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Investment Pitch Deck - Ipsum Technologies

Shawn Melville
Shawn Melville

Ipsum Technologies aims to empower persons with disabilities through digital skills training and remote employment opportunities. Their online platform will eliminate barriers to traditional employment by allowing persons with disabilities to access work remotely. They are seeking $300,000 to develop this platform, launch marketing, and hire staff. Their goal is to create economic opportunities for the estimated 1 billion people worldwide with disabilities, 470 million of working age, who currently have low employment rates and high poverty.

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Digital Inclusion for a Better World smelville@ipsumtechnologies.org,+1(868)725-4068 Shawn Melville, Managing Director
Our Mission To create opportunities for persons with disabilities to thrive in the growing digital economy by empowering them with digital skills training, employment and access to technology.
people in the world have a disability ONE BILLION An estimated are people of working age 470 million Did You Know?
Persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. UN Definition for disability and UNCRPD
Medical Model Social Model Functional Solutions Model Social Identity Model Charity/Tragedy Model Theoretical Models of Disability
Less than 20%of people with disabilities are currently in employed An estimated 82% of all people with disabilities live beneath the poverty line AND The Problem
ECONOMIC LOSSES related to disability fall into a band between 3 and 7 percent of GDP.
Our Solution An accessible online platform that will enable persons with disabilities to access digital skills training and employment. This eliminates the cost of commute to traditional employment and removes infrastructure barriers that hinder persons with disabilities from being hired by businesses as employees and service providers. Employers will be able to cost effectively outsource work to knowledgeable and professional persons with disabilities. It will create opportunities for persons with disabilities to access employment and service provider contracts in the growing digital economy.
Our Business Model We offer accessible multimedia and website design services to NGOs and SMBs utilizing the digital skills of persons with disabilities. Virtual Assistant Multimedia Editor Web Designer
Traction Since our incorporation in 2014, we have been developing assistive technology devices, accessible websites and multimedia content, and have acquired expertise in ICT accessibility. In October 2019, we facilitated a full day UN ECLAC workshop on the topic 'Increasing access to technology for persons with disabilities.' We collaborated with the NCPD and CTU to host the Digital Accessibility Bootcamp for designers, developers, educators, policy makers and persons with disabilities which was held in October 2019. Our Blind Way Forward has been featured at Carifesta XIII in Barbados, premiered on TTT in 2019 and received an award for best documentary at the 2020 Rollywood Film Festival.
Key Partners We have key partnerships with the following organisations: NCPD - National Centre for Persons with Disabilities PAVI - Persons Associated with Visual Impairment TTBWA - Trinidad and Tobago Blind Welfare Association TTAHI - Trinidad and Tobago Association for the Hearing Impaired CTU - Caribbean Telecommunications Union
Meet the Team Shawn Melville Managing Director Marlon Parieaho Accessibility Technologist Candice John Demonstrator Asenath Mc Ewen Business Development Our team is dedicated to improving the quality of life for persons with disabilities
We are seeking USD$300,000 from an impact investor to develop our platform, launch an advertising campaign and hire key staff. 12 months Launch (30%) Onboarding new hires Office space rental UX Testing 18 months Operations (30%) Software Maintenance Monitoring KPIs Continuous Improvement Today Development (25%) Planning Requirement Analysis Design Coding Testing 6 months Advertising (15%) Social media marketing Newspaper and Radio ads Trade shows and missions Promotional events

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Investment Pitch Deck - Ipsum Technologies

  • 1. Digital Inclusion for a Better World smelville@ipsumtechnologies.org,+1(868)725-4068 Shawn Melville, Managing Director
  • 2. Our Mission To create opportunities for persons with disabilities to thrive in the growing digital economy by empowering them with digital skills training, employment and access to technology.
  • 3. people in the world have a disability ONE BILLION An estimated are people of working age 470 million Did You Know?
  • 4. Persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. UN Definition for disability and UNCRPD
  • 5. Medical Model Social Model Functional Solutions Model Social Identity Model Charity/Tragedy Model Theoretical Models of Disability
  • 6. Less than 20%of people with disabilities are currently in employed An estimated 82% of all people with disabilities live beneath the poverty line AND The Problem
  • 7. ECONOMIC LOSSES related to disability fall into a band between 3 and 7 percent of GDP.
  • 8. Our Solution An accessible online platform that will enable persons with disabilities to access digital skills training and employment. This eliminates the cost of commute to traditional employment and removes infrastructure barriers that hinder persons with disabilities from being hired by businesses as employees and service providers. Employers will be able to cost effectively outsource work to knowledgeable and professional persons with disabilities. It will create opportunities for persons with disabilities to access employment and service provider contracts in the growing digital economy.
  • 9. Our Business Model We offer accessible multimedia and website design services to NGOs and SMBs utilizing the digital skills of persons with disabilities. Virtual Assistant Multimedia Editor Web Designer
  • 10. Traction Since our incorporation in 2014, we have been developing assistive technology devices, accessible websites and multimedia content, and have acquired expertise in ICT accessibility. In October 2019, we facilitated a full day UN ECLAC workshop on the topic 'Increasing access to technology for persons with disabilities.' We collaborated with the NCPD and CTU to host the Digital Accessibility Bootcamp for designers, developers, educators, policy makers and persons with disabilities which was held in October 2019. Our Blind Way Forward has been featured at Carifesta XIII in Barbados, premiered on TTT in 2019 and received an award for best documentary at the 2020 Rollywood Film Festival.
  • 11. Key Partners We have key partnerships with the following organisations: NCPD - National Centre for Persons with Disabilities PAVI - Persons Associated with Visual Impairment TTBWA - Trinidad and Tobago Blind Welfare Association TTAHI - Trinidad and Tobago Association for the Hearing Impaired CTU - Caribbean Telecommunications Union
  • 12. Meet the Team Shawn Melville Managing Director Marlon Parieaho Accessibility Technologist Candice John Demonstrator Asenath Mc Ewen Business Development Our team is dedicated to improving the quality of life for persons with disabilities
  • 13. We are seeking USD$300,000 from an impact investor to develop our platform, launch an advertising campaign and hire key staff. 12 months Launch (30%) Onboarding new hires Office space rental UX Testing 18 months Operations (30%) Software Maintenance Monitoring KPIs Continuous Improvement Today Development (25%) Planning Requirement Analysis Design Coding Testing 6 months Advertising (15%) Social media marketing Newspaper and Radio ads Trade shows and missions Promotional events