Welcome to Wearable Takeover, the podcast variety show highlighting disruptive technology for everyday use and the innovative people who develop, invest in, and support it. I am your host, LaKisha Greenwade, also known as Coach L, and I thank you for joining me on this global journey. You can expect me to talk about IoT, web3, NFTs, AR/VR, Fashion Tech, Gaming, crypto, tech policy, and of course, wearables. I'll even introduce you to new devices that aren't limited to your wrist.Subscribe to Wearable Takeover Podcast today, wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen to or watch our episodes, plus expect future invitations to live tapings. Enjoy the show!
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August 26, 202633 min
Utsav Gupta Founder of ByteForge - Wearables hardware development
Send us Fan Mail Utsav Gupta is the founder of ByteForge, a product firm that takes wearable and hardware ideas from napkin sketch to manufacturing. Before that he led electrical architecture at Lumia Health, building the world's smallest in-ear wearable to track blood flow to the head, after cutting his teeth on biosensing and batteries at Whoop and autonomous delivery robots at Nuro. ByteForge- Product development for wearable and hardware startups. They're an all-in-one shop: electrical, firmware, and mechanical engineering from early R&D all the way through manufacturing. If you're a founder trying to get from "I have an idea" to "I have a device I can ship," that's exactly the gap they fill. Utsav will be in San Francisco in late August and early September, and encourages hardware founders to reach out and talk. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/utsav22g Email: connect@byteforgesystems.io Web: byteforgesystems.io If you are ready to protect your mental bandwidth, sharpen your leadership skills, and build a network that actually moves the needle, visit innovatewithcoachl.thrivecart.com/founders-and-leaders-book-club/ to claim your seat. Additional details at www.LaKishaGreenwade.com. Let's open the right doors for each other. Support the show Register as a founder or investor at www.wearabletechventures.org
August 25, 202642 min
Daniela Campillo Co-Founder of femmli - Hormone monitoring
Send us Fan Mail Daniela Campillo is the co-founder of femmli, a femtech startup building continuous hormone monitoring for perimenopausal women. She holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and a B.S. in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Chicago. Before femmli, Dani built her career with intention: she started in equity derivatives sales at Goldman Sachs, where she worked on a two-person team that grew revenue 200% over three years to $30M, then moved into a fractional CFO role at Pilot.com advising 20+ startups on fundraising, financial strategy, and growth. femmli took shape at MIT Sloan, where she set out to build at the intersection of the areas she cares about most: health literacy and women's empowerment. If you are a woman between 38 and 55 who has ever left a doctor's appointment feeling dismissed, told your levels are "within range" while your symptoms go unexplained, femmli is being built for you. Follow femmli on Instagram at @myfemmli and join the waitlist at femmli.com. If you are ready to protect your mental bandwidth, sharpen your leadership skills, and build a network that actually moves the needle, visit innovatewithcoachl.thrivecart.com/founders-and-leaders-book-club/ to claim your seat. Additional details at www.LaKishaGreenwade.com. Let's open the right doors for each other. Support the show Register as a founder or investor at www.wearabletechventures.org
August 24, 202630 min
Sirisha Adimatyam CEO of Innovosens AB - Sweat Sensing Solutions
Send us Fan Mail Sirisha Adimatyam is the Founder and CEO of Innovosens AB, a female-founded wearable health technology company pioneering non-invasive sweat sensing solutions for hydration, electrolyte, lactate, and metabolic monitoring. Under her leadership, Innovosens has developed patent-pending microfluidic wearable technologies and digital health platforms that provide real-time, actionable insights into hydration, electrolyte balance, and human performance. The company serves sports performance, occupational health and safety, and consumer wellness markets, helping individuals and organizations make data-driven decisions to improve health outcomes and performance. Built within Sweden’s life sciences and innovation ecosystem, Innovosens has secured more than $1.5 million in grants, investments, and strategic funding and has received support and recognition from the European Commission Seal of Excellence, EIT Health, Eureka Eurostars, Vinnova, Sten K. Johnson Foundation, and TiE Germany. The company has also been selected for the Sony Startup Acceleration Program and Garmin Developer Program and has established collaborations and engagements with organizations including Mayo Clinic, UC San Diego, Garmin, Nike-affiliated performance coaches, universities, and elite sports programs. Having successfully navigated the challenges of building a deep-tech startup through the pandemic and multiple market pivots, Sirisha has positioned Innovosens for global expansion at the intersection of wearable technology, digital health, AI, and personalized wellness. Her mission is to unlock a new frontier in human health data through sweat biosensing technology, enabling a future where healthcare is proactive, personalized, and accessible to all. She is actively building and scaling IoT-enabled sweat wearable solutions and analytics platforms (apps + dashboards) for hydration, electrolytes, lactate, and cortisol monitoring across sports performance, elite athletics, and occupational health & safety (OHS). The system delivers real-time, actionable insights for performance optimization, fatigue management, and prevention-first health monitoring. Learn more or explore collaboration: Hydrosense Coach Platform Innovosens For direct discussions on partnerships, pilots, or investment opportunities, contact via LinkedIn (search: Sirisha Adimatyam). If you are ready to protect your mental bandwidth, sharpen your leadership skills, and build a network that actually moves the needle, visit innovatewithcoachl.thrivecart.com/founders-and-leaders-book-club/ to claim your seat. Additional details at www.LaKishaGreenwade.com. Let's open the right doors for each other. Support the show Register as a founder or investor at www.wearabletechventures.org
August 18, 202625 min
DJ Riley of Tendaji- Solar Powered Fashion Tech
Send us Fan Mail Daryl “DJ” Riley Jr. is the Co-Founder & CEO of Tendaji, a fashion tech startup developing solar-powered wearable technology, beginning with a wireless charging jacket. What started as a senior design project at Hampton University has evolved into a patent-pending venture focused on redefining how people power their everyday lives through sustainable innovation. DJ’s leadership has earned national recognition, including being a Prize Winner of Pharrell Williams’ Black Ambition Competition, a Fellow in the 2025 beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship, and a panelist at the 2026 beVisioneers Global Summit in Germany. He has also been featured in Essence Magazine, named to Hampton University’s Forty Under 40, and engaged with global platforms such as Microsoft’s #MakeWhatsNext Patent Program that support innovation and entrepreneurship. Follow @ten.daji on Instagram to stay up to date on their progress. If you are ready to protect your mental bandwidth, sharpen your leadership skills, and build a network that actually moves the needle, visit innovatewithcoachl.thrivecart.com/founders-and-leaders-book-club/ to claim your seat. Additional details at www.LaKishaGreenwade.com. Let's open the right doors for each other. Support the show Register as a founder or investor at www.wearabletechventures.org
July 8, 2026Episode 38 min
The Invisible Shift & Mid-Year Capital Surges
Send us Fan Mail If you are trying to navigate the second half of 2026, the data shows that the "geek factor" of early wearables is dead. The future belongs to invisible tech. Let's break down the massive moves from this past week. This week we provide updates on FashTech, Go Healthy with Taiwan 2026, SBIR/STTR funding deadlines and a recap of the impact of the WHOOP and FDA debacle. If you are ready to protect your mental bandwidth, sharpen your leadership skills, and build a network that actually moves the needle, visit innovatewithcoachl.thrivecart.com/founders-and-leaders-book-club/ to claim your seat. Additional details at www.LaKishaGreenwade.com. Let's open the right doors for each other. Support the show Register as a founder or investor at www.wearabletechventures.org
June 30, 2026Episode 29 min
Regulators Pivot & The Rise of Invisible Tech
Send us Fan Mail With the federal momentum and market movement in mind, Coach L looks at the three macro trends driving our investment committee at Wearable Tech Ventures based on this week’s data. Trend Number One: The General Wellness Exemption Fast-Track. Trend Number Two: The Government-Backed Lab-on-Body. Trend Number Three: Agentic Industrial Tech. If you are a founder building the next breakthrough in health tech, or an investor looking to partner with the best in the ecosystem: Register to be a guest on an upcoming episode of The Wearable Takeover . Let’s get your story out to our network of builders and allocators. And if you want to support our mission to diversify, fund, and accelerate the pipeline for underrepresented tech founders, head over to wearabletechventures.org and make a donation to support our community initiatives. Support the show Register as a founder or investor at www.wearabletechventures.org
June 23, 2026Episode 19 min
Welcome Back to the Wearable Takeover! This Week in Wearables Venture News
Send us Fan Mail In the returning episode kicking off Season 5, Coach L highlights the week of venture news including the historic raise for Clair Health, Snap's launch of their new glasses, and historic raises on Kickstarter for Hexis and Helio Strap Pro. If you are ready to protect your mental bandwidth, sharpen your leadership skills, and build a network that actually moves the needle, visit innovatewithcoachl.thrivecart.com/founders-and-leaders-book-club/ to claim your seat. Additional details at www.LaKishaGreenwade.com. Let's open the right doors for each other. Support the show Register as a founder or investor at www.wearabletechventures.org
September 4, 2024Episode 432 min
Dr. Meagan Pitcher - Solving Sleep Apnea with Wearables & AI
Send us Fan Mail Meagan Pitcher is co-founder and CEO at Bairitone Health, which is bringing advanced imaging diagnostics into the home environment. Meagan worked on several neurology and ophthalmology projects at Lexicon Pharmaceuticals and managed a diverse intellectual property portfolio as a technology transfer officer at Baylor College of Medicine. Meagan holds a Ph.D. in translational biology and molecular medicine from Baylor College of Medicine and a B.S. in genetics from Texas A&M University. Join Bairitone's mailing list or setup up an introductory call to learn more. https://bairitone.com/ Research collaborators are welcome. If you are ready to protect your mental bandwidth, sharpen your leadership skills, and build a network that actually moves the needle, visit innovatewithcoachl.thrivecart.com/founders-and-leaders-book-club/ to claim your seat. Additional details at www.LaKishaGreenwade.com. Let's open the right doors for each other. Support the show Register as a founder or investor at www.wearabletechventures.org
September 4, 2024Episode 359 min
Pamela Cacchione, PhD, CRNP - Wearables, Robotics and Aging
Send us Fan Mail Pamela Z. Cacchione, PhD, CRNP, BC, FGSA, FAAN Dr. Cacchione is the Ralston House Term Chair in Gerontological Nursing, Professor of Geropsychiatric Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and Nurse Scientist at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. She is a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner who has practiced for over 30 years across the care continuum. She is a nurse innovator. She is the CEO and Founder of AgingSense a startup technology company to improve the lives of older adults with wearable technologies. Dr. Cacchione’s research focuses on low-cost robots to improve function as well as social robotics for older adults. Dr Cacchione received her BSN from Villanova University, MSN as a GNP from Marymount University, and PhD from Saint Louis University. She completed postdoctoral training at the University of Iowa. Dr. Cacchione has over 100 publications and is the Past Editor in Chief of Clinical Nursing Research and International Journal. Dr. Cacchione is a Fellow in the Gerontological Society of America and the American Academy of Nursing If you are ready to protect your mental bandwidth, sharpen your leadership skills, and build a network that actually moves the needle, visit innovatewithcoachl.thrivecart.com/founders-and-leaders-book-club/ to claim your seat. Additional details at www.LaKishaGreenwade.com. Let's open the right doors for each other. Support the show Register as a founder or investor at www.wearabletechventures.org
September 4, 2024Episode 232 min
Dr. Tiffani Bailey Lash- Innovate with Purpose
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Lash is a national and international leader in biomedical technology innovation. Recently she was recognized by the US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary for her leadership and distinguished service during the pandemic. She has also been featured in Money magazine, Businessweek and was highlighted in Cosmopolitan as a “Fun and Fearless Female” Dr. Tiffani Bailey Lash serves as a Health Scientist Administrator for the National Institutes of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Her research portfolio includes Point of Care Technologies and Digital Health, both with the goal of developing biomedical technologies through collaborative efforts that merge scientific and technological capabilities with clinical need. She also serves as co-coordinator for the NIH Common Fund's Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa. Dr. Lash has been selected as a science policy fellow for both the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the National Academy of Engineering. She also has a background in small business innovation and intellectual property. Dr. Lash earned her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from North Carolina State University via a collaboration between the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a Bachelors Degree in Chemistry from Hampton University. She is a boy mom. Support the show Register as a founder or investor at www.wearabletechventures.org
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