Portfolio

The ventures

Two cohorts. 32 ventures across India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong SAR, and Thailand — building assistive technology, inclusive services, and accessible infrastructure for the region's 690 million people with disabilities.

Cohort 2 · Demo Day Jakarta, April 2026

17 ventures from India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore, and Taiwan — from prosthetics to mental health, hospitality to assistive tech. Read the full Cohort 2 story.

1SpecialPlace

Pratiksha Gupta India

India's first fully integrated therapy ecosystem

100+ consultations delivered

Bioniks

Anas Niaz Pakistan

AI-powered, affordable prosthetics for the 80M without access

~$300 per prosthetic arm

Cognitii

Jhillika Trisal India

AI + human infrastructure for inclusive education

$100K in education grants awarded

DeepVisionTech.AI

Jayasudan Munsamy India

AI-powered bidirectional sign language interpretation

5,800+ Deaf individuals impacted

Dextroware Devices

Pravin Kumar India

Wearable head-tracking for people with upper limb disabilities

100% hands-free computer control

I-Stem

Kartik Sawhney India

Making the inaccessible web usable for blind and low-vision users

96% of the web is inaccessible

Inclus

Anders Tan Singapore

Empowering persons with disabilities through training and employment

800+ students trained, 200+ placed

Karla Bionics

Arief Indra Muharam Indonesia

Inclusive technology developed through participatory design

200+ users co-designed with

PetaNetra

Graciela Gabrielle Indonesia / Taiwan

AR + AI indoor navigation for blind and low-vision users

1000+ visually impaired users navigating independently

Planet Abled

Neha Arora India / Austria

The world's first inclusive travel brand for persons with disabilities

40+ client nations served

Riliv

Audrey Maximillian Herli Indonesia

Indonesia's leading digital mental health platform

1M+ users across Indonesia

SaralX

Akashdeep Bansal India

Closing the digital accessibility gap. Built by a blind IIT Delhi researcher

70M+ Indians excluded from the digital web

Silang.id

Ahmad Yusuf Makbul Indonesia

Qualified sign language interpreters for Indonesia's Deaf community

300+ certified interpreters in network

Suarise

Rahma Utami Indonesia

Indonesia's first digital accessibility consultancy

50+ organisations made digitally accessible

Sunbots Innovations

Suket Amin India

AI + smart glasses transforming education and daily living for blind users

40+ schools using SMARTON

Thinkerbell Labs

Dilip Ramesh India

The world's first self-learning braille literacy device

~$90 per Annie device

Wundrsight Health

Raunak Swarnkar India

Clinically validated VR for mental health and neurological rehabilitation

1000+ patients in clinical trials

Cohort 1 · Demo Day Bangalore, June 2023

15 ventures that proved the model: 2.97 million people impacted and $12.8 million raised. Read the full Cohort 1 story.

Grailmaker

Aishwarya Tuls India

Using QR codes and smartphones to make public spaces accessible for the visually impaired, offering audio descriptions for easy, inclusive navigation.

Infiheal

Srishti Srivastava India

AI therapist and companion offering affordable, stigma-free mental health support and access to therapists, with 75,000+ users and 91% positive feedback.

MyUDAAN

Ravindra Singh India

Integrating tech, humans, and machines to provide convenient and affordable mobility solutions for the elderly and people with disabilities — at home, near home, and away from home.

NeoMotion

Siddarth Daga India

Creating high-quality mobility devices for people with disabilities and the elderly, improving health and enabling active, dignified lives.

NextSkills 360

Suraj Meiyur India

Building equitable classrooms by providing affordable, relevant 21st-century skills products for underprivileged and visually impaired students.

Parakerja

Rezki Achyana Indonesia

Empowering Indonesians with disabilities through skills training, employment, and the country’s largest sign language courses led by deaf teachers.

PhonoLogix

Elizabeth Thomas India

Offering gamified speech therapy and teletherapy for children with communication disorders, empowering parents and optimizing therapy management.

Seekr

Lamia Sreya Rahman Hong Kong SAR

Wearable AI device transforming visual data into audio cues, helping elderly and visually impaired users navigate independently and interact confidently.

Signable

Tarun Sarwal India

Enabling deaf and hearing people to communicate seamlessly via live interpreters, anywhere, anytime, and affordably.

SparshMinds

Hari Krishnan M India

Developing innovative healthcare technologies to address diverse brain and behavioural health needs for patients and providers.

SpEd@school

Dr Dhaval Mody India

AI-powered platform offering personalized assessments and learning support for children with special needs, empowering schools and families.

Torchit

Hunny Bhagchandani India

Delivering affordable assistive tech like smart canes and AI glasses, enhancing independence and quality of life for people with disabilities globally.

Trestle Labs

Bonny Dave India

Using AI to make content accessible for people with language, literacy, and print disabilities, supporting 60+ languages and empowering users in 25 countries.

Vulcan Coalition

Niran Pravithana Thailand

Empowering persons with disabilities in Thailand with free AI and tech training, creating inclusive employment and sustainable careers.

XL Cinema

Dipti Prasad & Kunaal Prasad India

Making movies accessible for visually impaired audiences with mobile audio description and multi-language support for cinemas and OTT platforms — no extra hardware required.