Vodafone Techstarter provides UK-based social tech ventures and charities the chance to secure funding and access to expertise – to help them take transformational ideas from start-up to scale-up.
The response to our inaugural call for entries was outstanding – over 250 for-profit and not-for-profit ventures have showed us how they’re creating technology solutions that have the potential to transform lives or support a more sustainable future. We announced the Vodafone Techstarter Top 50 in November and out of those ventures twelve finalists were chosen to move to the next stage of the competition.
We’re proud to unveil our shortlist of the Techstarter Top 50. See each category and find out how these innovative tech ventures are making a difference in the areas of health and well-being, education, environment and social mobility.
Guiding healthcare for ethnic minorities
Reproductive health
Support for elderly people
Relief for wheelchair users
Helping people with autism
Mental Health care for young people
Gaming that tackles anxiety
Adventure games for health
Running for good
Life-changing songs
A diary for managing mental health
Reformed mental health care
An app for students’ health
Support for blind people
Therapeutic music app
Treating diabetic vision loss
Ads for a better world
One-tap emergency services
Managing anxiety with VR
Social care and inclusion
Memories recalled with VR
Guide for visually-impaired
Orthopaedic shoe to improve balance
Audio till for people with sight loss
Brain-training activities
Reformed fact-checking
Engaging students with disabilities
Helping children with ADHD
Supporting youth employment
Sustainable yield increase
Renewables in new estates
Platform for tracing goods
Boosting sustainable living
Feeding the next generation
Online marketplace for good
Site for safer procurement
Helping migrant job-seekers
Vouchers for a healthy diet
Transparent social funding
Program to end homelessness
Boosting financial security
A direct donation platform
Support for unpaid carers
Workers paid transparently
Review platform for tenants
Empowering communities
Addressing housing issues
A better financial society
Reintegrating ex-offenders
Accessible cybersecurity