LilyLoop Wins 2024 Y-Prize Competition

Rima Chavali, C’27, W’27, Neha Chelamkuri, C’27, W’27, and Kylie Chang, ENG’27, W’27

For more than 10 years, the Y-Prize competition has challenged students to build their entrepreneurial skills. Students team up to create business plans using technology invented at Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. The team with the best commercial application wins $10,000 to help make its idea a reality.
 
This year Rima Chavali, C’27, W’27, Neha Chelamkuri, C’27, W’27, and Kylie Chang, ENG’27, W’27, won for LilyLoop, a line of “smart” period products that alerts users when to change tampons and captures menstrual flow data for diagnostic purposes. Each pad or tampon contains a tiny, body-safe sensor that sends moisture levels to a discreet wearable that interprets and sends data to an app for precise menstrual flow insights.
 
LilyLoop will initially focus on patients with diagnosed uterine fibroids, a leading cause of menorrhagia (heavy menstrual bleeding). From there, the team hopes to expand to provide the product to a broader consumer base.
 
The Y Prize is cosponsored by the Mack Institute, Penn Engineering, Wharton, Venture Lab, and the Penn Center for Innovation.

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