Investor and Capital Panel

Building a company in the accessibility space is hard, and funding one is harder. The founders working here are creating solutions that reach hundreds of millions of people who have been overlooked by mainstream product development, yet accessibility innovation remains one of the most underserved areas in impact investing. For most founders, the path to capital is something you learn the hard way, alone, because you do not know what you do not know. This panel makes that path visible. It brings a founder and an investor into the same conversation to talk honestly about what it actually takes to raise money for an accessibility company. The discussion follows the journey of Fable, from the early investment thesis for digital accessibility to where the company is today, and looks at the wider question underneath it. What does it take for capital to reach this space, and what do investors need to see before they move on it. Panelists will share the real story rather than the polished version. What worked and what did not when they were looking for investment, how an early investor decides which founders and which problems to back, and what they see for the sector ahead. For anyone building or funding in accessibility, this is the conversation that is usually held behind closed doors.