ZS

Zak Slayback

Partner at 1517 Fund

United States

VC
Investor

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Pre-seed

Sectors:

DeepTech

Locations:

United States

  • Min Investment:

    $50,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $400,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $250,000.00

Skills

Venture Capital
Venture Financing
Talent Scouting
Public Speaking
Research
Editing
Event Planning
Fundraising
Marketing
Airline Economics
Microsoft Excel
Resume Writing
Nonprofits
General Aviation
HTML5
Social Media Marketing
Business Aviation
DCF Valuation
Commercial Aviation
Volunteer Management

Education

Investments

Lactiga

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $2M

Invidica

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $1M

Work Experience

1517 Fund

2017

  • Partner

    2022

    Lead deals at the angel, pre-seed, and seed stage. Have also led a number of follow-on SPVs at the Series A, B, and C stages.

  • Principal

    2019 - 2022

    Pre-seed firm investing in technology startups led by dropouts, renegades & deep tech scientistsc. Personal focus on deep tech, industrials, biotech, and energy.

  • Marketing Partner

    2017 - 2019

Get Ahead Labs, LLC

2017

  • Owner

    2017

    Professional development consulting company.

Battlecard

2019 - 2023

  • Advisor

    2019 - 2023

Usage AI

2020 - 2021

  • Advisor

    2020 - 2021

Praxis

2013 - 2017

  • Business Development Director

    2015 - 2017

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2014 - 2015

  • Marketing Coordinator

    2013 - 2014

    Employee #1

Ceterus, Inc.

2014 - 2014

  • Technology Consultant

    2014 - 2014

University of Pennsylvania

2013 - 2014

  • Academic Tutor

    2013 - 2014

  • Undergraduate Research Fellow

    2013 - 2014

The Harlan Institute

2010 - 2013

  • Education Outreach Associate

    2010 - 2013