Enable Ventures

What Enable Ventures does

Enable Ventures is a private impact venture capital fund and the first of its kind dedicated to closing the disability wealth gap while targeting competitive, market-rate returns. Founded and managed by Regina "Gina" Kline, a civil rights attorney and former founder of SmartJob LLC, the firm invests at Seed through Series A in early-stage companies developing digital SaaS, neurotechnology, and AI-powered solutions that serve the disability market or are led by founders with lived experience of disability. The fund operates as part of the Sorenson Impact Platform of Funds, with backing from Jim Sorenson, and a broader institutional relationship with Liberty Mutual Investments established in 2025.

The firm has 1–10 employees and a small disclosed team of three investment professionals (Founder/Managing Partner Regina Kline, Principal Charlotte Magee, PhD in neuroscience, and Vice President Emma Stone), augmented by SmartJob's 14-person advisory board covering policy, advocacy, investing, technology, and impact. Its 12-company portfolio includes Ava, Cionic, DeepWalk, Inclusively, Mindset Care, Wheel the World, Be My Eyes, Daivergent, Goodpath, Kalogon, and Pear Suite, spanning assistive technology, accessible travel, digital health, neurotechnology, and employment solutions.

Enable Ventures earns returns through the standard VC model: equity investments in early-stage companies with realization via acquisitions or IPOs, supported by management fees and carried interest on committed capital. Deal flow is sourced primarily through inbound community channels, including the Sorenson network, donor-advised fund pipelines, accelerator relationships, and the disability community networks cultivated through SmartJob. The firm is headquartered at 201 N Union Street Suite 110 in Alexandria, Virginia, and was recognized on Real Leaders' 2024 Top Impact Companies list.

Name

Enable Ventures

Legal name

Enable Ventures

Website

https://enableventures.vc

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Enable Ventures is a private impact venture capital fund that invests Seed through Series A in early-stage disability-focused companies, targeting market-rate returns while closing the disability wealth gap as a Sorenson Impact Fund.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Impact Venture Capital

NAICS

Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525)

SIC

Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

SDG / Thematic Sustainable Investment Funds (FSANAJAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability Services & Assistive Solutions (Accessibility, Assistive Tech) (BPAGALAM), Impact Investment & Development Investment Funds (BPADACAO)

Keywords

• Impact venture capital
• Disability investment
• Early-stage funding
• Social impact funds
• Market-rate investing

Headquarters

HQ city

Alexandria

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns: Enable Ventures generates returns through equity investments in early-stage companies focused on disability innovation. Returns are realized through portfolio company exits via acquisitions or IPOs, following the standard venture capital model.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Enable Ventures is a private impact venture capital fund that makes equity investments (Seed through Series A) in early-stage companies developing disability-focused products, services, and assistive technologies. The fund pursues market-rate financial returns alongside a double bottom line of closing the global disability wealth gap by channeling capital to entrepreneurs with disabilities and companies leveraging universal design. The fund is part of the Sorenson Impact Platform of Funds.

Product overview

Enable Ventures is an impact venture capital fund, not a product company. It does not offer its own products or services. The firm invests in and scales early-stage portfolio companies that leverage disability as an asset and develop products and services powered by universal design. The portfolio includes companies such as Ava, Cionic, DeepWalk, Inclusively, Mindset Care, Wheel the World, Be My Eyes, Daivergent, Goodpath, Kalogon, and Pear Suite.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• SmartJobcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnable Ventures is partnered with SmartJob, founded by Gina Kline. SmartJob serves as a disability impact scout, assembling a 14-person advisory board bringing together disability policy, advocacy, investing, technology, and impact economy expertise.
• Clinton Global InitiativeflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSmartJob and Enable Ventures made a Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action to launch the Moonshot Disability Accelerator Fund, targeting 10 disability technology accelerator programs in 6 countries.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Kapor Capital: Oakland-based early-stage VC fund with an explicit diversity, equity, and inclusion thesis; invests in startups led by or serving underrepresented founders. Directly comparable to Enable Ventures' mission-driven, niche-vertical approach targeting underserved communities.
• SJF Ventures: Durham-based impact VC fund focused on high-impact sectors including health, education, and workforce. Comparable as a mission-driven VC targeting market-rate returns alongside measurable social outcomes, similar to Enable Ventures' double-bottom-line model.
• JFF Ventures: Impact VC arm of Jobs for the Future, investing in early-stage companies improving economic mobility and the future of work for underrepresented Americans. Directly comparable given Enable Ventures' similar focus on disability, employment, and workforce inclusion outcomes.
• Illumen Capital: Impact-first fund-of-funds and direct investor applying behavioral science to reduce bias in investment decisions targeting underserved founders and communities. Comparable as a thematic impact fund manager with explicit diversity and inclusion outcomes.
• Impact America Fund: Early-stage venture fund investing in startups led by Black, Hispanic/Latino, and other underrepresented founders. Directly comparable as a thesis-driven, identity-and-impact-focused VC pursuing market-rate returns alongside equity outcomes.

Broad incumbents

• Acumen: Pioneer impact investment organization deploying patient capital to address poverty across multiple geographies and themes. Comparable as an established impact investment institution with rigorous social outcomes measurement, though broader than Enable Ventures' U.S.-focused disability thesis.
• Obvious Ventures: San Francisco-based impact-focused VC fund backing world-positive companies across multiple impact themes including health and economic inclusion. Comparable as a thematic impact VC balancing financial returns with social mission, though with broader mandate than Enable Ventures.
• Emerson Collective: Laurene Powell Jobs' impact organization combining venture investing, philanthropy, and advocacy across education, immigration, and equity. Comparable as a large-scale impact capital allocator, though with broader thematic mandate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/enableventuresvc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments8 records

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