Envision: empower people with vision impairment

• AA SIF invested in Envision, a Delft University of Technology spin-off, to support the company in their cause to help blind and visually impaired people gain independence by enhancing the connection with the world around them.
• Envision’s award-winning AI software is available on smartphones and smart glasses and can recognize and provide audio descriptions of written texts, objects, people, and other scenery thereby making everyday life more accessible. 
• The investment by AA SIF, and co-investors 4impact, Impact Ventures and Operator Exchange, will be used for team expansion and to address the 300+ million people worldwide with profound vision impairment.

• Envision developed a high-quality software that is hardware-agnostic, enabling the company to work with state-of-the-art hardware products.
• Envision consists of a strong team dedicated to improving the lives of people with visual impairment. Co-founders Karthik Mahadevan and Karthik Kannan have attracted key developers and a commercial director with a large network in the assistive technology market.
• AA SIF helps Envision understand and leverage the social impact they generate on an individual level by increasing independence and inclusion, and on a societal level by reducing unemployment.

Envision’s efforts and solutions are being recognised by international media. In this Forbes article, the Envision Glass is described as “a game-changer in helping blind people master their environment”.