Past Winners

PETE 2025 Winner
2025 Grand Prize Winner

SNJA

Harnoor Sekhon

SNJA is a direct-to-consumer ethnic wear brand specializing in the design and production of performance enhancing turbans. The product provides convenience for the wearer by reducing the tie time for traditional turbans by 90%, utilizing SNJA’s authentic and well-crafted design.

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2025 Finalist

Comphie

Megan Blanchard, Camille Hernandez and Kevin Santana

Comphie is a children’s fashion brand aiming to alleviate anxiety and sensory sensitivities by incorporating deep pressure therapy into garments featuring weighted fabrics. Garments are “hug designed” with gentle compression, sensory-friendly fabrics, adaptive customizable fit and discreet, modern styling.

2025 Finalist

COEUR

Deanna Crevecoeur

COEUR is a handbag and small leather goods company featuring hand crafted products made in the USA. COEUR’s operating values are based on a traceable supply chain of simple, local and clean construction utilizing leather sourced from U.S. farms practicing regenerative agriculture.

PETE 2024 Winner
2024 Grand Prize Winner

Odera

Michelle Chung and Sonia Yanes

Odera is a B2C online marketplace designed for the neurodivergent and disabled community, offering a guided shopping experience which aggregates adaptive fashion items into a singular shopping platform, pioneering adaptive fashion's shift from function focused to fashion focused.

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2024 Finalist

Procode Dress

Lilach Porge and Julianne Lefelhocz

Procode Dress features a robot-print approach in the creation of custom fit garments, utilizing patent pending software and no-waste production.

Past winner: Procode
2024 Finalist

District 9

Ashleen Tuteja and Aaiza Aashi Kanoongo

District 9 is an innovative functional clothing brand for truck drivers which enhances their on-road experience with embedded features designed to enhance safety and well-being.

Past winner: District 9
PETE 2023 Winner
2023 Grand Prize Winner

DURI

Habin Lee

Ranea manufactures and sells athletic wear incorporating wearable muscle tape, a design element that facilitates proper muscle movements and reduces stress for chronic injuries, advancing the zone compression market for women and men.

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Past winner: Habin Lee
PETE 2022 Winner
2022 Grand Prize Winner

Vertige Adaptive

Haley Schwartz

A fashion-forward adaptive wear brand for people with different health conditions and disabilities. The collection is designed with features that accommodate medical devices and is targeted to consumers seeking functional and stylish solutions for their wardrobe.

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2022 Finalist

Seed-to-Rack

Giovanna Haddad

Seed-to-Rack introduces a transformative chemical process utilizing farm waste to create new fiber technology.

2022 Finalist

Rendly

Catherine Gabriel and Marc A. Santiago

Rendly’s mission is to create an online global platform that houses trade-certified 3D furniture files for designers to use in their renderings.