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Get to Know OurRemarkable Startups

The startups we support harness technology to benefit people with disability, directly or indirectly, which include disability, health, and aging innovations.

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Facial Gesture Recognition System

Detects eye movements and facial gestures to aid communication for individuals with Severe Speech and Motor Impairment (SSMI) throughout the day and night.

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Focus Bear

Australia
2023

Focus Bear is a routine building and anti-distraction app for neurodiverse individuals.

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FutureTech Association Australia

Australia
2022

Inspiring the neurodivergent minds of the future through STEAM (science, tech, engineering, arts and math) learning and social opportunities.

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Geshido Corporation

Geshido is the AI focus assistant for teams that minimizes wasted effort daily.

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Good Trouble

Good Trouble is an accessibility intelligence company helping games and apps measure and maximize the ROI of accessibility.

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Hailo

Australia
2025

Hailo is a smart mobility platform that enables users to have two-way communications with the drivers; making sure nobody is left behind.

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Hayylo

Hayylo is the most secure, highly adopted customer service platform dedicated to elevating care quality and satisfaction. We empower care providers to exceed compliance standards and foster trust, delivering transparent and responsive services where every voice is heard.

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Hearoes

Australia
2017

An interactive auditory training and hearing assessment platform for hearing impaired recipients.

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Hey Jean

Australia
2024

Care management tool for NDIS and aged care providers to deliver better care, faster.

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Homeable

Australia
2022

Creates personalised and inclusive smart home solutions to increase independence in the home.

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Hominid X

United States
2023

Hominid X develops transformative assistive grasping devices to help individuals with hand disabilities to gain greater functional independence.

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Human Augmentation Lab

Developing NaviShare, a discreet, crowd-source powered navigation system designed for the visually impaired, offering hands-free indoor and outdoor wayfinding.

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Hygiene Hippie

We help families and clinics support individuals with disabilities in building lasting independence by making routines accessible to everyone — staff, parents, and clients — so progress doesn't depend on who shows up.

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IncludeMe

Australia
2025

Helps travellers with disabilities find reliable travel and venue information through an indexed database of credible, disability-specific reviews.

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iVocab

Australia
2024

AI-driven AAC mobile application revolutionising how individuals with communication impairments express themselves

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Junbell

We help stroke survivors regain their voice by translating simple 5-note musical patterns into speech using affordable technology and preserved musical brain pathways.

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Keeping Labor Safe

We help babies avoid preventable lifelong disability by detecting and stopping hypoxic brain injury at birth through predictive, real-time monitoring during labor and immediately after.

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Kindship

Australia
2018

Kindship is a global peer support network that lets parents caring for children with disability connect with, learn from, and support other parents just like them.

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Knowable Me

Australia
2022

Knowable Me is a social enterprise that helps organisations design better products, services, and experiences by listening to people who experience barriers.

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Leantime

United States
2024

Leantime is a people-first project management system using AI and behavioral science to help non-project managers and neurodiverse thinkers better manage their work.

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