Kaitlin Christine is on a mission is to empower people, especially women—
About Kaitlin—
Kaitlin Christine is a breast cancer survivor and ovarian cancer previvor who has made it her life's work to empower women to understand their bodies and advocate for themselves. She is the CEO & Founder at Gabbi, Inc. where she and the Gabbi team are on a mission to decrease delayed diagnosis. Kaitlin has spent over 9 years in women’s health—working for leading nonprofits and as a sought after national speaker. She was the youngest hire for the world’s leading genetic testing company, Myriad Genetics. So far, she has brought Gabbi through a successful oversubscribed first round of funding in early 2021 and has pulled together a team of highly qualified experts and advisors. Kaitlin has also been selected as Oregon’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2021, winner of the HITLAB Women’s health tech challenge and HITLAB’s audience choice award.
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Kaitlin Christine lives in Portland, Oregon. She frequents the Portland State Farmers Market every Saturday and in her free time (what free time?!) is a yoga instructor, avid hiker, and (un)professional wine aficionado. In her past life, she was a food writer — naturally she enjoys bringing people together to laugh while gorging themselves with her favorite farmers market finds and natural wine.
Kaitlin is a—
Founder
After losing her mom to breast cancer due to delayed diagnosis, and having to fight for her own breast health Kaitlin went into healthcare and worked in a hereditary cancer specialist for 7 years before founding Gabbi. She has raised multiple rounds of funding built a team and brought a product to market.
Speaker
As a theater major, Kaitlin loves connecting with an audience on stage. She was a national patient speaker for Myriad genetics and has been a sought after speaker for TedX, HIMSS, HITLAB, HLTH and Ai4 to name a few.
Advisor
As a founder, speaker, former VP of growth at a start-up she led to acquisition, Kaitlin loves advising early-stage start-ups and female founders.
Book Kaitlin to speak at your next event—
Example Topics
AI & Digital Health ▪ Unlocking Early Stage Funding ▪ The Importance of Network: It’s all About who you Know ▪ The Patient as an Investor ▪ Strategic Thinking: Start with the Problem ▪ FemTech ▪ Relationship Building ▪ Business Development ▪ Email Marketing ▪ and more!
Previous Speaking Engagements—
Ai4 : Artificial Intelligence Conferences—
“Predicting Breast Cancer in Women with AI” (2021)
HITLAB, Women’s Health Tech Innovators—
Meet the Innovators: Seed Round Pitches (2021)
World Economic Forum—
Equality Lounge (2022)
Awards and Recognition—
Oregon Entrepreneur of the Year—
Winner of the early-stage Entrepreneur Award for Oregon 2021
Accenture Rising Star of the Year—
Winner of the Rising Star Award of the Year 2021
HITLAB Seed Stage Winner—
Winner of Best Company at the Seed stage.
HITLAB People’s Choice Winner—
Winner of People Choice award as selected by the audience of over 300 people.
Press and Publications—
Portland Business Journal
Portland Startup Gabbi is fighting delayed diagnosis in women’s health (2021)
GeekWire
Portland startup Gabbi raises $1M to develop breast cancer risk assessment tool. (2021)
StartUp Health Magazine
2021 Vintage Investments (2021)
Forbes
Radical Empowerment? How Women are taking control of their breasts (2020)
Crunchbase
Empower and Educate: Kaitlin Christine’s mission to improve equality in Women’s Healthcare (2020)
Darling
How Gabbi founder Kaitlin Christine became her own advocate against breast cancer (2019)
Authority Magazine
Young Change Makers: Why and how Kaitlin Christine of Gabbi Inc is helping to change our world
PlugandPlay
New Investment: Gabbi, accurately predicting a woman's risk for breast cancer. (2021)
San Francisco Business Times
Money Talks: OMERS Ventures' Christina Farr on making the transition from journalism to venture capital (2021).
Portland Business Journal
VCs pumped $398M into Portland-area companies in Q1, women founders landed just 1.6% of it. (2021).
StartUpHealth
Introducing Gabbi, the AI-Driven App Helping Women Assess Their Breast Cancer Risk and Get Timely Care .(2021)