Lucy Hope is a visionary healthtech entrepreneur, product developer, and founder of The Daughters of Mars, a groundbreaking menstrual health company bringing bioactive tampons and full-cycle care supplements to the UK market. With a strong focus on science-backed, sustainable innovations, Lucy is on a mission to tackle the global inequality in gynaecological and menstrual health – an area that accounts for only 2% of all medical research.
A graduate of the Cambridge Institute for SustainabilityLeadership and 2025 Innovate UK Women in Innovation award winner, Lucy blends scientific insight with creative and commercial expertise to drive change in health and wellness. Her career spans B2B and D2C markets, with deep experience bringing cutting-edge products from concept to commercialisation.
Lucy played a pivotal role in developing the award-winning Virustatic® SHIELD, an antiviral face covering that generated £9.8 million in its first year and protected over a million people worldwide. As Director of Development and Sustainability at Virustatic, she champions eco-conscious innovation.
She is especially passionate about raising awareness around the vaginal microbiome, biohacking for women, and the chronic lack of innovation in period products. Drawing from her own experience with early-onset PCOS and hormonal health challenges, Lucy is an advocate for personalised, preventative care and a vocal proponent of closing the gender health and data gaps.
Her work also addresses broader systemic issues such as gender inequality in business, regulatory hurdles to innovation, and regional disparities for founders, particularly in Northern England.
Combining interdisciplinary expertise from the arts and sustainability with a passion for women’s health, Lucy leads The Daughters of Mars with a vision to make vaginal microbiome health the next frontier in preventative care.
Her patented tampons feature a prebiotic protein layer that has been clinically validated for preventing bacterial vaginosis, while being free from harmful chemicals, plastics, heavy metals and toxins.
Her work stands as a testament to innovation, sustainability and advocacy for gender equity in health.
