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Healthcare Disrupter Series: Golden Ticket Edition | Margo Harrison

Dr. Margo Harrison’s journey into women’s health began long before medical school or entrepreneurship.

Healthcare Disrupter Series: Golden Ticket Edition | Danguole Altman

When Danguole Altman left her last CEO role at Vapogenix, she assumed her time running companies had ended. After decades of leading healthcare organizations—consulting, launching ventures, and working with risk-bearing systems—she imagined her next chapter would involve a mix of advisory work, board seats, and consulting. But an unexpected call shifted her path.

Reframing the Future: Why Women’s Health Is Central to the Longevity Economy

For decades, women’s health has been underfunded, under-researched, and narrowly defined. But at Ignite’s Shaping the Future of Healthcare Summit, a gathering of 67 industry leaders held this March, a clear and compelling message emerged: women’s health isn’t a niche. It’s the key to solving some of healthcare’s most complex and costly challenges.

Three Healthcare Founders Win Pitch, Advance to Ignite Health’s National Accelerator

The May 8 Golden Ticket North Texas pitch competition at Pegasus Park in Dallas featured seven female-led healthcare startups tackling some of healthcare’s most pressing challenges.

The Next Trillion-Dollar Opportunity: Why Investing in Female-Led Innovation and Women’s Health is a Business Imperative

For decades, the business world has overlooked one of the most powerful economic forces driving global markets: women. This oversight has created a trillion-dollar blind spot, one that investors, corporate leaders, and policymakers can no longer afford to ignore. The data is clear—investing in female-led businesses and women’s health innovation isn’t just an ethical decision; it’s a financial one.

Introducing Neekta Hamidi, Head of Partnerships and Programs, North Texas

Ignite is excited to welcome Neekta Hamidi as our new Head of Partnerships and Programs in North Texas. Neekta brings a wealth of experience, including roles at Ginkgo Bioworks and Schmidt Futures, where she advanced global partnerships and philanthropic initiatives.

Empowerment through Mentorship

At Ignite, our mission is to empower and educate female entrepreneurs, guiding them as they transform their startups into thriving, successful businesses. Our interactions with these talented innovators consistently reveal the profound benefits that mentoring brings—not only to those we mentor but to ourselves as well.