Value proposition

Ranked 🌎s #1! Private community of tech founders, leaders, innovators, VCs, mentors, and more w/ $3.5B impact & rising!

1871, a nonprofit global innovation hub, exists to inspire, equip, and support early-stage, growth-stage, late-stage, and corporate innovators in building extraordinary businesses. 1871 is home to ~500 early-stage startups, ~250 growth and late-stage companies, and ~60 corporates, and is supported by an entire community focused on accelerating their growth and creating jobs in the Chicagoland area. The member experience includes virtual and in-person access to workshops, events, mentorship, and more. The nonprofit organization has 350 mentors available to its members, alongside access to more than 200 partner corporations, universities, education programs, accelerators, venture funds, and others. Since its inception in 2012, more than 1,050+ alum companies are still active, have created over 14,700 jobs, and have raised more than $3.7 billion in follow-on capital.

Innovation, Startups, Corporate Innovation, Growth stage companies, technology, Entrepreneurship, Nonprofit, Training programs, Leadership programs, Startup roadmap, Pitch competitions, Innovation Labs, Innovation Summits, Mentorship, Business curriculum , Member experience, Networking, Late stage business, Founder programming, and Innovation community