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Longitudinal menstrual-blood wearable: a smart sticker that attaches to existing period products, reads period blood, and surfaces biomarker insights through an app, consumer-wellness first with clinical applications planned. The team reports that menstrual blood carries 300-plus markers not found elsewhere in the body and has filed two patents. Pricing is a $19 per month hardware subscription with free software. Founded 2023; based at Chapel Hill Labs, 136 Rosemary St, Chapel Hill.

Non-dilutive to date: roughly $100,000 from Lemelson-MIT and national accelerators per the team, a $15,000 first-place ACC InVenture Prize (April 2026, the first UNC team to win), and the $20,000 judges' prize at the CED GRO11 Demo Day (June 2026). Member of the CED GRO Incubator 11th cohort.

Founder and CEO Nandini Kanthi (UNC), COO Vrutika Soneji (UNC, HW Jackson Scholar), CFO Juliet Wu (UPenn), VP of Growth Vaishnavi Kode (UNC), VP of Product Strategy Jingyao Deng (PhD, senior scientist at Thermo Fisher), and R&D scientist Lahari Pokala (UNC, founder of Sonara).

Recognized among the top 30 undergraduate startups by the U.S. government and Steve Wozniak; the team cites more than 10 pitch-competition wins.