VC firm
1517 Fund
Also known as 1517 Fund - SPV D, L.P., 1517 Fund - SPV E, L.P., 1517 Fund - SPV F, L.P., 1517 Fund - SPV I, L.P., 1517 Fund - SPV S, L.P., 1517 Fund I - SPV A, L.P., 1517 Fund I - SPV B, L.P., 1517 Fund I - SPV C, L.P.
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-17Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- TELLURIDE, CO, United States
- Founded
- 2015
- Assets under management
- $175MStated by firm, as of 2026-09-17Source (opens in a new tab)
- Latest fund size
- $43.1MSEC amount sold, as of 2026-09-03Source (opens in a new tab)
- Funds
- 12
- Check size
- $50K to $1MSource (opens in a new tab)
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Record updated 19 October 2026
About
We back dropouts working on hard problems & sci-fi scientists at the earliest stages of their companies.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- We make our initial investments in startups anywhere from the R&D/idea phase up through the Seed phase. We like software, hardware with a data play, deep tech/sci-fi tech, and biotech. We're more about the "who" than the "what"; we back founders without undergraduate degrees, renegade students, deep tech scientists, and those pushing the very edges of knowledge.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Leads rounds
- Sometimes
- Lead policy
- wired us money before the deal docs were done as our pre-seed lead so that we wouldn't run out of money 48hrs later
- Eligibility
- If you're in-thesis (a dropout, student, or deep tech scientist), a team member will review your submission and be in touch within two weeks.
- Investing status notes
- Write in! We read all submissions. If we can help, we're usually in touch within a few days.
Funds
- 1517 Fund IV-A, L.P.
- Vintage 2026Main fund
- 1517 Fund IV, L.P.
- $43.1MVintage 2025, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- 1517 Fund - SPV S, L.P.
- Vintage 2025Main fund
- 1517 Fund - SPV F, L.P.
- $6.1MVintage 2021, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- 1517 Fund - SPV I, L.P.
- $3.1MVintage 2021, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- 1517 Fund - SPV D, L.P.
- $3.6MVintage 2019, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- 1517 Fund - SPV E, L.P.
- $998KVintage 2019, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- 1517 Fund II, L.P.
- $18.9MVintage 2018, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- 1517 Fund I - SPV C, L.P.
- $3.4MVintage 2018, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- 1517 Fund I - SPV B, L.P.
- $3MVintage 2017, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- 1517 Fund I - SPV A, L.P.
- $3MVintage 2016, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- 1517 Fund I, L.P.
- $6.4MVintage 2015, Main fund, SEC amount sold
SEC registration
- SEC CIK
- 1651759, 1692127, 1772980
Programs
- Podcast
- Subversion (opens in a new tab)This is released as new content is developed.
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