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Hosted by Dirkjan Hupkes · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 165 episodes
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Women Disrupting Tech features female founders, tech leaders, and women in tech building the next generation of technology companies. Each week, host Dirkjan Hupkes talks with a founder about how she's scaling a startup, navigating funding, building resilient teams, and tackling challenges from AI ethics to healthcare innovation to climate tech. Whether you're a female tech entrepreneur, aspiring founder, startup leader, or advocate for more women in technology, this show gives you actionable strategies and proven frameworks from women reshaping tech. New episodes every Thursday.
Dirkjan Hupkes hosts Women Disrupting Tech, a business show with 165 episodes published.
One in eight women in the Netherlands must choose between food and tampons. Sophie Haccou bootstrapped CupHub to close that gap, and is about to launch the crowdfunding campaign that could take her full time. In this epi
50% of women over 40 will experience some degree of pelvic organ prolapse. Most still manage it with a device that has barely changed in decades. In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with Mirjam Weemhoff, uro
Our healthcare system wasn't designed for the 21st century. It is a century-old model built in an era without AI, designed to rescue sick people instead of keeping people healthy in the first place. In this episode of Wo
One in three women will experience incontinence in her life, yet the options have stayed stuck at pads or surgery. Leonie van de Kamer is building the option in between. In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk w
Meditation and sleep apps are not fixing women’s health. Karen Berg explains why femtech needs real clinical answers instead. In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with Karen Berg, partner at Healthy Capital,
Only 2% of VC funding reaches female founders. Nithya Ruff argues the problem doesn’t start at the pitch table. It starts with how girls are raised and who gets to make investment decisions. In this episode of Women Disr
More than 90 FemTech companies in the Netherlands are working to close the gender health gap. Most didn’t know the others existed. In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with Maaike Steinebach and Sophie van Di
Most fitness apps are built to track everything. That's exactly why people stop using them. In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with Zoe Pineau, co-founder of Fitly AI, about how she lost 150 pounds through
Most founders build their financial position in the wrong order. By the time the exit arrives, the decisions that mattered most have already been made under pressure. In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with
Most brands are optimizing for search engines that fewer people are using. Rachel Gilley, CEO of Clarity Global, is tracking what happens when your customers stop Googling and start asking AI instead. In this episode, Ra
FemTech represents a trillion-dollar opportunity. So why do all-female teams receive just 2% of early-stage venture capital? Beata Wandachowicz-Krason has spent years researching what is holding FemTech back — the fundin
The solar panels going up on rooftops everywhere are solving one problem, and quietly creating another. This episode is for female founders, women in tech, and anyone building at the intersection of sustainability and de
Most fertility apps look at your past cycles and make a prediction. Sabrina Nowicki built something different. Sabrina is co-founder of Cyclisity, the digital companion to Taking Charge of Your Fertility — the bestsellin
“I don’t need to be an expert on any of these topics… that’s what I have my colleagues for.” — Izzy Sayers What if the real obstacle for female founders isn’t a lack of knowledge, but the idea that they have to know it a
How do you build the next generation of global gold standards in women’s health, and why is it one of the biggest economic opportunities of our time? In this episode, Carmen van Vilsteren — healthcare innovation leader,
What if three wall plugs could transform how night nurses care for an entire nursing home floor? Femke Delissen is the co-founder of PAVA, a Dutch startup using a combination of Wi-Fi sensing technology and AI to help nu
How do you build a tech company that prioritizes real human connection over the endless swipe? In this episode, female founder Marsha Goei, Head of Brand at Breeze Social, shares her journey of disrupting the dating indu
Every visionary founder needs a disciplined operator to translate "big ideas" into functional reality. In this episode, host Dirkjan Hupkes sits down with Eliza Moore, EVP of Client Experience & Operations at Prizeout, t
Whoever controls the narrative holds the power to influence others. But for female founders, storytelling isn't just about marketing — it's a leadership tool that can reshape how you're seen, heard, and followed. In this
What people lose first after a brain injury isn't intelligence. It's confidence, autonomy, and dignity. In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, I talk with Faviola Dadis, CEO and co-founder of BrainBoostXR, about how s
Christine Miller
Professor of Design Management · Savannah College of Art and Design
1 appearance on this show
Ida Tin
Co-founder of Clue and Founder of Femtech Assembly · Clue
1 appearance on this show
Sophie Haccou
CupHub
1 appearance on this show
Karen Berg
Healthy Capital
1 appearance on this show
Andjela Bozinac
Renovo Recycling
1 appearance on this show
Sabrina Nowicki
Cyclisity
1 appearance on this show
Izzy Sayers
KPMG Netherlands
1 appearance on this show
Femke Delissen
PAVA
1 appearance on this show
Eliza Moore
Prizeout
1 appearance on this show
Jennifer Cloer
Story Changes Culture
1 appearance on this show
Faviola Dadis
BrainBoostXR
1 appearance on this show
Relinde Boerman
PolarSteps
1 appearance on this show
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Women Disrupting Tech is hosted by Dirkjan Hupkes. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 165 episodes.
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