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Category: Wable

Building Wable: the Dating App Empowering the Neurodivergent Community

Posted on October 15, 2025
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SPOTIFY – Holly Fowler, founder of Wable, explains how she’s building what she calls the first dating app tailored for the neurodivergent community. Sparked by Love on the Spectrum and her own experiences, she and co-founder Michael Theo aim to reduce stigma and design safer, more inclusive product features. The episode covers the realities of launching in an overlooked market, why investor interest in neurodiversity is rising, and Holly’s roadmap for scale and impact.

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Wable Secures $1.5M to Expand Neurodivergent Dating App to UK and US

Posted on September 9, 2025
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SMART COMPANY – Wable, a Melbourne-based dating and social app for neurodivergent people, has raised $1.5M to fund its expansion into the UK and US. Founded in 2024 by Holly Fowler and inspired by Love on the Spectrum star Michael Theo, the app has grown to ~11K users in Australia and New Zealand. The funding, led by Paul Sharbanee of Taurus Capital, will support team growth, marketing, and new features, following Wable’s official US and UK launch in July 2025.

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Wable – a Dating App for the Neurodivergent Community

Posted on March 8, 2024



Wable9 NOW – Wable is a new dating app designed to help people with autism find love. Star of ABC's program Love on the Spectrum, Michael Theo, gave a raw and real insight as to what dating is like for someone on the autism spectrum. He is the app's ambassador. Wable co-founder Holly Fowler said the app's name stood for 'willing and able' and contained tools designed to help initiate conversation.

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