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Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Pooja Sikka - Octopus Ventures - The Future of Femtech

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Boxlight Creative Studio

Technology, Business, Careers

51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode is special for two reasons- firstly it's one of the first we've recorded in person a long time. But this is also our second in the series organised with our partners: Octopus- who back the entrepreneurs of the future. And there are one better who exemplify that than today's guest Pooja Sikka. Pooja is a still practising GP, founder in her own right and formerly a partner at Octopus Ventures heading up their health tech investment wing- and it's this latter hat she’ll mostly be wearing as she speaks to us today. Octopus are producing a report in the emerging market of FemTech- technology designed around the improvement of women's health. And that forms a large part of today’s discussion- female founders attracting VC investment is a recognised problem, but FemTech is an area that's traditionally been overlooked and undervalued despite the size of markets. We talk about Pooja’s fascinating career and how she brings together knowledge of health, entrepreneurship and finance. But first, we start in a topsy turvy way- bringing a question we usually save to the end right to the start..... You can find out more on our website or get in touch via [email protected] You can follow us on social media: Instagram: @Jimmysjobs Twitter: @Jimmysjobs And most importantly on LinkedIn Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello and welcome to Jimmy's Jobs of the Future.

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Hosted by me, Jimmy McLaughlin, a former Downing Street advisor on Business and Entrepreneurship.

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Today's episode is special for two reasons.

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Firstly, it's one of the first that we recorded in person.

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But also, it's the second in this series, which is organised by our partners Octopus,

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who back entrepreneurs of the future.

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Non-better who exemplify that than today's guest Pooja.

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