Danielle Strachman is a venture capitalist and co-founder who backs early-stage founders working on hard problems, having co-founded both 1517 Fund and the Thiel Fellowship. Danielle Strachman's Twitter Score is 135 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #4,448 (top 1%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Danielle Strachman co-founded 1517 Fund, a venture capital fund focused on backing dropouts and early-stage founders tackling hard scientific and technical problems. The fund was started in 2015 to expand the vision of the Thiel Fellowship, and Strachman serves as its general partner. She previously worked with Peter Thiel in building the Thiel Fellowship, a program whose alumni went on to create projects and companies including Ethereum, Figma, OYO Rooms, and Luminar. Among the founders Strachman has worked with is Vitalik Buterin, co-creator of Ethereum.
Danielle Strachman and 1517 Fund deploy first checks ranging from $50,000 to $1,000,000, with an average pre-seed check of $400,000, alongside cash grants and a global community. The fund has more than $175 million in capital committed, a portfolio market cap exceeding $10 billion, and deploys more than 200 $1,000 grants annually across a community of over 6,000 members. Danielle Strachman has accumulated 26,612 followers as of August 2026 and has made 27,045 posts on the platform. Danielle Strachman has been mentioned by 82 accounts, with 189 total mentions.
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