About us
Our team is made up of technologists, educators, founders, academics and investors and industry leaders. Together we have a holistic understanding of education systems, a deep understanding of problems and the expertise to guide founders and innovators to build the impactful solutions that scale.
Why we exist
We are unlocking the full potential of Educational Technology for people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. These communities are currently underserved but with emerging technologies their educational and life experiences can be enhanced and this positive impact can be scaled. Our mission is to build and nurture a thriving EdTech innovation ecosystem that consistently creates high-quality, inclusive, and effective learning solutions—ensuring everyone, regardless of need, has access to the tools that help them to reach their potential.
What We Do
We support the Edtech Ecosystem to thrive by enabling key stakeholders and experts to collaborate with entrepreneurs through our open innovation challenges and specialised venture programs.
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We support Edtech founders and inventors through venture programs for individuals looking for a team, early stage startups and scaleups.
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Our innovation Challenges bring together researchers, designers, engineers, educators, industry leaders, policy makers, investors for an open innovation process that addresses real problems with a holistic understanding and design thinking
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We advocate for smarter funding, policy, and research to support inclusive innovation.
If you’re a founder, inventor or looking for a team - apply for our specialised venture programmes.
If you’re a researcher, educator or work in an edtech organisation - sign up to join our community and connect with other people who have a common interest. We’ll also share more about innovation challenges, ecosystem insights and news.
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Our Values
Inclusion by Design
We champion universal accessibility from the start—embedding it into every innovation, every product, every partnership.
Collaboration for holistic solutions
We believe real impact happens when educators, founders, researchers, and funders work side-by-side.
Evidence of Impact
We ground everything we do in research and classroom realities, ensuring our solutions work where it matters most.
Impact First
We prioritize meaningful outcomes for SEND learners. After the impact of the innovation is proven, we scale.
Sustainability with Purpose
We build ventures to last—commercially viable, socially responsible, and scalable with integrity.
Are you an educator or SEND practitioner?
You live the challenges every day — we want to hear from you.
Share real-world problems you face in your setting, contribute to our research, or join us at our events to shape the solutions that matter most.
Calling all educators and SEND specialists! We want to learn about your experiences with SEND, including the challenges you are currently facing. Please take a few minutes to complete our survey below, with the issues you highlight will be addressed in efforts to find solutions.
Join us at the Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London on Saturday, 1st June 2024 for our SENDTech hackathon aimed at developing solutions to students with SEND.
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