# 1517 Fund

> 1517 Fund is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 135 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 135
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1517fund/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/1517fund
- Website: http://www.1517fund.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1517fund/

1517 Fund is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. 1517 supports teams with pre-seed and seed funding for technology startups. Their focus is on makers, hackers, and scientists interested in working outside tracked institutions because we 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 tocreate new technologies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $750k–$7M |
| Pre-Seed | $240k–$3M |
| Series A | $7.6M–$41M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 21 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 12 | 9% |
| Health Care | 11 | 8% |
| Information Technology | 10 | 7% |
| Biotechnology | 8 | 6% |

171 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 58 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 34 | 25% |
| Series A | 11 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 5% |
| Angel | 4 | 3% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 75 | 56% |
| Canada | 5 | 4% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nick Arnett | Principal | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-arnett |
| Danielle Strachman | Founder & General Partner | 14 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danielle-strachman |
| Michael Gibson | Founder and General Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-gibson-4 |
| Shayanne Wright | Scholar in Residence | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shayanne-wright |
| Zachary Slayback | Principal | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zachary-slayback |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reprogram Biosciences | Reprogram Biosciences is a biotechnology company that develops cancer treatment with cell reprogramming technology. | $5M | Seed | May 26, 2026 |  |
| corner | corner is a social networking platform | $3.8M | Seed | Sep 18, 2025 |  |
| Space Kinetic | Building resilient in-space supply lines. | $12M | Seed | Aug 13, 2025 |  |
| Astrus | AI to automate microchip design | $8M | Seed | Aug 07, 2025 |  |
| Positron | LLM Inference Hardware | $51.6M | Series A | Jul 28, 2025 |  |
| Rainmaker Technology | Rainmaker employs cutting-edge technology to generate rain, replenish water sources, and address drought challenges in a sustainable and effective manner. | $25M | Series A | May 05, 2025 |  |
| Durin | Mining technology company developing next-generation exploration drilling hardware and software. | $3.4M | Pre-Seed | Apr 23, 2025 |  |
| Lambda | Lambda provides GPU-powered hardware, cloud, and software solutions tailored for AI model development, training, fine-tuning, inference, and deployment. Its offerings include on-demand GPU cloud instances and multi-node clusters, desktop and server workstations equipped with NVIDIA GPUs, a curated software stack for seamless integration of MLtools, and consulting services that help build scalable ML infrastructure and workflows. | $480M | Series D | Feb 19, 2025 |  |
| MIIST Therapeutics | MIIST Therapeutics is a pulmonary drug delivery system and digital platform that enhances the science of inhaled drugs. In order to reduce the excessive quantity of death and sickness brought on by tobacco use, MIIST is actively developing technology that will be used as a smoking cessation therapy. | $7M | Seed | Feb 05, 2025 |  |
| Paladin Drones | They have built a simple system to give first responders instant situational awareness. Seconds after a 911 call comes in, their software automatically dispatches a drone to the scene of the emergency, and streams a live video feed back to our app. Their software handles everything else in the background: security, safety, weather, video, routeplanning, and more. | $5.2M | Seed | Oct 18, 2024 |  |

10 of 135 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does 1517 Fund invest in?

1517 Fund invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 135 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is 1517 Fund's check size?

1517 Fund typically joins rounds of $750k–$7M at Seed, $240k–$3M at Pre-Seed and $7.6M–$41M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 1517 Fund participates in.

### How do I contact 1517 Fund?

Public channels for 1517 Fund include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at 1517 Fund?

The team at 1517 Fund includes Nick Arnett (Principal), Danielle Strachman (Founder & General Partner) and Michael Gibson (Founder and General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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