📍 Venue: SISTER – Renold Building, 32a Altrincham Street, Manchester, M1 7JR
This Thursday Gathering is a bold and inspiring evening bringing together founders, healthcare leaders, innovators, and allies to connect, collaborate, and drive real change in women's health.
Women live longer than men, yet spend significantly more years in ill health. From delayed diagnoses and sex-biased medical research to systemic dismissals of lived experiences, the healthcare system continues to fall short. Designed to unite and amplify founder communities and health pioneers, the event creates an inclusive space to dismantle the gender health gap, share honest stories, and turn underfunded ideas and research into unstoppable solutions.
Alongside meaningful conversations and candid panel debates, the event will showcase female-led HealthTech ventures and practical workshops, giving founders the platform to present their products and services to an engaged, supportive audience.
The evening is about more than networking; it’s about visibility, systemic change, and creating real opportunities for women’s health to be seen, heard, and backed.
Community partner: Women's Health Stage
Powered by Advanced Research + Invention Agency
Step into a space where every conversation could spark something new. Enjoy music, refreshments, and a lively atmosphere designed to bring people together, whether you’re exchanging ideas, discovering collaborators, or simply sharing a laugh. This is the perfect moment to unwind, connect, and let serendipity guide your evening.
Join us before the main event to explore the Innovator Showcase, where you’ll have the chance to meet the talented startups. Be the first to experience the innovative technologies and forward-thinking ideas on display.
💆♀️ makeup.MYU is a self-employed wellbeing business founded by Yuliia Mokrynska, with MYU Massage as its dedicated mobile massage and workplace wellbeing service. Its “we go to you” model brings professional massage and practical wellbeing directly to workplaces, residential communities and organisations across Greater Manchester.
Introduction from Venture Café.
Join our Lightning Pitch session where you’ve got just 60 seconds to introduce yourself and share your business or idea with the room. It’s fast, fun, and a brilliant way to meet fellow founders, spark conversations and get your idea out into the Manchester startup community.
Get a sneak peek at the Women’s Health Stage 2026! This quick-fire conversation spotlights the local trailblazers, innovators, and advocates driving change and elevating women’s health outcomes across Greater Manchester and beyond.
How do we build a healthcare ecosystem that truly serves women? Join our expert panel for an unvarnished discussion on overcoming institutional bias, unlocking capital for FemTech, and keeping the lived human experience at the heart of technological breakthroughs. Stick around for an interactive Q&A to put your questions to the trailblazers reshaping the field.
📍 Venue: SISTER – Renold Building, 32a Altrincham Street, Manchester, M1 7JR
This Thursday Gathering is a bold and inspiring evening bringing together founders, healthcare leaders, innovators, and allies to connect, collaborate, and drive real change in women's health.
Women live longer than men, yet spend significantly more years in ill health. From delayed diagnoses and sex-biased medical research to systemic dismissals of lived experiences, the healthcare system continues to fall short. Designed to unite and amplify founder communities and health pioneers, the event creates an inclusive space to dismantle the gender health gap, share honest stories, and turn underfunded ideas and research into unstoppable solutions.
Alongside meaningful conversations and candid panel debates, the event will showcase female-led HealthTech ventures and practical workshops, giving founders the platform to present their products and services to an engaged, supportive audience.
The evening is about more than networking; it’s about visibility, systemic change, and creating real opportunities for women’s health to be seen, heard, and backed.
Community partner: Women's Health Stage
Powered by Advanced Research + Invention Agency
Step into a space where every conversation could spark something new. Enjoy music, refreshments, and a lively atmosphere designed to bring people together, whether you’re exchanging ideas, discovering collaborators, or simply sharing a laugh. This is the perfect moment to unwind, connect, and let serendipity guide your evening.
Join us before the main event to explore the Innovator Showcase, where you’ll have the chance to meet the talented startups. Be the first to experience the innovative technologies and forward-thinking ideas on display.
💆♀️ makeup.MYU is a self-employed wellbeing business founded by Yuliia Mokrynska, with MYU Massage as its dedicated mobile massage and workplace wellbeing service. Its “we go to you” model brings professional massage and practical wellbeing directly to workplaces, residential communities and organisations across Greater Manchester.
Introduction from Venture Café.
Join our Lightning Pitch session where you’ve got just 60 seconds to introduce yourself and share your business or idea with the room. It’s fast, fun, and a brilliant way to meet fellow founders, spark conversations and get your idea out into the Manchester startup community.
Get a sneak peek at the Women’s Health Stage 2026! This quick-fire conversation spotlights the local trailblazers, innovators, and advocates driving change and elevating women’s health outcomes across Greater Manchester and beyond.
How do we build a healthcare ecosystem that truly serves women? Join our expert panel for an unvarnished discussion on overcoming institutional bias, unlocking capital for FemTech, and keeping the lived human experience at the heart of technological breakthroughs. Stick around for an interactive Q&A to put your questions to the trailblazers reshaping the field.