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1517 Fund

North America, California, United States, Oakland

Description

1517 supports teams with pre-seed and seed funding for technology startups.

Investor Profile

1517 Fund has made 90 investments, with 9 in the past 12 months and 17% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (54%)
  • Pre Seed (19%)
  • Series A (10%)
  • Series Unknown (8%)
  • Series B (2%)
  • Convertible Note (2%)
  • Angel (2%)
  • Series C (1%)
  • Series D (1%)

Country Focus

  • United States (88%)
  • Canada (9%)
  • Mexico (1%)
  • India (1%)

Industry Focus

  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Health Care
  • Saas
  • Information Technology
  • Biotechnology
  • Medical
  • Machine Learning
  • Fintech
  • Hardware
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does 1517 Fund frequently co-invest with?

Pathbreaker Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 5
Techstars
North America, Colorado, United States, Boulder
Co-Investments: 8
Draper Associates
North America, California, United States, San Mateo
Co-Investments: 3
Social Starts
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 3
Y Combinator
North America, California, United States, Mountain View
Co-Investments: 8
OS Fund
North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago
Co-Investments: 3
Invariantes Fund
North America, Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala City
Co-Investments: 10
Hedgewood
North America, Ontario, Canada, Toronto
Co-Investments: 3
Gradient Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 6
Founders Fund
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 3

Which angels does 1517 Fund often collaborate with?

Balaji Srinivasan
Asia, Central Region, Singapore, Singapore
Shared Deals: 2
KM
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
GH
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Shared Deals: 2
PA
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 2
Fernando Pontaza
North America, Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala City
Shared Deals: 6
CM
North America, United States
Shared Deals: 2
BM
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
GS
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 2
GT
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
SP
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2

What are some of recent deals done by 1517 Fund?

Lambda

San Jose, California, United States

Lambda provides infrastructure, cloud services, and software for the training and inferencing of AI models.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingGPUMachine Learning
Series DFeb 20, 2025
Amount Raised: $480,000,000
MIIST Therapeutics

Alameda, California, United States

MIIST Therapeutics is a pulmonary drug delivery system and digital platform that enhances the science of inhaled drugs.

Health CareMedicalPharmaceutical
SeedFeb 5, 2025
Amount Raised: $7,000,000
Paladin Drones

Mountain View, California, United States

Paladin Drones is a simple system to give first responders instant situational awareness

SecuritySoftware
SeedOct 18, 2024
Amount Raised: $5,200,000
Cents

New York, New York, United States

Cents provides an all-in-one management system for laundromats and dry cleaners.

FinTechHardwarePaymentsSaaS
Series BAug 8, 2024
Amount Raised: $40,000,000
Marathon Fusion

San Francisco, California, United States

Marathon Fusion designs, engineers and scales next-generation technologies to enable the deployment of fusion power plants.

SeedJul 18, 2024
Amount Raised: $5,900,000
Solideon

Berkeley, California, United States

Solideon develops autonomous micro-factories that can build anything, anywhere.

3D Printing3D TechnologyAerospaceMachine LearningManufacturing
Pre SeedJul 17, 2024
Amount Raised: $5,000,000
Ceragen

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Ceragen is a biotechnology company that aims to help farmers increase their crop yields through plant microbiome engineering.

AgricultureBiotechnologyFarmingLife Science
SeedJul 16, 2024
Amount Raised: $1,971,777

ImmuneAGE Bio is a drug discovery platform focused on rejuvenating the immune system.

BiotechnologyHealth Care
SeedJul 12, 2024
Amount Raised: $2,000,000
Rainmaker Technology

El Segundo, California, United States

Rainmaker uses technology to generate rain, replenish water sources, and address drought challenges in a sustainable and effective manner.

Environmental ConsultingManufacturingProduct Research
SeedMay 7, 2024
Amount Raised: $6,300,000
JobPixel

San Francisco, California, United States

JobPixel allows enterprises to collect, curate, edit, and publish short-form video content from audiences.

Enterprise SoftwareHuman ResourcesMarketingRecruitingSaaS
SeedMar 27, 2024
Amount Raised: $4,700,000