Comparison · 14 material differences
All Raise vs Detroit Economic Club
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Verified September 2026
Networking organization
Verified September 2026 All Raise
Women and nonbinary investors working at venture capital firms, at associate level or above
Networking organization
Detroit Economic Club
Business, government, academic and civic figures in the Detroit region who want access to the club's speaker programme, plus a large cohort of under-40 professionals
What the records say
- Maximum age at joining: All Raise: No published maximum age at joining; Detroit Economic Club: Young Leader membership requires the member to be under 40.
- Role or title: All Raise: Must work at a venture firm at associate level or above; Detroit Economic Club: No published role or title.
- Gender: All Raise: Open to women and nonbinary investors; Detroit Economic Club: No published gender.
- Geographic restriction: All Raise: No published geographic restriction; Detroit Economic Club: Non-Resident membership: individuals who live and work more than 50 miles from downtown Detroit.
- Annual dues: All Raise: $0 a year; Detroit Economic Club: $150 a year.
Side by side
| All Raise | Detroit Economic Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Networking organization | Networking organization |
| Founded | 2018 (Launched in April 2018 by Cowboy Ventures' Aileen Lee together with a group of senior women investors, reported at the time as 34 co-founders) | 1934 (Founded in 1934; Wikipedia names Allen Crow as founder.) |
| Headquarters | United States | Detroit, United States |
| Geographic footprint | United States; the community is national and largely virtual, with in-person events and an annual summit | Detroit and south-east Michigan, with a discounted non-resident category for people living and working more than 50 miles from downtown Detroit |
| Members | 1,300as of September 2026 | 3,500as of September 2026 |
| Chapters | Not applicable: All Raise has no chapter structure | A single-city club with no chapters. |
| Primary audience | Women and nonbinary investors working at venture capital firms, at associate level or above | Business, government, academic and civic figures in the Detroit region who want access to the club's speaker programme, plus a large cohort of under-40 professionals |
| Typical member | Members are investment professionals at venture firms (associate level and above) rather than founders or operators. All Raise's wider programming (such as its founder-facing work) reaches a broader audience, but community membership itself is restricted to investors. | Membership spans corporate executives and professionals in the Detroit region, with dedicated discounted categories for clergy, full-time faculty at accredited institutions, government officials, non-profit employees, retirees over 60, and people based more than 50 miles away. Over a third of the membership is reported to be in the under-40 Young Leader Program. |
| Qualification | ||
| Maximum age at joining | No published maximum age at joining | Young Leader membership requires the member to be under 40Includes all regular member benefits plus professional development programming.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Role or title | Must work at a venture firm at associate level or aboveExcludes founders, operators and those below associate levelverified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published role or title |
| Gender | Open to women and nonbinary investorsverified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published gender |
| Geographic restriction | No published geographic restriction | Non-Resident membership: individuals who live and work more than 50 miles from downtown Detroitverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Invitation required | No | No |
| Sponsor required | No | No |
| Application process | Eligible investors apply through All Raise's digital portal at portal.allraise.org. There is no fee and no published sponsorship or interview requirement; the eligibility statement (woman or nonbinary, at a venture firm, associate level or above) is the only stated gate. | Membership is bought online through the club's membership pages by selecting a category. No sponsorship, interview or committee review is described in the published process. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed: All Raise publishes eligibility criteria but no acceptance data | Not publicly disclosed; the published route is open paid enrolment. |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | $0 a yearCommunity membership is free; All Raise states there is no membership costverified September 2026 · source ↗ | $150 a yearRegular membershipverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | All Raise is donor- and partner-funded rather than dues-funded. | Not publicly disclosed; no joining fee appears alongside the published dues.verified September 2026 |
| Programme fee | Not publicly disclosed: fees for the VC cohort programmes and the VC Summit are not published on the pages checkedverified September 2026 | Not publicly disclosed |
| Event costs | All Raise is donor- and partner-funded rather than dues-funded. | Not publicly disclosed on the membership page. Meeting attendance charges, if any, are handled at the event level.verified September 2026 |
| Membership term | Not documented | Annual |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Virtual events, roundtables and speaker series through the year, plus the annual All Raise VC Summit | About 35 meetings a season, typically breakfast or lunch events with a 20 to 30 minute speaker address followed by questions and networking |
| Peer forums | Cohort programmes for venture investors alongside an open community platform; no confidential small-group forum system is published | Speaker meetings and the Young Leader Program; no confidential facilitated peer forum is published |
| Confidentiality | Could not be independently verified: no published confidentiality policy was found | Not publicly disclosed; meetings are on-the-record events, many of which are covered by press |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Virtual, Event-focused, Cohort-based | Event-focused |
| Confidential peer forums | Partial | No |
| Local chapters | No | No |
| Virtual membership | Yes | Not documented |
| Online community | Yes | Not documented |
| Member directory | Partial | Not documented |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Partial | Partial |
| Leadership development | Yes | Partial |
| Retreats | No | No |
| Travel | No | No |
| Family programming | No | No |
| Spouse and partner programming | No | Not documented |
| Next-generation programming | Partial | Yes |
| Investment discussions | Yes | No |
| Investment opportunities | No | No |
| Philanthropic component | No | No |
| Networking emphasis | High | High |
| Social emphasis | Medium | Medium |
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