Co_Invest Climate 2026
Co_Invest Climate 2026 is Evergreen's annual flagship event, bringing together the Midwest's brightest climate tech founders with the investors, corporates, and ecosystem builders shaping the future of climate.
This year, we're teaming up with 1871 to bring even more investors, corporates, and founders into the room!
The afternoon includes:
Startup showcases featuring vetted climate tech companies from across the Midwest
Keynote programming on the state of climate innovation
A moderated panel with experts in climate investing, policy, and innovation
Happy hour reception for connection and conversation
Early bird pricing ends May 31!
About Evergreen
Evergreen Climate Innovations deploys patient capital for a world that can’t afford to wait. As the pioneer of the 501vc® model, Evergreen turns philanthropic contributions into early-stage investments in climate tech founders across the Greater Midwest. The team provides capital, mentorship, and ecosystem access to help breakthrough ideas scale. Evergreen has invested $11M in 51 startups, catalyzing $632M in follow-on funding, creating over 1000 jobs, and supporting 5 exits, with 57% of founders identifying as female or minority. Learn more at evergreeninno.org.
About 1871
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 approximately 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 2,100+ alum companies are still active, have created over 18,700 jobs, and have raised more than $6.2 billion in follow-on capital.