Prime Highlights-
- Mills & Reeve joins eight other firms as a founding partner of FemTick, a new accreditation scheme for women’s health sector service providers.
- FemTick aims to strengthen legal, banking, insurance and commercial support for women’s health innovators, helping them overcome barriers to growth and scale.
Key Facts-
- CensHERship’s 2026 Bias Burden Report found over 60 percent of respondents lost revenue from access barriers.
- PwC estimates the women’s health market could reach $600 billion by 2030.
Background-
Law firm Mills & Reeve has joined eight other organizations as a founding partner of FemTick, a new accreditation scheme that aims to strengthen financial and commercial support for women’s health businesses.
CensHERship, a global initiative, set up FemTick to recognize firms that offer specialist services to the sector, including legal advice, banking, payments, insurance, underwriting, ecommerce and risk management. The other founding partners are HSBC Innovation Banking, Tokio Marine Kiln, Commerce, Withum, Practicus, Novabook, LT PR and Communia.
The founding group will help shape the accreditation framework, which will grow as more providers join. FemTick will also help founders, investors and commercial partners find advisers who understand the sector’s regulatory and operational needs.
Gayle Curry, partner and head of the HealthTech group at Mills & Reeve, said women’s health innovators need strong financial and commercial advisers. She said the firm is delighted to join the other partners and wants to help the sector reach its ambitions and scale.
Clio Wood, co-founder of CensHERship, said women’s health is among the largest and fastest-growing opportunities in global healthcare. She said the founding partners are early movers building the infrastructure the sector needs.
The launch follows CensHERship’s 2026 Bias Burden Report. Every respondent reported difficulty accessing financial or commercial services, and more than 60 percent said this cost them revenue. FemTick responds by promoting providers that work to make the market more accessible.
PwC estimates the women’s health sector could reach $600 billion by 2030.
