Able Partners

Amanda Eilian and Lisa Blau, both Founding Partners, make investment decisions alongside Partner Alison Ryu. Eilian brings operational experience from her exit of Videolicious to Squarespace and her SPAC background; Blau operates from a direct entrepreneurial track record in health and wellness; Ryu previously invested at TSG Consumer and was a General Partner at CircleUp Growth Partners.

Able sources through the founders' operating experience in the wellness category and a published content practice that positions the firm as a thought leader in Gen Z healthcare, pitch-deck strategy, and the Wellness Gap thesis. The firm's bicoastal presence in New York and San Francisco expands its network into both traditional consumer and healthcare-technology ecosystems.

Able Partners is an early-stage venture fund, not a single family office. It raises external institutional capital and deploys into Seed and Start-up rounds across health and wellness. The founders' entrepreneurial exits inform their investment posture, but the firm does not manage a single-family balance sheet.

Able focuses on direct investments in early-stage consumer and health companies. There is no public record of the firm acting as a fund-of-funds or committing capital to other managers. Its portfolio includes direct positions in companies at the Seed and Start-up stages.

Able targets early-stage rounds: Seed and Start-up. It partners with companies that are narrowing the Wellness Gap, typically before a Series B, though the firm may follow on in later rounds. The portfolio includes companies that have grown through multiple funding stages, but initial entry points are early.

Able defines the Wellness Gap as the investable problem set: the disparity between rising economic indicators and declining mental and physical health. This shapes a portfolio concentrated in mental health platforms, women's health services, sustainable consumer brands, and longevity science — mental health platforms Spring Health and Alma, biotech atai Life Sciences, and consumer brand goop illustrate the focus. The founding partners' operator backgrounds in exits to Squarespace, Amazon, and public markets further distinguish the firm's underwriting from pure financial sponsors.

Able does not publicly list formal investment exclusions, but the firm's focus on the Wellness Gap creates a natural negative screen. The portfolio contains no legacy industrial, heavy infrastructure, traditional energy, or defense assets. It also avoids general SaaS and enterprise infrastructure outside of healthcare workflow and care-delivery enablement.