Home topics news Credit: Walls.io News News Two leading women in AU startups share their bold 2024 predictions Yajush Gupta December 21, 2023 Step into the realm of foresight as two of Australia’s top female startup experts unveil their predictions for the year 2024. Dina Titkova , Senior Manager of Startup Programs and Partnerships at UNSW Founders , shares her thoughts on what the future of women’s health and medtech will look like in 2024. “Research commercialisation and entrepreneurship education will be the key focus areas for government support. The government’s $15B Reconstruction Fund is one to watch as it furthers its support for researchers and entrepreneurs in the renewable, medtech and advanced manufacturing space. UNSW and UNSW Founders are launching a number of initiatives to accelerate research commercialisation via startups, setting ambitious targets for 2024-2025 regarding spinouts. “Something I’ve loved watching this year is how the startup ecosystem has begun normalising and progressively addressing women’s health challenges, responding with technological advances and the availability of capital. I expect this to only accelerate in 2024. New research shows that global revenue in women’s health startups is forecasted to grow 15.6% to reach $60B USD by 2027 and UNSW Founders is committed to being at the helm of this in Australia, offering both a dedicated female-focused accelerator program, New Wave, and a health-focused accelerator, Health 10x , offering first of its kind tailored support for women’s health startups via partnership with Virtus Health. “On the topic of health, my one wish