2021 SICA
2021 Top five startups
Hear from our 2021 top startups about how SICA impacted them and why they encourage other startups to come on board.
Grant receiver Trestle Labs
Trestle Labs’s Kibo, an end-to-end solution that addresses visual impairment by by helping listen, translate, and digitise printed, handwritten, and digital content across 60 languages.
Grant receiver Signable
Signable’s video remote interpretation solution addresses speech and language disabilities by providing live interpretation in Indian Sign Language via a mobile app.
Grant receiver Lifespark Technologies
Lifespark Technologies’ product WALK is a wearable mobility aid and digital platform that helps people with chronic Parkinson’s disease regain mobility.
Trestle Labs, Lifespark Technologies and Signable Communications received grants of $35,000, $25,000, and $15,000, respectively.
Visioapps
Louie Voice Commands, Visioapp’s product, allows visually impaired people to control popular apps with just voice commands.
Tinkertech Labs
TinkerTech Labs’ product – Transcribe Glass – addresses hearing impairment by projecting real-time closed captions onto the user’s field of vision.