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Enable Ventures

Startup founders pitch Enable Ventures to secure capital that requires accessibility goals and disability employment from day one.

ENABLE Model location​

What it is​

Startup founders pitch Enable Ventures to secure capital that requires accessibility milestones and disability-inclusive hiring from day one. Because the fund's term-sheet language ties future investment tranches to measurable inclusion metrics, accessibility stops being “nice-to-have” and becomes a board-level obligation, keeping continuous improvement on the agenda.

Why it matters​

  • Traditional VCs rarely condition capital on accessibility, so founders defer it.
  • Enable Ventures flips the incentive: no inclusion progress, no follow-on funding.
  • Disability considerations move upstream into product roadmaps and hiring plans, reducing downstream burden on disabled users and employees.

Real-world example​

  • Enable Ventures has funded manifestations like Be My Eyes.

📝 Disclaimer

The ENABLE Model draws on principles from anthropology and journalism to document how people intervene or compensate for accessibility breakdowns in the real world. Inclusion here does not imply endorsement. We focus on observed use -- how a tool, organization, or strategy is actually used -- rather than how it is marketed. Citations, when provided, are for verification and transparency.