auticon, a social enterprise that employs adults on the autism spectrum as technology consultants, announced today that it had received a capital investment of $2.95 million (USD) with a significant portion coming from an investor group led by Montréal-based Ferst Capital Partners.

auticon, a global technology employer of autistic professionals, has launched in Australia. Virgin Group founder and auticon shareholder Richard Branson as well as chief brand officer Lisa Thomas were on hand to celebrate their arrival.

Women are diagnosed with autism 2-3 times less often than men (Lai et al. 2011). You can read in the following why this is the case and what challenges they face every day.

About hard and soft skills and how Autism can be a big advantage in the technology field, read the following.

auticon, the award-winning, leading global technology employer for autistic professionals, has just entered into the Canadian market in Montréal and now announced to join forces with Meticulon in Calgary, Canada’s first technology company focused on employing people with autism.

We are immensely proud of what we have achieved at auticon UK in 2018 and hope that you will be impressed with the impact set out in this report.