VC  1517 Fund

http://www.1517fund.com





     Office Locations:

5519 McMillan St.
Oakland, CA 94618
Phone: 858-337-1977

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Stages:

  • Seed


 

Industries:

  • Information Technology
  • Software & Internet
  • Transportation & Distribution

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    Description:

    1517 is a venture capital fund and community supporting college dropouts solving hard problems and deep tech scientists with investment at the earliest stages of their companies. Supported by billionaire Peter Thiel, 1517 supports teams with pre-seed (in the tens of thousands) and seed funding (up to $500K), and helps hackers and makers get started on projects with a no-strings $1K grant and our support. The firm has made over 60 investments.


     

    Funds:


      Fund Name


      Amount


      Date

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    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Danielle Strachman General Partner, Co-Founder
    Haylee Johnson Operations Partner
    Michael Gibson General Partner, Co-Founder
    Nick Arnett Partner
    Zak Slayback Partner

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      07/18/2024


      Marathon Fusion


      CA


      $5,900,000


      Seed


      02/15/2024


      Lambda


      CA


      $320,000,000


      Series C


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Atom Computing


      Fleet


      Fountain


      Lambda


      Loom


      Luminar


      Marathon Fusion
        web link


      nTopology


      Space Perspective
        web link


      Xona Space Systems
        web link


     

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