CHICAGO, IL— Women make up less than 5 percent of tech startup founders, according to Shaherose Charania, co-founder and CEO of Women 2.0, a media company whose goal is to increase the number of tech women entrepreneurs. The challenge for Willer, and 1871 — funded by a combination of private and state money, was how to diversity and attract more qualified female entrepreneurs to the space. Six months later, 1871 has bucked the trend by announcing that, today, 28% of its startup companies are headed by women. How did they do it? We sat with Melissa Lederer of 1871, who tells us more about the incubator’s diversity efforts, and met some of the women who call 1871 home.