Where Design and Tech meet Science — An Interview with Eirini Rapti founder of inne

On a rainy April day, I had the honour of interviewing Eirini Rapti, the founder and CEO of femtech startup inne — a hormone-based mini lab for women. Despite us being complete strangers, separated by two screens and a few thousand kilometres, the connection was instant and what started as a classical interview quickly became an in-depth conversation about life, product design, and everything in between.

Over the last four years Erini, a healthcare professional gone entrepreneur has grown a diverse Berlin-based team that successfully launched their first product a few weeks ago. More than just a natural contraceptive method, inne is a radical self-knowledge tool for all the phases in a woman’s life. Since founding the company in 2016, Eirini has made the conscious effort to hire both designers and scientists to create a science-based product that is truly delightful for users. In the following interview, she tells us how the idea came about, why they chose Berlin as their base and what design, tech and science can learn from each other.