ATS Demo Day 2025

Step into the future of accessibility innovation at the ATS Demo Day 2025 – an annual gathering of accessibility leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, and changemakers in Canada's growing accessibility innovation ecosystem.

This year's event brings together 16 cutting-edge accessibility startups from around the world, alongside ~300 investors, corporate and disability leaders, and entrepreneurs working on the next generation of accessibility innovations. This hybrid event is unlike anything else in Canada – expect an afternoon packed with startup pitches, hands-on demos, insightful conversations, networking opportunities, and more!

For those involved in accessibility innovation, disability inclusion, and social impact entrepreneurship, this is a must-attend event. Grab this chance to expand your network and connect with the people and organizations shaping the future of accessibility and inclusive technology globally.

Why Attend?

• Startup pitches & hands-on demos

• Networking with leaders shaping the future of accessibility

• A fireside chat on accelerating adoption of assistive tech

• and more!

Confirmed Speakers (additional speakers to be added)

• William Chernicoff, Senior Manager, Global Research & Innovation, Toyota Mobility Foundation

• Chandra Ramadurai, CEO, Efficiency Capital

• Frances Edmonds, Head of Sustainable Impact, HP Canada

Meet our Judges

• William Chernicoff, Senior Manager, Global Research & Innovation, Toyota Mobility Foundation

• Zeeshan Ali, Partner, Climate, Healthcare, Wittington Ventures

• Regina "Gina" Kline, Founder & Managing Partner, Enable Ventures

The ATS Demo Day 2025 is a hybrid event that will be hosted in-person at The Westin Harbour Castle, 1 Harbour Square, Toronto with the option to join online via Zoom. Light food and refreshments will be provided!

Event Overview:

• 12:45pm - Registration opens + networking + booths

• 1:15pm - Opening remarks

• 1:40pm - Startup Pitches

• 2:15pm - Break

• 2:25pm - Panel: Innovating for the Future of Work

• 2:55pm - Startup Pitches

• 3:30pm - Break

• 3:45pm - Fireside Chat: Ways to Accelerate the Adoption of Innovative Assistive Technology

• 4:10pm - Closing Remarks

• 4:20pm - Networking + Startup Booths

• 5:00pm - Event Ends

Don’t miss this opportunity to witness the future of accessibility tech - we hope you can join us!

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This event will be digitally accessible, and ASL and live captioning will be provided. If we can make the event more accessible for you in any way, please reach out to us at contact@accesstosuccess.ca.

About Access to Success

Access to Success (ATS) is a Toronto-based not-for-profit on a mission to Enable Everyone. It runs Canada's leading accelerator for accessibility startups, providing unique programming, network and funding to help scale innovations in accessibility tech. As of August 2025, 78 alumni startups from 10 countries had benefitted over 2 million people with disabilities and raised over $55M in funding and $61M in revenues.

Meet the ATS 2025 Cohort:

• Axtion Independence Mobility (Canada 🇨🇦) – Creators of the RAYMEX Lift system, which prevents falls, reducing strain on caregivers. 

• Ella (USA 🇺🇸) – AI-generated personalized visual supports for neurodivergent children.

• Humotech (USA 🇺🇸) – Real-time precision care tools for clinicians working with lower-limb amputees.

• Imperative Impact / Wavemakers (Canada 🇨🇦) – a free, virtual reality career-building program where accessibility, trust, and inclusion are designed from the start.

• Incluyeme.com (Argentina 🇦🇷) – Inclusive employment and training for people with disabilities.

• Kinesix XR Therapeutics (Canada 🇨🇦) – XR-powered neurorehabilitation with real-time motion tracking.

• munevo (Germany 🇩🇪) – Hands-free power wheelchair control system that uses smart glasses and head movements.

• Open Collaboration for Cognitive Accessibility (Canada 🇨🇦) – Cognitive accessibility solutions, education and training, and inclusive R&D for public and private sectors.

• Ora Medical (Canada 🇨🇦) – Rehab robotics and software transforming mobility care globally.

• Orange Neurosciences (Canada 🇨🇦) – Cognitive health tech delivering precision brain care in under 30 minutes.

• Parados (Canada 🇨🇦) – AI-powered physical assessments via smartphone, making care more accessible.

• Rehab2Go (Canada 🇨🇦) – Platform that connects patients with licensed rehab specialists to deliver at-home care.

• SignForDeaf (Turkey 🇹🇷) – AI translation platform bringing accessibility to signed languages across media.

• Specialisterne (Canada 🇨🇦) – Building neuro-inclusive hiring practices that work for everyone.

• XR Navigation (USA 🇺🇸) – Digital maps and spatial diagrams designed to be inclusive for all.

• XRAI (Canada 🇨🇦) – Real-time multilingual captions and translations powered by AI.