Web3
Innovation Lab
1871’s Web3 Innovation Lab links growth-stage and late-stage startups with corporate businesses, industry experts, & investors in Web3. Join the lab to solve leading industry challenges and collaboratively explore future opportunities within the Web3 space.
Execution partners: Advanced Technology Cluster & FinTech4Good
Program kicks off Jan 2024
Web3 Innovation Summit
4.17.24 | Public | Free | Hybrid
An immersive day of Web3 programming! Get ready for a full day of Web3 programming & networking! Agenda for the day includes: keynotes, pitch showcases, networking breakfast & lunch, expert panels, startup expos, and happy hour.
Speaker lineup
Charles Hoskinson
Founder & CEO @ IOHK
Jeff Gaus
Founder & CEO @ The Provenance Chain Network
Arry Yu
Co-Founder & Executive Director @ US Blockchain Coalition
Katia Kobylinski
Head of Partnerships @ ETHChicago
Gabby Kusz
Senior Fellow @ AI 2030
Nelson Rosario
Founder and Partner @ Rosario Tech Law
Nathan Love
Sr. Business Development Manager – Wholesale Partnerships & Innovation @ T-Mobile
2024 Lab focus areas
Infrastructure
Interchain Connectivity
Data Verification
Self-Custody Solutions
All things identity
Self-sovereign Identity & Verifiable Credentials
Corporate Identity
Intellectual Property
Enabling government
Voting
Taxation & Use of Funds
Trusts & Wills
Initiative Management
Use cases for normies
Asset Tokenization & NFTs
DeFi
Decentralized Social Media & Gaming
Tracking & Tracing
Enabling enterprise
Enterprise Access Management
Supply Chain
Finance & Payments
Loyalty
Layer 0’s & 1’s
Layer 0
Consensus Management
Scalability
Web3 Innovation Lab 2024
Application phase
Info session
Key details
4 months | Immersive | Hybrid
Runs: 1.22.24 - 4.19.24
What's included for participants
•Unique benefits per business stages
• Inclusion on 1871 press release
• Immersive programming by experts
• Community of peers
• Growth stage gets 3 months of 1871 membership after program + during
• Featured at Web3 Innovation Summit
•Unique benefits per business stages
• Inclusion on 1871 press release
• Immersive programming by experts
• Community of peers
• Featured at Web3 Innovation Summit
Who's in the lab>>
Growth stage startups
Late stage lab partners
Corporate lab partners
Growth stage startups
Late stage lab partners
Corporate lab partners
“It’s been an awesome experience, we’ve been able to…
Connect with corporate partners, investors, and other founders in this ecosystem to share ideas and collaborate.”
1871’s C1 Supply Chain Innovation Lab participant gives program review.
“It’s been an awesome experience, we’ve been able to…
1871’s C1 Supply Chain Innovation Lab participant gives program review.
Built with industry experts
Entrepreneur-In-Residence
Arry Yu is a 22+ year emerging technology industry veteran, serial founder and strategic operator with expertise in scaling business from “zero to one” with a consistent track record building high-performing teams. Yu also works in venture capital as she serves as the Managing Director of Yellow Umbrella Ventures and Venture Partner with Startup Haven Fund. She also regularly serves as an educator, as Adjunct Professor and instructor for various academic institutions like the Saudi Digital Academy, Coding Dojo, Portland State University and the University of Washington Milgard School of Business.
An innovator, public speaker, and writer, she has been widely published in national media outlets including Forbes, CNN Money, U.S. News & World Report, Geekwire and more. Over the years, Yu has worked with both investors and development across four continents to launch both SaaS and consumer products.
Execution partners
The Advanced Technology Cluster is funded through Washington State’s Innovation Cluster Accelerator Program, and the focus of the group is to convene stakeholders from industry, government, academia, and the investment community to work together towards ensuring the Pacific Northwest and the broader United States is a leader in emerging technologies.
FinTech4Good is a global network focused on emerging technologies. We collaborate with startups, industrial leaders, NPOs, and investors to develop solutions for a better world. Our team harnesses technologies like blockchain, AI, Metaverse, and Cloud Computing to build startups, provide consulting services, and offer professional development programs for achieving the SDGs and revolutionizing finance.
“Web3 is kind of looking at the history of where we’ve come along the digital evolution”
EIR Arry Yu, Co-founder & Executive Director of US Blockchain Coalition, discusses the Web3 Innovation Lab.
Join the lab
The experience is open to other players within the Web3 community that offer specialized value to each other, while also getting their unique interests met.
Growth stage startups
For a Web3 company with a demonstrated
product market fit & poised to grow.
Exclusive benefits
- Showcase their product to dozens of potential corporations and investors
- Level up their thought leadership
- Learn from the foremost Web3 experts in the U.S.
- Connect with peers in Web3
- Connect with advisors and mentors in Web3
Application close 1.05 for the 2024 lab
Late stage lab partner
For a Web3 company interested in becoming an industry expert and influencing major industry outcomes.
Exclusive benefits
- Connect to potential customers, partners and investors
- Be publicly showcased as thought leaders
- Network with industry leaders – employee engagement opportunity
- Access corporations who are interested in exploring Web3 Innovation
- Mentor early-stage startups
- Amplify your brand at the Web3 Innovation Summit
Book a discovery call by 1.05
Corporate
lab partners
For corporates looking to innovate and accelerate in web3 and decentralized tech.
Exclusive benefits
- Make 1:1 connections with startups
- Be publicly showcased as thought leaders through PR, co-hosted events, and more
- Participate in/co-host curated networking and exclusive events
- Network with industry leaders – employee engagement opportunity
- Connect with tech talent interested in Web3
- Sit on the 1871 Web3 Innovation Advisory Council
Book a discovery call by 1.05
Web3 Innovation Lab timeline
Programming
Week 1
1.22.24 - 1.26.24 [Virtual]
Week 2
2.12.24 - 2.16.24 [In-person]
Week 3
3.18.24 - 3.22.24 [Virtual]
Week 4
4.15.24 - 4.19.24 [In-person]
Web3 Innovation Summit
Capstone event w/ public showcase
April 17th 2024
Lab partners
Web3 ecosystem
Join the Lab!
Choose your business segment.
