Launcher 2026 Showcase — Meet the Startups

Movement & Autonomy

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Hardware  ·  Australia, Victoria

Audacious Pioneers

One-liner

We're helping audacious pioneers overcome the pain and barriers to being actively independent - starting with autonomous follow-me carts to carry the load.

Startup ask

Introduce us to robotics engineers with ROS/UWB experience, local rapid-prototyping fabricators, or aging/mobility-challenged early adopters willing to trial our autonomous follow-me cart.

Founder

Stephanie Bysouth

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Hardware  ·  Australia, South Australia

Roark Design

One-liner

We make a wheelchair attachment that turns a wheelchair into a quadbike for rural exploration or a motorcycle for urban adventure.

Startup ask

We're seeking bridge investment to take our two wheelchair adventure attachments from final product development to commercial launch in early 2027.

Founder

Tom Carr

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Hardware and Software  ·  Australia, New South Wales

Safe Ride

One-liner

We help people with disability travel safely through in-vehicle equipment solutions that reduce unwanted unbuckling, by meeting support needs.

Startup ask

Introduce us to child car seat manufacturers or disability equipment specialists - and connect us with stage-two funding to commercialise our in-vehicle safety solution.

Founder

Leonie McCann

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Hardware and Software  ·  Canada

Sielo Robotics

One-liner

We help power wheelchair users with limited arm mobility regain independence in daily tasks like eating and drinking by providing an affordable, AI-powered robotic arm at one-third the cost of existing solutions.

Startup ask

Introduce us to power wheelchair users with limited arm mobility interested in trialling our AI-powered robotic arm at one-third the cost of current options.

Founder

Evan Zeglinski-Spinney

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Hardware  ·  Australia, Queensland

Sticky-Aid

One-liner

Sticky Aid is an accessible, refillable band-aid dispenser designed to make first aid simple, independent, and inclusive for people of all abilities.

Startup ask

We're seeking seed funding for pilot and patent processes, product design expertise, and direct mentorship support to bring our accessible band-aid dispenser to market.

Founder

Emma Boyd

UnderWraps Underwear pitch video thumbnail

Other  ·  Australia, Victoria

UnderWraps Underwear

One-liner

We help people with limited mobility dress independently by designing adaptive underwear that can be put on while sitting, standing, or lying down.

Startup ask

We're seeking a $100k grant or seed investment to fund marketing, product development, and disability fair attendance ahead of our September 2026 launch.

Founder

Michelle Willson

Prevention & Treatment

Duper DuDu pitch video thumbnail

Hardware  ·  Australia, New South Wales

Duper DuDu

One-liner

Nurse-founded startup helping NICU infants and families achieve better health outcomes and bonding by providing adaptive NICU clothing that accommodates life-saving medical equipment.

Startup ask

Introduce us to NICU medical directors, clinical educators, or family support coordinators at hospitals willing to trial our adaptive clothing for NICU infants.

Founder

Jureerat Wongkornvanich

Everybaby pitch video thumbnail

Hardware and Software  ·  China

Everybaby

One-liner

We help clinicians identify preterm birth risk earlier by providing an accurate, early-stage preterm birth risk assessment device.

Startup ask

Connect us with obstetricians, midwives, or maternal-fetal medicine clinics interested in piloting an early-stage preterm birth risk assessment device.

Founder

Sunny Gong

Keeping Labor Safe pitch video thumbnail

Software  ·  Singapore

Keeping Labor Safe

One-liner

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.

Startup ask

We're raising $1M from investors in clinical diagnostics or women's health to fund multi-site deployment and regulatory data collection for FDA submission.

Founder

Devanathan Raghunathan

People Like You pitch video thumbnail

Software  ·  Australia, New South Wales

People Like You

One-liner

An AI-powered partner providing support for people with chronic back pain between clinical appointments - with every answer grounded in traceable academic research.

Startup ask

Connect us with academic bodies, pain specialists, or legal teams willing to advise - or sign up for early access at peoplelikeyou.chat.

Founder

Joshua Ratnasingham

Sensing & Expression

Daivurjnt pitch video thumbnail

Software  ·  United States

Daivurjnt

One-liner

We help individuals with sensory sensitivity become more confident, productive, and independent by giving them data to understand their sensory needs, plan ahead, and self-advocate.

Startup ask

Connect us with city councils or local government innovation teams in Australia or the US interested in piloting ambient sensory mapping across public spaces.

Founder

Lena Alabbasi

Dori Labs pitch video thumbnail

Software  ·  Canada

Dori Labs

One-liner

We help people with communication disabilities achieve independent and natural communication by providing an AI-powered platform that enables real-time captioning, text-to-speech, and personalised assistance for phone calls and in-person conversations.

Startup ask

Introduce us to organisations ready to pilot accessible phone communication tools - real-time captioning and text-to-speech - for employees and callers with communication disabilities.

Founder

Tom Luong

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Software  ·  Australia, Victoria

Junbell

One-liner

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

Startup ask

Introduce us to Speech-Language Pathologists, music therapists, or rehabilitation services in Australia working with stroke survivors with aphasia to pilot Junbell.

Founder

Julius Maramba

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Software  ·  United States

Pranox

One-liner

We help blind and low-vision people complete everyday smartphone tasks independently by turning intent into action inside complex apps.

Startup ask

Introduce us to blind and low-vision organisations or accessibility leaders willing to pilot AppGenie in real-world smartphone workflows.

Founder

Kevin Grosu

Signal Safe 2.0 pitch video thumbnail

Hardware  ·  United States

Signal Safe 2.0

One-liner

We are creating a wearable haptic safety watch that instantly alerts Deaf and hard of hearing people to fire and carbon monoxide emergencies through touch instead of sound.

Startup ask

Connect us with safety researchers, standards bodies, or community organisations who can support a feasibility study for our haptic emergency alert watch for Deaf users.

Founder

Isaiah Harvey

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