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title: "Listen: Startup founders discuss opportunities to increase investment in women's health"
description: Women control 80 percent of healthcare decisions in the U.S. and spend 29 percent more per capita on healthcare compared to men — yet solutions focused on
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# [Listen: Startup founders discuss opportunities to increase investment in women's health](https://blog.matter.health/listen-startup-founders-discuss-investment-in-womens-health)

 Written by [Caitlin](https://blog.matter.health/author/caitlin) | Jun 3, 2021 5:00:00 AM

Women control 80 percent of healthcare decisions in the U.S. and spend 29 percent more per capita on healthcare compared to men — yet solutions focused on women’s health received only 3.3 percent of total digital health funding in 2019 and 1.5 percent in the first half of 2020.

In a virtual conversation led by investor and serial entrepreneur Pamela York, co-founder and managing partner of [Capita3](https://www.capita3.com/), three MATTER startup members — [Embr Labs](https://embrlabs.com/) CEO Elizabeth Gazda, [Marani Health](https://www.maranihealth.com/) Founder and CEO Ann Holder and [Univfy](https://www.univfy.com/) Co-founder and CEO Mylene Yao — discuss unmet needs in women’s health, investment trends and how we can increase investment in women-led startups.

**Listen to the full conversation here:**

Follow us on [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/3iUyrN4dtrtq4bXg6tRYG6?si=vn38MhsSSCGH--Re0xZyVQ), [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1561255165) or visit [podcast.matter.health](https://podcast.matter.health/) for updates. Find the video recording of this event and others at [matter.health/live](https://blog.matter.health/live).

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