Every day Dr. Barreto dedicates her work to advancing women’s health by equipping founders, investing in innovative ideas, and engaging key stakeholders to create better healthcare for women, females, and girls, an industry known as FemTech. She is the Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of FemHealth Insights, Host of the FemTech Focus Podcast, Co-Founder of Coyote Ventures, Advisory Board Member for Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Indiana University, and an unconventional scientist, entrepreneur, and consultant that proves that anything is possible with hard work and heart.
Her journey in women's health began as a distributor and educator for Athena's Home Novelties (SexTech). She has engaged in HHMI-funded research on potential correlations between Estrogen and Alzheimer's, which disproportionately affects women. While finishing her doctorate in Genetics, she founded a venture-backed startup, Pheramor, the world's first DNA-based dating app. The algorithm incorporated factors that increase sexual compatibility and fertility between matches. Dr. Barreto also co-founded WeHaveChemistry, a web-based product for couples to discover their love alchemy. She exited the two companies and shifted into investments as Senior Venture Associate and launched Capital Factory's Gulf Coast branch. Under Dr. Barreto’s leadership, the Houston accelerator portfolio grew by an impressive 205%.
Dr. Barreto noticed how underserved the women's health (femtech) industry was and set out to bring awareness, resources, and capital to it. She hosts the #1 femtech podcast, FemTech Focus, co-founded an early-stage femtech investment firm, Coyote Ventures, and founded FemHealth Insights, a boutique consulting firm with a market research software tool specializing in women's health innovation. She is considered the voice of femtech and is a 3x recipient of Top Leaders in FemTech. Dr. Barreto has served on women’s health committees with Gates Foundation, NIH, and HLTH. She is a FemTech Forbes contributor and hosts a tech column in HealthyWomen magazine. She is invited internationally to speak on the past, present, and future of women’s health innovation. She is revered by pharma, retail, and private equity as the go-to expert on all things femhealth and femtech.Every day Dr. Barreto dedicates her work to advancing women’s health by equipping founders, investing in innovative ideas, and engaging key stakeholders to create better healthcare for women, females, and girls, an industry known as FemTech. She is the Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of FemHealth Insights, Host of the FemTech Focus Podcast, Co-Founder of Coyote Ventures, Advisory Board Member for Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Indiana University, and an unconventional scientist, entrepreneur, and consultant that proves that anything is possible with hard work and heart. Her journey in women's health began as a distributor and educator for Athena's Home Novelties (SexTech). She has engaged in HHMI-funded research on potential correlations between Estrogen and Alzheimer's, which disproportionately affects women. While finishing her doctorate in Genetics, she founded a venture-backed startup, Pheramor, the world's first DNA-based dating app. The algorithm incorporated factors that increase sexual compatibility and fertility between matches. Dr. Barreto also co-founded WeHaveChemistry, a web-based product for couples to discover their love alchemy. She exited the two companies and shifted into investments as Senior Venture Associate and launched Capital Factory's Gulf Coast branch. Under Dr. Barreto’s leadership, the Houston accelerator portfolio grew by an impressive 205%. Dr. Barreto noticed how underserved the women's health (femtech) industry was and set out to bring awareness, resources, and capital to it. She hosts the #1 femtech podcast, FemTech Focus, co-founded an early-stage femtech investment firm, Coyote Ventures, and founded FemHealth Insights, a boutique consulting firm with a market research software tool specializing in women's health innovation. She is considered the voice of femtech and is a 3x recipient of Top Leaders in FemTech. Dr. Barreto has served on women’s health committees with Gates Foundation, NIH, and HLTH. She is a FemTech Forbes contributor and hosts a tech column in HealthyWomen magazine. She is invited internationally to speak on the past, present, and future of women’s health innovation. She is revered by pharma, retail, and private equity as the go-to expert on all things femhealth and femtech.
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