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Inspire. Empower. Innovate.
Women’s Healthcare
We are innovators, enablers & changemakers with one
clear goal—making women’s health more accessible and affordable.
At 149, we’re not just supporting start-ups; we’re building something
bigger—a thriving women’s health ecosystem where
innovation thrives, ideas turn into action, and real impact reaches the
people who need it most.
Ignoring Women’s Health
is Costing Us All
Only 2% of healthcare venture funding goes to women’s health companies. That’s a massive gap, and it’s hurting economies and lives.
Driven by the shared belief that we can make a meaningful difference in women’s health, our approach is simple but powerful: support transformative start-ups, bridge gaps in healthcare access, and deliver life-changing solutions to underserved communities.
Our Vision
Affordable, accessible women's health
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Our Mission
To increase efficiencies and go-to-market speed for low-cost women's health solutions in LMICs.
Our Values
Care, agility, transparency, long-term thinking, and mindfulness
The Philosophy of 149:
Small, Nimble, Disruptive
At 149 Technologies, we believe innovation should serve people, not just profits. Too often, healthcare innovation focuses on wealthier markets, leaving behind those who need it most. That’s where we step in—disrupting the status quo by empowering startups with scalable, life-changing solutions for underserved communities.
Why 149? Because bigger isn’t always better. Inspired by the concept in Safi Bahcall’s Loonshots, we intentionally keep our teams under 150 people—small enough to stay agile, independent, and driven by bold ideas.
By streamlining operations, underwriting costs, and fostering deep collaborations, we create a model where less means more impact. It’s not just about growth—it’s about meaningful progress for women’s health everywhere.
HOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Accelerating Market
Access
Accelerating Market Access
We enable women's health start-ups to enter markets faster through start-up-friendly licensing, curated distribution pathways, and shared infrastructure.
Lower Costs, Better
Efficiency
Lower Costs, Better Efficiency
Custom healthcare solutions are often expensive. That's why we offer shared services and tailored playbooks, helping start-ups reduce operating costs and scale their impact.
Increasing Transparency
in Funding
Increasing Transparency in Funding
Funding remains a major challenge for women's health innovators. Our low-cost GENAI tool streamlines funding identification, helping start-ups find the right investors, collaborators, and markets faster.
long-term thinking
care
transparency
AGILITY
mindfulness
Reshmi Rajendran
Ph.D., MBA
Board Director & Co-Founder 149
Susan Hanna
M.Sc., Co-Founder, CEO
ACCELERATING START-UPS WITH 2 PILLARS
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Shared Services
Women’s health start-ups face unique challenges. 149 Technologies streamlines services, negotiates better rates, and provides tailored playbooks to increase efficiencies and go-to-market speed for women's health start-ups.
Funding Identification
Women’s health startups face challenges in identifying competitors, collaborators, and funding, often due to difficulties in accessing information. A low-cost GENAI tool combined with our proprietary database, streamlines this process, enabling faster access to funding sources, market insights and supportive networks.
Are You a Changemaker Too?
We can support you. Share your start-up story and solution for women’s healthcare and join us in transforming lives.
INTERESTED TO KNOW MORE
- We have aggregated best-in-class partners, providing effective coordination, and lowering cost of execution through playbooks
- Start-up operational Low-cost Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software and configuration (e.g. Customer Resource Management, Invoicing, Order-to-Cash, Project planning, website development, ecommerce development, manufacturing planning, payroll management, etc.)
- Distribution and Logistics
- Regulatory / product registration support including FDA registration (name countries - US, Canada, ….)
- Contract Manufacturing
- Product and Marketing Strategy
- Digital marketing
- Financial Services (incl. U.S. Tax management, transfer pricing services)
- We are addressing a women's health journey from menstruation to menopause and beyond. We are most interested in:
- low cost solutions or solutions appropriate for low-resource cost settings; or
- Solutions that provide increased quality for the same or lower cost as current competing solutions.
- United States, Singapore, India and we will expand shortly into other markets in SE Asia and Africa
- Some of our partners operate beyond these markets, so reach out to us for a quick chat.