European femtech map: a tool to understand and take action
By Sabrina Scarpati| October 1, 2025
Do you know about the female paradox? Women live longer than men, yet they spend around 25% of their lives in poor health, a condition that affects all the life stages:
Credits: Hvild diagram
This gap is not just about individual wellbeing, it also affects the economy. McKinsey estimates the economic opportunity on GDP (2040 projection) of closing this gap of 48 billion euros in UK, 50 billion euros in Germany, 35 billion euros in in France e 18 billion euros in Italy.
Bridging the women's health gap: a country level exploration, McKinsey, May 2024
Then, if we have a look to the Hologic Global Women’s Health Index, Italy ranks second-to-last among European countries, highlighting how much progress is still needed to improve women’s health.
These numbers show why women’s health deserves more attention and why, in September 2025, together with other communities of Femtech Across the Borders, we built the European Femtech map.
There is no single definition of Femtech: each country adapts the concept to its own context. For this project, we identified the 10 categories most prevalent across countries:
Oncology
Gynecology and Pelvic Health
Mental Health
Pregnancy Health and Postpartum
Reproductive Health and Contraception
Hormone Health
Autoimmune Health
Neurology
Chronic Conditions
Menstrual Health
Our idea of “Europe” is also broad by design: the map does not follow geographical or political borders but highlights where companies and communities are active in Femtech.
The outcome?
This map is a snapshot in time. Don't see your company? Message us on Linkedin and we'll add it.
France, Germany and the UK have the largest number of companies, while Denmark, Italy (yeay!) and Switzerland are growing the fastest.
The most established areas are reproductive health, pregnancy and menstrual health. The fastest-growing ones are hormone health, autoimmune health and chronic conditions.
These issues are also entering the political agenda: the Discussion Paper published by the European Policy Centre points to the need for coordinated actions at both EU and member state level:
Accelerating women's health: the urgent need of a dedicated women's health strategy at EU level, Kuiper and Brady, Sept 2025
The map will be soon available on the Femtech Across the Borders website: a starting point to understand where we are and, more importantly, where we can go. We hope that this would be a spark for deeper conversation on women's health, enjoy!