Innovation in Women's Health (Silicon Valley Bank)

Summary

• AI companies make up 20% of all women's health deals and command triple the valuation of non-AI peers.p.3
• Nearly 50% of VC-backed companies in diagnostics and risk assessment are using AI.p.3
• Women's health venture investment declined in 2025 from a $3B peak in 2024, with a rebound projected for 2026.p.12
• Lumicell's round was the largest of the year, accounting for 43% of total device investments.p.12
• More than one-third (35%) of US counties have no birthing facility or obstetric clinician.p.8
• Rural telemedicine users skew female at 59%.p.9

Key insights

1. Three condition categories analysed cover 120 companies with $4.4B of VC invested, 210 companies with $6.4B and 55 companies with $745M.p.6
2. Rural telemedicine users have 2.7x higher rates of heart failure and 2.5x higher rates of depression than non-users.p.9
3. Migraines take 3x more healthy years from women than men.p.7
4. Alzheimer's Disease took 3.3 million years of healthy life among the total US adult population in 2023, with 65% taken from women.p.7
5. Median ratios of 2,700 to 2,900 residents per primary care physician strain Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, and Oklahoma.p.8