1517 Fund is an early-stage venture capital fund that backs dropouts, renegade students, and deep tech scientists before conventional investors take notice. 1517 Fund's Twitter Score is 52 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of July 2026, ranking #19,637 (top 5%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
1517 Fund was founded by Danielle Strachman and Michael Gibson, both serving as General Partners and Co-Founders. The fund launched in 2015 to broaden the philosophy behind the Thiel Fellowship, a program the founding team helped create alongside Peter Thiel in 2010. That fellowship has been associated with notable projects including Ethereum.
1517 Fund has built a substantial early-stage portfolio across 4 flagship funds and more than 15 SPVs, with over $175 million in capital committed and a portfolio market cap exceeding $10 billion. Select portfolio companies include Hydra Host, which provides uncensorable GPU hosting and cloud services. 1517 Fund has accumulated 22,242 followers as of July 2026 and published 5,477 posts on the platform, and has been mentioned by 59 accounts a total of 159 times.
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