Is the current landscape of growth-fuelled and profit-led approaches of innovation funding and support working against the needs of disability and neurodivergent startups to expand this to more diverse markets?

Designing more inclusive tech for disabled and neurodivergent people is considered by many in the industry as an unknown or niche market, without the potential mainstream revenue, growth, and profit compared with other tech startups.

Therefore, disability tech startups are looking at alternative and inclusive forms of funding as traditional VCs are still less diverse and primarily interested in growth and profit, not in social impact.

In this London Tech Week 2025 Fringe Event, Tech For Disability will explore inclusive and alternative approaches to finance which are driven by impact over profit. and business models of designing for relatively ‘marginal markets.’

Join Tech For Disability of the Tech London Advocates/Global Tech Advocates network of tech businesses and individuals for a practical panel discussion bringing together the core perspectives to build an understanding of each other and solutions in common.

More details to come on confirmed speakers reflecting a range of perspectives.