Zachary Slayback
Principal @ 1517 Fund
Pittsburgh, United States
Zachary Slayback is a pre-seed investor at 1517 Fund in Pittsburgh focused on Retail and Internet. Zak is a career & communications expert whose content has been highlighted or featured in Fast Company, Business Insider, The Muse, Newsweek, and the New York Observer. He was an early team member at the startup apprenticeship company Praxis, where he was charged with recruiting new business partners and placing apprentices. He left theUniversity of Pennsylvania in 2014 after pursuing a major in Philosophy.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
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Industries Zachary Slayback invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Retail 1 (50%)
- Internet 1 (50%)
- E-Commerce 1 (50%)
- Marketplace 1 (50%)
- Biotechnology 1 (50%)
Investments
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Lactiga
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Lactiga is an award-winning, venture-backed biotherapeutics company developing novel biologics to treat and prevent infections with a focus on improving the quality of life in patients with Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases. We are unlocking the full therapeutic value of human milk to battle even the world’s most dangerous pathogens. | $1.3M / Pre-Seed / Sep 21, 2022 | |
Invidica
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Invidica disrupts the way new marketplace sellers engage on marketplaces. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Dec 01, 2020 |
Co-Investors
About 1517 Fund
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.
1517 Fund Contacts
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Nick Arnett
Principal
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Danielle Strachman
Founder & General Partner
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Michael Gibson
Founder and General Partner
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Shayanne Wright
Scholar in Residence
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Zachary Slayback
Principal
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What does Zachary Slayback invest in?
Zachary Slayback invests primarily in Retail, Internet and E-Commerce startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Zachary Slayback last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Zachary Slayback closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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