American Dream Fund

Embracing the entrepreneurial spirit
‍A recent study shows that immigrants are 80% more likely to start a business than people born in the United States.

In the state of Illinois, immigrants represent 22.9% of the state's entrepreneurs.

Immigrants really do "get the job done"
Big ideas, outsized impact.

Despite making up just 17% of the national workforce, immigrants have founded 55% of America's unicorn companies (privately held ventures valued at $1 billion or more).

A pipeline to innovation
‍25% of America’s unicorns have an immigrant founder who initially arrived in the country as an international student.

Their startups have created an average of 860 jobs per organization.

Overlooked for funding

Immigrant founders, often relatively unfamiliar with the country's business landscape, routinely encounter challenges in quickly building and leveraging a strong network of potential investors, underscoring the significance of securing venture capital.

Underfunded, but still Overdelivering.

Embracing the entrepreneurial spirit ‍A recent study shows that immigrants are 80% more likely to start a business than people born in the United States.

Immigrants really do "get the job done" Big ideas, outsized impact.

A pipeline to innovation‍25% of America’s unicorns have an immigrant founder who initially arrived in the country as an international student.

Overlooked for funding

Underfunded, but
still Overdelivering.

Embracing the entrepreneurial spirit
‍A recent study shows that immigrants are 80% more likely to start a business than people born in the United States.

Immigrants really do "get the job done"
Big ideas, outsized impact.

A pipeline to innovation
‍25% of America’s unicorns have an immigrant founder who initially arrived in the country as an international student.