UCL and Indian partners announce new round of funding for 50 disability inclusion startups
It's been a busy week for our Delhi based Attvaran Accelerator as the UCL Provost Dr Michael Spence AC joined our Assistive Tech Demo Day ahead of the Bengaluru Tech Summit, Asia's largest tech conclave.
Meeting ventures from across the programme, Dr Spence announced a second phase of this regional innovation accelerator, which will look to support 50 promising Indian start-up companies to scale emerging Assistive Tech in the region.
The Attvaran accelerator is a collaboration between the Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub) at UCL, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT Delhi) and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras) - and is part of the GDI Hub's AT2030 programme funded by the UK Foreign Commonwealth Development Office to build innovation ecosystems and regional insights to amplify new ideas into market-ready solutions.
Dr Spence said: “Today’s event is part of a journey that began with the 2012 London Paralympics, which inspired a powerful movement for inclusive innovation... Through our partnerships with IIT Delhi and IIT Madras, we are creating real solutions to real-world challenges, solutions that can be affordable, accessible, and scaled for impact.”
We are excited to build on the success of the first Attvaran cohort, and continue to forge new interactions, innovation, research and business opportunities that enable pioneering Assistive Technologies to change lives across the region.