Femmes de Santé

What Femmes de Santé does

Femmes de Santé is a French non-profit collective founded in 2019 that brings together over 2,800 health professionals across the public, private, associative, and administrative sectors to promote gender equality and amplify women's expertise in healthcare. The collective is created, managed, and financed by hkind SAS, a private startup headquartered at Parisanté Campus in Paris, and operates as a network rather than a traditional association — it does not accept donations and is governed by a national delegate, strategic committee, and ethics and scientific committee. Its core offering is a closed digital exchange platform (built on Circle.so) backed by regional events, a podcast ("Les Expertes de la Santé"), an expert registry for media and companies, working groups, and an annual training program on women's health.

The collective monetizes primarily through paid membership: individual health professionals pay 17€ HT/month or 170€ HT/year, and corporate or legal-entity members pay 300€ HT/year, granting access to the private platform, free events, podcast candidacy, expert-list inclusion, group work, and one free place per year at hkind-run training. Revenue from these fees flows to hkind, which bears the collective's operational costs; no consolidated revenue is disclosed. Growth is community-led, driven by 18 regional delegates across 9+ French regions plus Luxembourg, event-driven demand generation (8 March annual event, États généraux, regional afterworks and Cafés gourmands), and a Charter for Better Visibility of Women Experts signed by 15+ organizations including major pharmaceutical companies (Janssen, Roche, Amgen, AstraZeneca, BMS, Novo Nordisk, Medtronic) and hospital groups (Ramsay Santé). The collective has received institutional support from the French Ministry for Gender Equality, the Ministry of Health, and the Île-de-France region, and in January 2025 published a co-authored white paper on health misinformation as its first major intellectual-output product.

Name

Femmes de Santé

Legal name

Femmes de Santé

Website

https://femmesdesante.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Femmes de Santé is a French non-profit collective of 2,800+ health professionals founded in 2019 and operated by hkind SAS, providing networking, an expert registry, podcasts, training, and policy advocacy to advance women's visibility and gender equality in the healthcare sector.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Healthcare Community Network

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights (BPADAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Global Health Research, Evidence & Technical Assistance Organizations (HLAJAKAN)

Keywords

• Healthcare professional network
• Women health experts
• Gender equality health
• Professional collective membership
• Health sector community

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Membership Fees: Individual health professionals pay monthly (17€ HT/month, 20.4€ TTC) with annual commitment, or annual subscription (170€ HT/year, 204€ TTC). Membership grants access to the private platform, free event participation, podcast candidacy, expert list inclusion, group work participation, and one free place at annual women's health training and one Hkind training.
2. Corporate/Organizational Membership Fees: Legal entities (personnes morales) participate through a designated physical person member at 300€ HT/year (360€ TTC). This enables organizations to participate in the collective's activities and access its network.
3. Parent Company Funding (hkind): The collective is created, managed, and funded by the startup hkind SAS. Revenue from membership fees flows to hkind which bears the operational costs. This is not a donation model — the collective is an initiative of and financed by hkind.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Femmes de Santé is a French multi-professional collective of 2,800+ women and men working across all areas of healthcare, offering paid membership that grants access to a private digital networking platform, free participation in regional and national events, eligibility for the "Les Expertes de la Santé" podcast, inclusion in an expert registry for media and corporate referrals, working groups, and free seats at annual women's health training. The collective is carried and financed by the startup hkind SAS and operates with an ethical and strategic committee.

Product overview

Femmes de Santé operates as a multi-professional collective rather than a traditional software product. The core offering is the Femmes de Santé Collective—a network of over 2,800 members from all sectors of healthcare united around promoting gender equality and highlighting women's expertise. The ecosystem includes a private exchange platform (built on Circle.so), the Les Expertes de la Santé podcast, Tips Femmes de Santé workshops, an Expert Registry (Liste des Expertes) for media and companies, regional and national events (March 8th, General States, afterworks), working groups, and annual training on women's health. The collective also publishes the Livre Blanc on health misinformation and maintains a Charter for better visibility of expert women in healthcare.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Femmes de Santé Collective Membership Multi-professional paid collective membership for women and men in the French health sector (individuals at 17€ HT/month with annual commitment or 170€ HT/year; organizations at 300€ HT/year via a designated member). Grants access to a private digital platform, free event participation, podcast eligibility, expert registry inclusion, working groups, and one free seat at the annual women's health training and one hkind training.
• Les Expertes de la Santé Podcast Podcast where collective members share stories of moments when their expertise made a difference in healthcare, amplifying member voices and the collective's reach.
• Tips Femmes de Santé Workshops Workshops where members share best practices and practical tips within the healthcare sector.
• Liste des Expertes (Expert Registry) Curated list of expert women from the collective available to media and companies seeking female healthcare expertise for panels, TV, radio, and events.
• Formation Santé des Femmes (Women's Health Training Day) Annual training day focused on women's health topics; members receive one free place; additional hkind training places are also offered to members.
• Livre Blanc Mésinformation (White Paper on Health Misinformation) White paper on health misinformation as a collective challenge and major issue for women's health, containing action recommendations co-developed by collective members; published in French and English.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,800+ members from all health sector backgrounds
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• hkind SAScoreStrategic or Co-development Partnerhkind SAS is the parent company and initiator of the Femmes de Santé collective. It creates, manages, coordinates, and funds the collective. The hkind team (Laurent Aubry as CEO, Delphine Canet as national coordinator, Ambre Offelmann and Asma Sinamal in communication) runs day-to-day operations. hkind offers training programs and consulting missions that members can participate in. The collective is headquartered at hkind's Paris offices at Parisanté Campus.
• French Ministry for Gender Equality (Ministère chargé de l'Égalité entre les femmes et les hommes)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe collective has received ministerial support from the French Ministry for Gender Equality, positioning it as an initiative aligned with national gender equality policy objectives in the health sector.
• French Ministry of Health (Ministère de la Santé)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe collective has received support from the French Ministry of Health, indicating alignment with national health policy goals related to gender equality and women's health.
• Transformation.gouv.fr (French Government Transformation Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernmental body providing institutional support to the collective, reflecting its role in transforming the health sector through greater gender equality.
• Île-de-France RegioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional government support for the collective, with the Île-de-France region backing the initiative as part of its regional health and equality policies.
• Sponsor Organizations (Janssen France, Roche France, Ramsay Santé, AstraZeneca France, Amgen France, Biogaran, Medtronic France, Ramsay Générale de Santé, Gedeon Richter France)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor pharmaceutical and healthcare companies serve as sponsors of the collective. These organizations benefit from association with the collective's brand, access to its expert network, and demonstration of commitment to gender equality. Signatories to the Charter for Better Visibility of Women Experts include these organizations and many others.
• Partner Publications (L'Infirmier·e, Objectif Soins et Management, Festival de la Communication Santé blog)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner media outlets where Femmes de Santé members can propose articles, extending the collective's and members' reach to broader healthcare professional audiences.
• Regional Delegates (Aude Selleret, Charlotte Xhaard, Eloïse Le Rolland, Stéphanie Abadie, Constance Hamel, Line Guffond Le Goanvic, Emilie Mercadal, Charlotte Couturier, Charlotte Berthaut, Hadia Ripoll, Laure Maillard, Sylvie Colette, Kim Brunel, Karine Brehaux, Louise Cipiere, Céline Orhond, Karine Pujol, Julien Levavasseur)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner18 regional delegates across 9+ regions (Ile-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hauts-de-France, PACA, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Luxembourg, Occitanie Montpellier/Toulouse, Grand Est Reims/Strasbourg, Bretagne) act as ambassadors and organizers for the collective, driving local events, membership recruitment, and regional presence.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Collectif Inter-Associatif autour de la Naissance (CIANE): French multi-stakeholder collective focused on perinatal and women's health; comparable collective structure, French context, and policy influence model though narrower topic scope.
• Sista (French women-in-tech collective): French collective advocating for women in tech and entrepreneurship with corporate charter model; shares the community-led, charter-driven approach and French geographic focus, though tech rather than health.

Direct peers

• Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA): Global membership organization advancing women in healthcare leadership through networking, recognition, and education; closely matches Femmes de Santé's professional community and visibility-building value proposition.
• WomenLift Health: Organization dedicated to expanding women's leadership and influence in global health, with leadership programs and a global network; directly comparable mission and member-driven model.

Broad incumbents

• Women in Global Health: International network driving gender equity in health leadership and policy; directly comparable mission and advocacy model, though operating globally rather than France-specific.
• European Institute of Women's Health (EIWH): Policy-focused NGO advocating for gender-equitable health across Europe; overlaps with Femmes de Santé's policy influence work and women's health expertise registry.

Regional players

• Agenda Sterreich (Austrian Women's Health) - analogue European advocacy bodies: Country-level women's health advocacy organizations across Europe operating similar awareness campaigns and policy engagement; useful analogues for Femmes de Santé's potential geographic expansion model.
• Fédération Nationale des Collèges de Gynécologie Médicale (FNCGM): French professional medical society in women's health; similar target audience (women health professionals in France) but operates as a traditional professional association rather than a community-led collective.

Others

• Doctolib (corporate diversity initiatives): Major French healthtech platform with public gender-equity commitments and partnerships; adjacent ecosystem participant whose workforce and partners intersect with the Femmes de Santé network.
• Fondation des Femmes pour les Sciences (placeholder for French women-in-STEM/health foundations): French advocacy foundations active on women's rights and gender equality including health-related work; thematic adjacency in policy advocacy and grantmaking ecosystems.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC4I-TRQbiWfEdDvldAXg5ew
• Facebookfacebook.com/strikingly
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/femmes-de-sant%C3%A9

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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