Members Event | Women in MedTech Leadership Elevation Series with Tara Croft
In conversation with Tara Croft on building a Women's Health Start-up and changing maternal care
What does it actually take to build a women's health start-up in Australia? To back yourself when the funding feels impossible, navigate the FDA, and keep a small, mission-driven team moving through the messy middle of scaling a deep-tech company?
Tara Croft has done it! Join us for an honest, fireside-style conversation with the CEO of Baymatob, the company behind Oli™, an AI-enabled wearable transforming how we monitor mothers and babies in labour. The wins, the challenges and the lessons Tara has picked up along the way as a female founder in a sector that's still catching up on women's health.
Why join us?
- Real-world insights from a founder leading at the intersection of AI, wearables and women's health
- Practical takes on funding, regulatory strategy and commercialisation you can apply to your own world
- A renewed sense of what's possible for women building and leading in Australian MedTech
Who should attend
Early to mid-career MedTech professionals who are:
- Exploring leadership and founder pathways
- Curious about regulatory, commercialisation or scale-up roles
- Looking for honest stories from leaders who've walked the path
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Featured Speaker
With 20+ years in MedTech leadership, Tara leads the development and scaling of AI-enabled, wearable technologies in women’s health, with a focus on maternal and fetal care. As CEO of Baymatob, she has guided the company from early-stage development through clinical validation and growth, building a mission-driven, deep-tech organisation addressing a critical gap in healthcare.
Tara has a strong track record in securing dilutive and non-dilutive funding across venture, grants, and strategic partnerships, and brings experience in commercialising digital health products and scaling businesses. She has deep expertise in global regulatory pathways, including U.S. FDA engagement, and has led regulatory and quality strategies supporting clinical trials, market approval, and international expansion.
In addition, Tara lectures at UTS, where she developed and teaches the Biomedical Industry Frameworks course, mentors via AUSCEP, and is on industry committees with BioNSW and MTAA - all with the goal of advancing womens participation in STEM and in leadership positions.
