Envision
Envision is a software platform that enables people with visual impairment to live more independently. With Envision, visually impaired users can shop in supermarkets, use public transport, read menu cards in restaurants, recognize their friends, find their belongings and so much more — all on their own. The company's software processes the images taken by a user to extract useful information intelligently. It can read texts in multiple languages, recognize faces and objects, and describe scenes around a person. Envision is available as a mobile app, as well as through smart glasses. The Envision Glasses was announced as a complete solution, combining Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 with OCR and computer vision software to identify what's in the wearer's environment, then speak it out loud using Glass' built-in speaker. Instead of holding up a smartphone and using its camera and software to read signs or identify people, the company has made the same AI technologies accessible from lightweight glasses frames — dramatically improving the real-world recognition experience for blind and low-vision users.Select partners: Google, ImpactCity, City of Hague.
Founded 2017
Employees 20+
Primary contact
Wilhelmina van Pruisenweg 35
2595AN Den Haag
Netherlands
+31 6 51670827
Wilhelmina van Pruisenweg 35
2595AN Den Haag
Netherlands
+31 6 51670827
Sections Visual Aid
Technologies Extended Reality
Funding 💰
Total €1.8M
Select investors 4impact, ABN AMRO Fund, Impact Ventures Hungary
Key people 🧑🤝🧑
- Karthik Mahadevan - CEO
- Karthik Kannan - CTO
- Rudolf Maas - CFO
- Vanessa Vigar - CMO
Highlights ⭐
- Noble goal: Envision aims to make the world more inclusive and accessible for visually impaired people around the world.
- Solving the real problem: By 2050, the number of blind and visually impaired people will increase 200%. At the same time, unaddressed visual impairment results in overall global productivity losses of $244 million. In the U.S. alone, the unemployment rate among working-age adults with vision loss is as high as 63%. 🔗
- Enterprise offering included: Envision for Enterprise extends the company's mission by enabling organizations to achieve their diversity and inclusion goals, provide meaningful employment to people with low vision or blindness, and tap into new talent pools.
- Global reach: As of March 2021, Envision Glasses have been available through distributors in 14 countries. The company is constantly looking for new distributors. 🔗
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Awards & Recognitions 🏆
Quotes 💬
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The drive, dedication and vision of the Envision team is unparalleled and the company's growth has been a testament of their execution to date. Next to the blind and visually impaired, Envision's assistive technology products can cover a much larger market for example people with reading disabilities such as the700m people with dyslexia. We are proud to further support Envision in this next phase of growth.
— Pauline Wink, founding partner at 4impact 🔗
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This outstanding and purposeful technology of Envision has huge potential to extend to even more assistive functions for the benefit of blind and visually impaired people around the globe. We are excited to join and support Envision's growth and scale of its social impact.
— Gergely Ivancsics, Investment Manager at Impact Ventures 🔗
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We are excited to join Envision on their promising journey. We believe this team has been developing a truly disruptive technology that will help change the lives of so many people around the world. An excellent example of how business objectives and impact goals can be combined, as part of a sustainable and social transition of the economy.
— Eric Buckens, Investment Director at ABN AMRO 🔗
Last update: August 15, 2022
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