Connecting world-class student entrepreneurs with today’s most influential leaders.

NGEN, the Ivy League entrepreneurship network, presents the inaugural Ivy League Entrepreneurship Conference in New York City.

Student founders at the Trailblazers Conference, New York.

About the conference

The mission is clear: an invite-only conference where world-class student entrepreneurs meet today’s most influential leaders face to face.

Three years ago: NGEN, the Ivy League entrepreneurship network, opened the Trailblazers Conference in New York: an intimate room where student founders met the operators and investors they most admired.
Since then: Our alumni have raised over $30M, earned backing from Y Combinator, a16z, and Techstars, and led their startups to acquisition.
Past speakers: Geoff Ralston, President Emeritus of Y Combinator and named one of TIME’s 100 most influential people in AI; Howard Morgan, co‑founder of First Round Capital; Seema Hingorani, founder of Girls Who Invest; and more.
Now: Trailblazers is reborn on a larger stage, held at a different Ivy League school every year.One conversation at the right moment can shape who a founder becomes.

NGEN is the Ivy League entrepreneurship network: the center of gravity for student-led innovation, where students meet, build and raise capital.

put directly into students and our programs by NGEN’s VC partners: $500K+; put directly into students and our programs by NGEN’s VC partners

in funding at NGEN’s pitch competition, with Honors Fund and Mercury: $150K; in funding at NGEN’s pitch competition, with Honors Fund and Mercury