Anya Roy
Anya Roy is the Co-Founder of Syrona Health, a virtual health clinic providing specialised support for women, trans and non-binary people experiencing gynaecological issues. The UK has the 12th biggest health gap between women and men in the world, meaning that women generally receive poorer healthcare than cis men. Gynaecological conditions are shockingly under-studied, with just 2.1% of publicly funded research in the UK dedicated solely to reproductive health. The central tool of Syrona Health is the SORA app, via which users can track symptoms and receive insights on how to manage them; book online consultations with doctors and uterine healthcare specialists; chat with other people experiencing the same conditions; and purchase at-home testing kits covering everything from fertility hormones to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Anya initially started her career at Goldman Sachs in London and then became a LifeScience Venture Capital at IP Group. Her most recent role has been at Illumina, setting up their European Genomics Investment vehicle, investing in 7 companies so far. Syrona was started by Anya Roy and Chantelle Bell, classmates at Cambridge University while studying at the Department of biotechnology and chemical engineering.