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Michael Gibson

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Smart Money Rating: 94 out of 100

General Partner, Co-Founder, 1517 Fund

Firm
1517 Fund
Title
General Partner, Co-Founder
Role
General partner
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Record updated 28 September 2026

About

Michael is co-founder and general partner at 1517. If the rust belt has come to define the hollowed-out industries of the Midwest, in the next ten years the paper belt will come to define the paper-based industries from Washington DC to Boston. In DC, they print money, visas, and laws on paper. In Delaware, companies incorporate on paper. In NYC, they print media on paper. And in Boston Harvard and MIT print diplomas on paper. Michael is dedicated to lighting the paper belt on fire.

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