Therapeutics Startup — In this series, we explain why we invested in our current portfolio companies. In the process, we hope to highlight the white spaces in women’s health and the life sciences — as well as the people, products, and companies working to fill those gaps. …

Why Avestria Invested in this Point-of-Care Testing Startup — In this series, we explain why we invested in our current portfolio companies. In the process, we hope to highlight the white spaces in women’s health and the life sciences — as well as the people, products, and companies working to fill those gaps. …