Rounds | Billion Dollar Bet on Women's Healthtech | Megan Scheffel and Joanna Strober

Episode 1 of Rounds is here.

Co-hosted by Christina Farr and Stephanie Davis, this episode dives into women’s health care. Megan Scheffel from Silicon Valley Bank joins to break down the latest SVB women’s health report, and Joanna Strober, Founder of Midi Health, sits down to talk about building a billion dollar company out of a gap the healthcare system spent decades ignoring.

We’ll cover:
- Companies already public or on the eve of going public in the women's health space
- Oura as a case study: is it a women's health company?
- The expanded definition of women's health — it's not just reproductive health anymore
- Personalized and precision medicine as a multiplier for women's health outcomes
- The latest from SVB women’s health report with Megan Scheffel
- Midi just hit a $1 billion valuation — a major milestone for women's health
- Joanna's VC background gave her a unique lens to spot the gap in midlife women's care
- Midi's model: specialist-led, insurance-covered care accessible in all 50 states
- Joanna's own misdiagnosis experience directly shaped how Midi approaches patient care
- Menopause care as a future pillar of longevity medicine — where the industry is headed

Hosts and Guest:
- Christina Farr, CEO, Second Opinion; GP, Scrub Capital
- Stephanie Davis, Healthcare Industry Analyst
- Megan Scheffel, Head of Life Science and Healthcare at SVB
- Joanna Strober, Founder of Midi Health