Tania Boler

She built a $50M empire by saying the word no one else would: vagina.

As a Ph.D. in reproductive health, Tania Boler thought she knew her body.

Until pregnancy proved otherwise.

“I was stunned by how much I didn’t know about my pelvic floor. It’s shocking that something so fundamental to women’s health is ignored"

That realization lit a fire.

In 2013, she founded Elvie to tackle the gaps in women’s health with tech.

Her first product, the Elvie Trainer, turned pelvic floor care into something accessible and even fun.

In 2018, she launched the Elvie Pump.

The world’s first silent, wearable breast pump.

For the first time, women had a tool that fit their lives, not the other way around.

But turning a vision into reality meant fighting for funding in a world that didn’t take women’s health seriously.

“Early on, I was nervous to use words like ‘vagina’ in investor meetings, afraid it would make them uncomfortable,” Tania admitted. “Then I realized: why should I tiptoe around the very mission I’m fighting for? Now I say it upfront, and I watch their reactions. It’s my ‘vagina test.’”

The result? Elvie has raised over $50M, becoming one of the most funded femtech companies ever.

But more than that, Tania shattered the silence around topics that had been taboo for too long.