World4all, a startup that certifies accessibility of places and services

Ensuring millions of people secure and verified access to public and private places, eliminating barriers and promoting widespread accessibility and aware: this is the ambitious mission of World4all, innovative startup born in 2022 which officially launched today its first round of equity crowdfunding on Mamacrowd, with the goal of expanding its technology platform, strengthen the territorial network and accelerate development international. Founded by Marco Bottardi, entrepreneur and activist for the rights of people with disabilities, World4All is born from the concrete need to overcome physical barriers and cultural still too widespread. The platform - available on smartphone in its first release - allows users to identify truly accessible structures, thanks to a machine learning powered system, technical inspections aimed at verifying the uploaded data and issuing a certification that measures the accessibility rating. Accessibility understood in a broad and inclusive sense, not limited to reduced mobility only: World4All is in fact aimed at people with motor and cognitive disabilities, to parents with strollers, to the elderly and to anyone who needs special conditions environmental and service aspects that are favorable to independent use and safe public and private spaces. An ecosystem that integrates technology, Academy and agreements with territorial structures for promote a new culture of inclusion. "Our market is large: around 13 million people with reduced mobility in Italy, and more than 1 billion in the world. But it is still underserved, often addressed with an approach welfare or generic, says Bottardi, who is also administrator of the startup. "World4all wants to change paradigm: transforming accessibility into shared value, generating economic and social impact. This round is an invitation to build together a new inclusive infrastructure, which It starts from tourism and logistics and extends to every area of public life". The capital raised will be mainly used for Platform technology development and implementation of artificial intelligence; Expanding the network of verified structures and operational partners in Italy, a premise for a foreign development; B2B activities, to support businesses and public administrations in the accessible transformation of its offices and services.