Exploring how lived experience of disability drives founders to spot gaps and failure points others miss — and how disability-led design has historically produced technology that benefits everyone.
Live at London Tech Week conference Olympia, 10th June 12.00-12.30.
A collaboration between Tech For Disability and Good Tech of Catch 22.
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Discussing the specific barriers disabled founders face: from accessing funding and navigating investor assumptions, to managing industry expectations not designed with them in mind.
Asking whether the startup ecosystem should move beyond traditional growth metrics — and what new funding and support models would need to look like to reflect impact, representation, and lived experience.
Coté Auil, Global Disability Innovation Hub - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariajoseauil/
Ammar Boukhemkhem, Founder, NuraXR and NuraVoices - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ammar-boukhemkhem-652508158/
Mahdi Shariff, CEO and Co-Founder, Humble AI - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahdishariff/
Valerie Oyiki, Koala For Work - https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerieoyiki/
Great panel, great audience, great moments in the EQL:Lounge at LTW26 for our event showcasing founders in collaboration with GoodTechVentures. Here is what we managed to record amidst a pretty noisy and crowded Olympia!
We offer an adaptive platform with early screening, personalised learning, and therapy tools. Our immersive approach enhances executive function, learning, and social interaction.
The LILAC Centre - championing inclusive entrepreneurship for Disabled, d/Deaf and neurodivergent founders.
The Disability Finance Code for Entrepreneurship is designed to create meaningful engagement between disabled entrepreneurs and the financial services sector in the UK.
