Meet Parla

Have you heard? Our Parla app is live on the app store & @ProductHunt 💥 We're so excited to bring reproductive healthcare to the palm of your hands 🖐🏼 Head to @ProductHunt to download the app and show us some love! ❣️ shorturl.at/buCL9 #fertility #femtech #techforgood

✨ JOIN OUR WOMEN'S HEALTH DAY ✨ @hollandandbarrett and @meetparla are on a mission to get #HerHealthOnTheHighStreet Join us on the 7th of October - online & in-store - for a full day of #WomensHealth events. Tickets are FREE and available now! bit.ly/3qHifNu

We are aiming to tackle the shame and improve support around pregnancy loss with our new research project with @zincvc but we need your help. Link below to find out more and take the survey. bit.ly/3r3zYw9 #miscarriage #pregnancyloss

✨ HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY! ✨ We will always lift each other up. We will always be stronger together. We will always be there to lean on. ❣️ #IWD2021 #InternationalWomensDay #WomenSupportingWomen #FertilityJourney⁠⠀

We're already blown away by the incredible "Little Blue Lines" - @DottieDawson's bleakly funny and frank drama about miscarriage on @BBCSounds You can catch it every night this week at 7.45pm ✨ bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… #radio4 #katerawson #babyloss #miscarriage

And finally from the incredible @in4sera of @autsera - A quote from A Wrinkle In Time "'The only way to cope with something deadly serious is to try to treat it a little lightly." Mistakes will happen but that's ok - don't be so hard on yourself. @WomeninTechFest

From our founder @linaychan - Find a mentor. A lot will fall on your shoulders and you need to be strong for a lot of people, so its good to have someone to rant too! Also, invest in self care and your support network - founder burn out is not a myth! @WomeninTechFest

Final tips from the panel on starting your own #techstartup: Insiya Jafferjee of #TheShellWorks - Do something you’re passionate about it - and do it with the right people. @WomeninTechFest #womenintech #startups

@linaychan on our funding journey: "Some of our most supportive investors have been our angel investors - it can be harder to find the right one but when you do they can be transformative for your business" @WomeninTechFest #funding #angelinvesting

So glad we got to give the incredible @zincvc a shout out - always grateful we were part of their very first cohort, creating businesses that helped to improve women and girl's mental health! @WomeninTechFest #Zinc #Funding #Investment

Once again, this panel is full of #womenintech who have been inspired to create their businesses by personal experience and in some cases, difficulties. We love seeing founders turn their tough times into inspiring businesses. @WomeninTechFest @femalefounders #femtech

The fear of failing stopped @inasismail from starting her business - "Until I realised that life is short and I am the person who writes the song of my life - that's when I took the leap." Her incredible business @autsera is now two years old! @WomeninTechFest #womenintech

@linaychan on your relationship with investors: "It's important to be honest with your investors and have an open dialogue when it comes to salary vs equity. They invest in you so you can focus on the business, so they want to understand your needs" @WomeninTechFest

Our founder @linaychan sharing insights on the ups and downs of founder life - "There are hard days, & there are often more reasons to give up than carry on - so you have to start a business you really care about - that will help you push through the hard days" #womenintech

Some great advice from both @in4sera of @austera and Insiya Jafferjee of #TheShellWorks on starting your own business - stay humble and get used to ambiguity. @WomeninTechFest #womenintech #femalefounders

We're so excited to be part of the @WomeninTechFest Start Up panel today! We're sharing our story - from inspiration to funding - and hope we can encourage other femtech founders to launch their big idea. #femalefounders #womenintech #startupstories

Our founder @linaychan was honoured to be invited on to @BBCRadioLondon this evening, to discuss Meghan Markle's heartbreaking miscarriage & the importance of opening up the conversation so people can get the support they need when experiencing #pregnancyloss #miscarriage

"Millennials approach to healthcare in a totally different way. There has been a huge shift and people are realising that you shouldn't just be thinking about health when you have a problem - you should be trying to stay healthy" @linaychan #FemTech #ReproductiveHealth

"Most innovation is born out of your own problem. Female founders have realised that there is no solution to their problem - so they want to create one. That's what's great about femtech" That's exactly why we founded Parla! @deepalinangia @entouragenetwo1

"Women have been the drivers of using cannabis as healthcare for 10,000 years. Men took over when profitability came in to play" @MaraBG of @AuntZeldas #femtech #cannabis #healthcare

So interesting to hear from Daniela of #OCONHealthcare about the lack of progress for the male pill... "The side effects that have stopped it being approved are the same side effects that women deal with every day" #femtech #contraception #reproductivehealthcare