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1517 Fund

1517 Fund

A venture capital and private equity firm started by Michael Gibson and Danielle Strachman in 2015. 1517 Fund focuses on investing in and giving grants to dropouts and young founders.

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1417 Fund is a venture capital and private equity firm making early stage investments (grant, pre-seed, and seed) in technology companies that is headquartered in San Francisco, California and was founded in 2015 by Danielle Strachman and Michael Gibson. Gibson and Strachman previously worked at the Thiel Foundation and helped cofound the Thiel Fellowship.

1517 supports teams with grant, pre-seed, and seed funding for technology startups. Their focus is on makers, hackers, and scientists interested in working outside tracked institutions because they believe that the path geared towards higher education is not for all. They motivate people to work on what they’re passionate about, to learn by doing, and to create new technologies.

Notable investments made by 1517 include: Luminar, Fountain, Foxtrot Systems, Fleet, Dreamscope, Deepgram, Forge, Major League hacking, Pillar Technologies, Exvivo, Union Crate, Cents, Hamama, Spira, and Epharmix.

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1517fund.com
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Venture capital firm
Venture capital firm
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Industry
Venture capital
Venture capital
Investment
Investment
Location
Oakland, California
Oakland, California
San Francisco
San Francisco
B2X
B2B
B2B
Founder
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Michael Gibson
Danielle Strachman
Danielle Strachman
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles...123036-85
Full Address
5519 Mcmillan Street Oakland, CA 94618 United States
Investors
B37 Ventures
B37 Ventures
Founded Date
June 2015
Email Address
info@1517fund.com
Key People
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Zachary Slayback
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Nick Arnett
Country
United States
United States

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Active
Medium URL
medium.com/@1517

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