
Fiona
Cofounder
Fiona spent a decade in global health, starting with an internship at the WHO and going on to consult on health programs across low and middle income countries. Her work kept coming back to one question. How do you make sure every dollar spent on health actually changes outcomes for the people it’s meant to reach?
At 40, that question became personal. Fiona was diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer. Treatment saved her life. But she left the clinic with a few minutes of instructions and side effects no one had really prepared her for. Even with her training, she struggled to understand her own care.
In her years in health funding, she reviewed hundreds of biotech companies. Only a handful focused on women’s health, and even the sensible ideas struggled to raise money.
She founded Onde to help close that gap. She believes long term funding for women's health can work for women and for the researchers behind the science. And the women who come next deserve better.
