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A Showcase Event Of The Future Of Disability Tech
Last week, we wrapped up the 2025 Launcher Showcase, which was a virtual celebration of 38 early-stage Disability Tech startups from around the world. These founders had just completed our eight-week Launcher Pre-Accelerator and were ready to share their powerful ideas, big visions, and what they need next to keep growing.
Working on solutions across areas like health, mobility, communication, education, and inclusive play, each startup delivered a 90-second pitch highlighting how they’re building a more accessible, equitable and inclusive future.
Explore The Startups By Horizon Of Possibility
If you missed this live event, we have you covered! We’ve listed all the individual startup pitch videos in this blog. Each pitch is grouped under its "Horizon of Possibility", which is our way of organising startups by their innovation focus. You’ll also find contact details and a clear outline of the support each founder is seeking next.
The Remarkable 'Horizons of Possibility' framework is what we use to guide our mission to create an accessible, inclusive and equitable world through technology and innovation. The themes within this framework help us focus on areas that people with disability within our community have indicated need more attention and creative solutions. We support the startups in our programs choose the horizon that best fits their innovation.
The Seven Horizons of Possibility include:
- Promoting Health & Wellbeing – Tools that improve physical or mental health
- Independent Living – Tech that supports everyday independence
- Economic & Community Participation – Ideas that boost access to work, education, and community life
- Recreation & Inclusive Play – Making fun, creativity, and leisure accessible to all
Communication & Sensory Augmentation – Helping people connect and experience the world in new ways - Enhancing Personal Mobility – Improving how people move and navigate spaces
- Education & Learning – Creating better access to learning and personal development
These groupings help us support startups, understand where their innovation fits into the broader tech landscape and also spotlight the incredible range of innovation happening in Disability Tech.
Meet The Startups Grouped By Horizon
Now, we invite you to explore the startup pitches below and help us build a more inclusive, accessible and equitable future.
Horizon: Promoting Health and Wellbeing
Baby Moves VIEW
Makes early screening for cerebral palsy available for every baby born in Australia.
Startup Ask: Seeking connections with similar medtech or university spinout startups, and clarity in business planning and commercialisation strategy.
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Software
Team Members: Elyse Passmore, Amanda Kwong
Connect: Email the Baby Moves View team.
GLIA Diagnostics
GLIA offers a timely, accurate way to diagnose TBI, improving outcomes and management.
Startup Ask: Looking for validation collaborations, partnerships, and investor introductions in Australia and the US.
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Hardware
Team Members: Edmond Sorich
Connect: Follow GLIA Diagnostics on LinkedIn
MindSigns
Empowers the deaf community by providing culturally tailored, co-designed digital mental health tools.
Startup Ask: Seeking mentorship, investors, and support to enhance accessibility and authenticity.
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Software
Team Members: M Tasdik Hasan, Jahirul Islam
Connect Visit MindSigns website
My Caring Life
Helps families raising children with disability manage complexity and reduce stress.
Startup Ask: Seeking connections with disability orgs, early adopters, and researchers for an AI tool pilot.
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Software
Team Members: Abby Bloom, Sambavi Sasikaran, Dr Meryl Keioskie, Mete Acehan
Connect: Email My Caring Life team.
Neuwo
An AI companion that helps neurodivergent individuals manage energy and reduce decision overwhelm.
Startup Ask: Looking for trial participants, organisational connections, and funding.
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Software
Team Members: Saumya Mutneja, Kuldeep Jangid
Connect: Follow Neuwo on LinkedIn
NutriCalc
NutriCalc is built by and for dietitians to provide affordable, accurate, and intuitive nutrition software.
Startup Ask: Seeking a Technical Co-Founder to help bring the product to market in Australia and New Zealand.
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Software
Team Members: Fiona Arrowsmith, Charity Spalding
Connect: Email NutriCalc team.
ThoughtPath
An AI-powered productivity app helping people with high-functioning disabilities organise thoughts and tasks.
Startup Ask: Looking for prototype feedback for MVP development – contact Dylan@ThoughtPath.io
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Software
Team Members: Dylan Pearson
Connect: Email ThoughtPath team.
Horizon: Enhancing Personal Mobility
Dexora
Dexora enhances orthotic and prosthetic clinicians' efficiency by enabling seamless adoption of 3D printing through an all-in-one platform for easy modification, design, and printing—no CAD experience needed.
Startup Ask: We are looking for connections with Orthotics & Prosthetics (O&P) clinics, funding opportunities, and more learning resources or support to get us into the market.
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Software
Team Members: Yuhan Cao, Jialiang Li
Connect: Follow Dexora on LinkedIn
Leggera Lift
The push-button solution to getting your child in and out of the bath.
Startup Ask: We're looking for introductions to people who can help us get to market: resellers, influencers, retailers, distributors, service providers who cater to the needs of disabled, immobile children or parents/carers with physical issues around lifting.
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Hardware
Team Members: Tony Arena, Dave Ingerson
Connect: the Leggera Lift team.
PhantasiAI
At PhantasiAI we restore lower limb mobility by providing personalised, adaptive, 24/7 neurorehabilitation through an electronic AI-companion.
Startup Ask: We are seeking angel investors who align with our values and comprehend our value proposition so we can kick off the clinical studies demanded by regulatory entities.
Operating Country: Canada
Category: Software
Team Members: Roberto Salamanca Giron, Laila Mahmoudi
Connect: Visit the PhantasiAI website or LinkedIn.
Horizon: Recreation and Inclusive Play
WINX Hands Free Innovation
Winx enables people with restricted movement to communicate and play using facial and eye-controlled interfaces.
Startup Ask: Seeking assistive tech partners, healthcare innovators, and impact-focused investors to help move from prototype to product.
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Software
Team Members: Jason Vearing
Connect: Visit the WINX website or Facebook
Horizon: Communication and Sensory Augmentation
Alek
We built an app that uses AI to help people with speech disabilities talk faster with less effort by predicting how they might want to respond in a conversation.
Startup Ask: We are currently looking for more trial users and speech pathologists, who are willing to give it a go and provide feedback.
Operating Country: New Zealand
Category: Software
Team Members: Daniel Kahu, Mike Lee
Connect: Follow the Alek Facebook or Instagram.
Little ChatterBox
Helps parents support their child’s speech and language development by providing an AI-powered app that delivers tailored insights, activities, and early intervention tools while bridging the gap to professional care.
Startup Ask: We're looking for support to develop the idea and build Little Chatterbox.
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Software
Team Members: Sarah O'Connor
Connect: Email the Little ChatterBox team.
Horizon: Economic and Community Participation
Enaccess Maps Limited
Helps people with mobility challenges find accessible experiences fast by guiding businesses to accurately self-report their venue's accessibility features.
Startup Ask: I am looking to connect with people who are also passionate about accessibility, and people who may be able to connect me with venue owners or councils.
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Software
Team Members: Sabrina Leung
Connect: Follow Enaccess Maps Limited on Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.
IncludeMe
Helps travellers with disabilities find reliable travel and venue information through an indexed database of credible, disability-specific reviews.
Startup Ask: I would love to connect with people who care about this issue and want to support people with disabilities. My video asks people to submit venue reviews to help people with disabilities to find the information that they need.
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Software
Team Members: Em Coy
Connect: Follow includeMe on Instagram
unitely
unitely empowers individuals with disabilities, chronic illness, and neurodiversity to break through workplace barriers with real-world solutions created with lived experience, advocacy, and education.
Startup Ask:
- We’re inviting startups, corporates of all sizes, and individuals to trial our workshop and app.
- We also want to connect with experts in disability, neurodiversity, and chronic illness to collaborate on content, research, events, or mentoring.
- Join our waiting list to be the first to know about our app launch!
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Software
Team Members: Rechelle Coulton
Connect: Visit the unitely website, Instagram or LinkedIn.
What Unites
Creating inclusive workplaces where every thinker can do their best work.
Startup Ask: I’m looking for 5 progressive teams to book a free 15-minute Future Skills Booster session with me. You’ll get practical, bite-sized neuroinclusion insights and fresh ideas. Email hello@whatunites.com.au to book your spot.
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Service
Team Members: Kim Hutchinson
Connect: Follow What Unites on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn
Horizon: Education and Learning
Ella
Ella boosts neurodivergent kids' understanding and helps them navigate any situation through personalizsed explainers that put them at the center.
Startup Ask: Join us in spreading the word to parents who want to help their neurodivergent kiddos prepare for new experiences and overcome everyday challenges. Ella is free to try at ella.kids/parents.
Operating Country: United States
Category: Software
Team Members: Jaivin Anzalota, Marcos Nery
Connect: Follow Ella on Instagram
Quinde LAB
Supports children with dyslexia and dyscalculia to overcome their disabilities through a comprehensive educational platform.
Startup Ask: We want to expose our solution to a global problem and look for possible partners to expand it to other countries when we are ready in the future.
Operating Country: Ecuador
Category: Software
Team Members: Paul Almeida, Sebastian
Connect: Email the Quinde LAB team.
Virtuleap
Develops virtual reality solutions for cognitive assessment and training.
Startup Ask:
- Strategic Partnerships – Clinical and technological advancements
- Funding opportunities – Grants or Investment
- Commercial Growth – Connect as a client or distributor (sectors: healthcare, education, corporate)
Operating Country: Portugal
Category: Software
Team Members: Diogo Pinto, Amir Bozorgzadeh, Bebiana Moura, Nicolas Morgenstern
Connect: Visit the Virtuleap Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn
Horizon: Independent Living
aBeauté
An online database of accessible beauty products for people with disabilities, empowering them to achieve dignity and confidence in their self-care.
Startup Ask:
- People with disabilities or medical conditions to join our research and be early users.
- Occupational Therapists or Disability Support Workers to complete our survey
- Introductions to beauty brands
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Software
Team Members: Areebah Zeeshan, Serena Feng, Carrie Gale
Connect: Visit the aBeauté Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn
BraveHeart Clothing
Empowering kids with confidence, independence, and choice, while giving parents one less battle to fight, our adaptive clothing combines comfort, function, and style to make every day a little easier.
Startup Ask:
- Parents & Caregivers – Your voice matters! Join our community using this link and fill out a survey to help shape a real solution.
- Mentors, Advisors & Investors – Your support can bring this vision to life! Let’s connect via email.
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Hardware
Team Members: Taran Sarin, Vikram Singh
Connect: Follow BraveHeart Clothing on Facebook and Instagram
LifeSetGo
Redesigning healthcare by turning daily actions into lasting change.
Startup Ask:
- A technical co-founder with a shared mission to build LifeSetGo together.
- Occupational Therapists and those interested in OT preventative services to join our pilot program.
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Software
Team Members: Satinderjit Kaur, Gurwinder Singh
Connect: Follow LifeSetGo on Instagram on LinkedIn
Marco Polo
An NDIS housemate-matching platform that empowers people with disabilities to choose compatible housemates based on shared values, preferences and needs. They then are matched with a vetted and approved Home and Living Provider.
Startup Ask:
- Investors or Industry Partners that understand Home and Living under the NDIS.
- People that understand just how needed this solution is for both NDIS participants and Home and Living Providers.
Please reach out on our website
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Software
Team Members: Aaron Cotton
Connect: Visit the Marco Polo Website, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn
Soter by Intermentis
Empowers older adults, people with disabilities, and anyone experiencing communication, mobility or safety challenges to live more independently and securely through Soter, an AI-driven door guardian that automatically handles visitor interactions.
Startup Ask: Connections to potential pre-seed investors, distributors/resellers, large businesses interested in using Soter in the future, or anyone interested in using or promoting Soter, as well as connections to disability or age tech startups that have a hardware component.
Operating Country: New Zealand
Category: Hardware and Software
Team Members: Greg Peyroux, Benoit Auvray, Fraser Stephens
Connect: Follow Soter by Intermentis on LinkedIn
Volitio
Helps people with disabilities and their support workers achieve seamless care coordination and improved outcomes by providing a centralized platform for communication, scheduling, and proactive care management.
Startup Ask: Seeking mentors, investors, and partners to help us refine the UX, scale nationally, and expand globally.
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Software
Team Members: Moses Olufokunbi
Connect: Follow Volitio on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn
ZeroTag
ZeroTag smart reorder tags help people with dyslexia, visual impairment, and ADHD achieve independence by making replenishing their pantries easy and accessible.
Startup Ask: We're opening our pre-seed round in May and seeking aligned investors and food-related brands interested in a paid pilot.
Operating Country: Australia
Category: Software
Team Members: Shimroth John Thomas, Joseph Oliver Yap
Connect: Follow ZeroTag on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn
Be Part of the 2026 Launcher Program
A huge shoutout to all the founders who took part in this 8-week journey of learning, building, and growing. They’re pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in tech — and this is just the beginning.
Got an idea? Want to join the next cohort? Submit your expression of interest for our 2026 Launcher Pre-Accelerator Program, and we’ll let you know when applications open!
