MILA – Menstruation Isn’t Lame Anymore

Simple, non-invasive menstrual blood collection kit, facilitating access to early diagnosis while breaking period stigma

10.01.2024

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Problem to solve

What we discovered : - period blood is more than just blood, it contains endometrial tissues, bacteria shedding from the lining of your uterus, cervical mucus, much more. Making it a valuable, yet underutilized resource for women’s health. - women have been routinely left out of research and analysis leading to later diagnosis and inaccurate drug prescription, - 1.9 billion women menstruate and 85% of them would like to know more about their menstrual health, - there is a white space in the Femtech landscape for Menstrual Health diagnostics and tools. And according to a recent survey 57% of women would prefer self-sampling method (vs. clinician collection) for gynecological screening, - access to care can be a challenge: remote location, can't take time off, Dr appointment leadtime.

Proposed solution

We will provide self-collection kit to use at-home. Our kit contains a sampling device, IFU and a prepaid return envelope. The collection method (called 4S) is very easy : Sample, Scan, Seal, Send. Within 48/72hrs, you get a digital dashboard with your results in our App or Website. Later on, we will also integrate online care with access to virtual doctor services and chatbot trained to answer basic questions depending on the analysis results.

Request to H4

- diagnostic : get an external view on the relevance of the project - coaching : provide guidance on the project and identify critical steps to perform for a successful launch, - mentoring : share knowledge, skills and experience in the field of health start-up - networking : find partners and resources (human and financial), enable connections with end-consumer, professionals, experts in the field (e.g. biology) and provide access to infrastructures, - launch : provide support to enable & validate the launch of the MVP