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The UK’s first springboard programme for disabled founders and entrepreneurs innovating around disability.
Creo, forged in partnership with Motability Operations, exists to amplify and connect disabled and neurodiverse Founders, and entrepreneurs innovating around disability, and to provide them with the knowledge, connections and tools to scale their startups.
Creo is a first-of-its-kind springboard programme for founders, based on openness and intimacy. It is where honest conversations happen about what it means to be a disabled or neurodiverse founder, or a founder innovating around disability, and what it takes to succeed. It consists of industry expert-led workshops and content, peer-to-peer support, and coaching sessions.
Join a lifelong community of Creo and Tech Nation alumni for skill-sharing, nuanced discussion, and support.
Develop mutually beneficial relationships with larger corporates and the disability, neurodiversity and tech founder ecosystem.
Be supported to understand, demystify and access venture capital and angel investors.
Gain access to vital knowledge and skills that will help you take your company to the next level.
Hear from industry experts and Tech Nation alumni who have lived experience of foundership.
Build deep and valuable connections and leverage peer-to-peer support within your cohort.
The Creo Programme is for pre-seed to pre-series A tech startups based in the UK. The company must have at least one founder who self-identifies as disabled or neurodiverse, or the company must be innovating around disability or neurodiversity.
Creo companies will have:
Founder, People & Robots, Former CEO/Co-founder, Accomable (sold to Airbnb)
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Disability Inclusion & Accessibility Specialist, Social Entrepreneur and Broadcaster, @Shanidhanda
CEO, Motability Operations
Founder & Managing Director, Open Inclusion
Srin is the Former CEO / Co-founder of Accomable, which was acquired by Airbnb in 2017. He then founded People & Robots, a venture studio and consultancy for AI. He’s also an active angel investor and startup mentor at several accelerators and incubators.
Srin’s background is geneticist turned corporate lawyer at a leading international law firm. He has an MBA and taught himself to code to build prototype web apps (and was the lead developer at his startup Accomable for the first 12 months).
Recognised as the UK’s most influential disabled person and the BBC’s 100 Women Laureate of 2020, Dr Shani Dhanda sparks transformative change as a consultant, collaborating with businesses and brands to authentically embrace inclusion and accessibility. Her expertise in disability inclusion has had a profound global impact, collectively reaching over 1.5 million employees worldwide.
Navigating the world as a South Asian woman experiencing disability, her intersectional activism serves as a catalyst for challenging social inequality worldwide through entrepreneurial ventures, founding initiatives like Diversability, the Asian Woman Festival and the Asian Disability Network.
Beyond her TV presence, eight executive and five ambassadorial roles, Shani’s impact extends to over 250 conferences worldwide, sharing stages with luminaries such as Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton. Her work as a changemaker has earned her over twenty-five honours and awards.
As CEO of Motability Operations, Andrew Miller oversees the UK’s single largest car fleet. With a proven track record in business transformation through technology, Andrew’s priorities include driving the transformation of Mobility Operations’ electric fleet in line with 2030 targets.
Christine is a disability and age-inclusive inclusive researcher, designer, and innovator. She founded and leads Open Inclusion, which is based in the UK, operating globally. Open is a global leader in disability and age-informed market, social, design and innovation research with specific expertise in emerging technologies.
Join us in championing this groundbreaking programme…
– Engage with the cohort through our many platforms including events, dinners and more.
– Showcase your commitment to diversity and inclusion by aligning your brand with Creo.
– Gain visibility among forward thinking leaders in tech creating cutting edge businesses and life changing solutions.
Support us in creating a future with no boundaries.
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