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1517 Fund

Venture capitalUnited States1517fund.comVerified 9 Nov 2026

1517 Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in dropouts, students, and deep tech scientists at the earliest stages of their companies. The firm provides pre-seed investments, seed funding, and micro-grants to founders building technology and science ventures.

StagesPre-seed · Seed · Grants
Deals recorded3

What they invest in

  • We back dropouts working on hard problems & sci-fi scientists at the earliest stages of their companies. source
  • We make our initial investments in startups anywhere from the R&D/idea phase up through the Seed phase. source
  • We like software, hardware with a data play, deep tech/sci-fi tech, and biotech. source

All investments and operations

3 operations
CompanyRoundAmountDateCo-investorsSource
Lambda––––Portfolio page
Loompre-seed–––Portfolio page
Symba––––Portfolio page

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