Brittany Barreto

Advisory Board Member for Network of Excellence in Women’s Health

2024 - Current

Imperial Multi-Faculty Networks of Excellence aim to establish and grow connections around an important multidisciplinary area being explored at early stages. Currently, Imperial has 29 multi-faculty centers of excellence with women's health being one of the newest. The Women’s Health Network of Excellence is a multi-faculty network of staff, students, and external partners interested in women’s health. Our mission is to promote interdisciplinary research and innovation in women’s health and gender-based health equity. The purpose of the Advisory Board is to provide independent guidance on the Network’s direction and priorities regarding research and education agendas as well as activities related to community engagement and involvement, policy, and capacity-building. I am proud to advise the network of excellence alongside: -Dame Lesley Regan, Women's Health Ambassador for England -Prof Robyn Norton, Co-Founder & Director of The George Institute for Global Health -Prof Sarah Fidler, Professor of HIV & Communicable Diseases at Imperial -Prof Anita Charlesworth, Chief Economist of the Health Foundation -Dr Annabel Sowemimo, Community Sexual & Reproductive Health Registrar in the NHS

Chief Innovation Officer, Founder

2022

Our team at FemHealth Insights specializes in women’s health innovation. With extensive experience in numerous healthcare verticals and stakeholders, we provide a more comprehensive understanding of the market — so you can make the right decisions for your business. The FemHealth Insights platform includes 1300+ companies across all health verticals and product types Leveraging our accurate, early-stage company data and multi-dimensional analysis, you'll be able to evaluate the FemHealth landscape, predict trends, identify market gaps, connect directly with founders, and more.

Innovation Equity Forum, Chair of the Innovation Committee

2023

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Institutes of Health initiated an inclusive, consultative, cross-sector effort to generate a Women’s Health Innovation Opportunity Map as a collaborative framework to advance women’s health innovation. A Forum of over 250 experts and stakeholders were recruited to participate—representing over 50 countries and diverse perspectives across various geographic regions and sectors that work in women’s health. Members were organized into 11 sub-committees that identified and developed opportunities within each topic. Dr. Barreto served as the Chair of the Innovation Committee and took the lead on group discussions, in-person brainstorming, and final reporting of the Innovation Committee's suggestions. We evaluated opportunities against five criteria (PRIME) and formulated actionable solution strategies to realize each opportunity.

Podcast Host, Founder

2020

FemHealth Insights' podcast is all things women's health innovation. Hosted by Dr. Brittany Barreto, the FemTech Focus podcast engages people supporting, investing, and innovating in the FemHealth market to talk about present innovations and the future of female health and wellness.

Forbes Women Contributor - Women's Health Innovation / FemTech

2023

ForbesWomen is the dedicated source for all Forbes’ coverage of women who are changing the world through business, offering inspiration and tools for ambitious and entrepreneurial-minded women. Dr. Barreto is a femtech contributor covering all things women's health innovation and the business potential behind innovating for over half the population.

FemTech Contributor

2023

Monthly Contributor to my own dedicated FemTech Column highlighting femtech products and services available to women to improve their health and wellness. HealthyWomen is dedicated to educating women in the middle — ages 35 to 64 — so they can make informed health decisions, advocate for themselves and prioritize their health and wellness. We achieve our mission of educating women to make informed health choices by connecting with women through fact-based, expert-sourced content, and creative evidence-based programming. We keep women's health part of the national dialogue by raising awareness to decision makers about the impact health policy has on women and families. And we work collaboratively with partner organizations and alliances to reach more women.

Co-Founder, Advisor

2021

Coyote Ventures is a Seed-stage venture fund in the US to invest in companies innovating in women’s health and wellness, founded by scientists and industry experts, and supporting founders leveraging our thousand-plus member network and media platform FemTech Focus.

Co-Founder, Instructor

2020 - 2020

Founder’s Compass is a dynamic monthly business program taught by experienced founders for aspiring entrepreneurs & early-stage (pre-seed) founders looking to develop a firm foundation and be prepared for the next steps in growing your business. We are business founders teaching other founders all our street-smarts.

Senior Venture Associate

2020 - 2020

Capital Factory's first Houston-based hire to build its Gulf Coast portfolio. Capital Factor is the most active late-stage accelerator and venture fund in Texas, with existing offices in Austin and Dallas. Dr. Barreto was hired to launch, operate, and accelerate the Houston-based GulfCoast Branch of the program. She recruited 30+ companies into the late-stage accelerator and led seven investments. She supported Fund VI's fundraising through LP relations and managed a five-person Houston office team. Today, the Houston office is a thriving program at Capital Factory based on Barreto's leadership and the firm foundation she led the groundwork.

Venture Associate

2019 - 2020

CEO, Cofounder

2019 - 2019

WeHaveChemistry is a web-based product for couples to discover their love alchemy. We can predict sexual satisfaction through a DNA-test for HLA genes and socio-emotional alignment with a psychology questionnaire written by Dr. Laura Berman. We offer couples an inside look at their chemistry through their DNA and SEA reports. We suggest blogs, podcasts, products, and services most useful to the couple through an AI algorithm based on the results of their tests.