All investorsQ2 2026Q2 2026Q1 2026Q2 2025
1517 Fund is a venture capital firm in Telluride, CO. It invests at pre-seed to seed, it backs companies in Biotech and Deep Tech and it leads or follows.
1517 Fund
Telluride, CO
Filed with the SEC as 1517
Backs uncredentialed founders and deep tech scientists from idea stage through seed with $50K to $1M checks, and will lead a pre-seed round up to $1M.Source
At a glance
- Stage
- Pre-seed to Seed
- Industry
- BiotechDeep Tech
- Lead
- Leads or follows
- How to pitch
- Application form
- Check size
- $50K to $1MSource
What they look for
1517 backs founders without a traditional academic credential, deep tech and sci-fi science projects, and student or dropout founders across software, hardware with a data component, and biotech. They invest more on the founder's background and ambition than on a specific market, from the R&D or idea stage through seed.
Latest fund
- Fund size
- $42M
Their largest fund closed in the last two years, per SEC filings. This is the fund's size, not a check size.
From SEC filings
Named on filings2
Danielle Strachman
Executive Officer
Last filed 22 May 2026
Michael Gibson
Executive Officer
Last filed 22 May 2026
Funds
1517 Fund IV, L.P.
$42M closed from their investors
1517 Fund IV-A, L.P.
1517 Fund IV-A, L.P.
1517 Fund IV, L.P.
$25M closed from their investors
Fund filings by quarter
Q3 2024Q2 2026
SourcesLast updated 29 September 2026
Told us their check size, whether they lead, their logo, the name they go by, how they take pitches, what they invest in, the stage they invest at, the one-line description above, what they look for and their website. Checked 29 September 2026.
Website
Confirmed as theirs on 29 September 2026.
SEC Form D, 4 filings
Funds, partners and board seats. Filed between 22 May 2025 and 22 May 2026.