A live conversation on what it takes to raise capital as a diverse founder. The honest version. Open to the full 1821 community.
New York City
February 2026
Fifty founders, investors, and allies gathered in Midtown for an evening defined by candor. Featured conversations drew from founders at seed through Series B.
San Francisco
February 2026
Richie Serna of Finix led the featured conversation, speaking with uncommon candor about what it took to build payments infrastructure as a founder of color in Silicon Valley.
Boston
October 2025
The first Boston forum united founders across biotech, fintech, and consumer sectors for an evening of high-context conversation.
Los Angeles
August 2025
1821 touched down in Los Angeles at ScaleHealth for an evening of unfiltered conversation, bringing Abner Mason and Marcos Gonzalez together to talk building at the intersection of health and opportunity.
San Francisco
April 2025
1821 filled the Wessling Gallery with 20 founders and investors for an evening built on proximity—the kind of room where a conversation across a gallery wall turns into a partnership.
San Francisco
February 2025
1821 hosted an evening in San Francisco, bringing founders and investors into the same room to build the kind of connections that don't happen over email.
Online
September 2024
1821 hosted a virtual session bringing founders and investors together to talk building, scaling, and everything in between.
New York City
June 2024
New York founders and investors, one room, real talk. 1821 brought the city's builders together—because the best deals still start face to face
San Francisco
February 2024
1821 kicked off its San Francisco chapter with its first in-person gathering, bringing founders and investors together to build the kind of community that compounds over time.