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1517 Fund verified

HQ · Colorado

1517 is a venture capital fund founded by the founders of the Thiel Fellowship investing in college dropouts, renegade students, and deep tech scientists (will drop their dropout thesis for deep science) with investment from angel-to-seed as their first check.

Primary stage
Pre-Seed
Can also enter at
Seed
Lead / follow
Can Lead
Initial check size
$100-250k$250-500k$500k-1m$25-100k
Ownership target
5-7%7-10%
Hardware / software
Agnostic
B2B / B2C
AgnosticB2B
Investment focus
AI / MLBiotechEducationEnergyFinancial Services / PaymentsHardwareHealthcareIndustrial & ManufacturingMarketplacesSaaSSupply Chain & LogisticsPrivacy & SecurityTransportation

Investors

Michael Gibson, Danielle Strachman, Zak Slayback, Nick Arnett

How to reach them

info@1517fund.com