Ready to escape academic bureaucracy to pursue great science? Already building something crazy awesome in your garage?
We're backing up to 10 amazing scientists with $50K to $1M investments to turn their scientific intuitions into a startup. Applications are due on April 18th, 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific.
By May 1st, finalists will be invited to our San Francisco Sci Fi Summit in June and the new cohort will be announced in July.
More info here. If you have questions, email nick@1517fund.com.
Apply today!
Flux Capacitor - Request for Explorers - Investments for Sci Fi Founders
Ready to escape academic bureaucracy to pursue great science? Already building something crazy awesome in your garage?
We're backing up to 10 amazing scientists with $50K to $1M investments to turn their scientific intuitions into a startup. Applications are due on April 18th, 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific.
By May 1st, finalists will be invited to our San Francisco Sci Fi Summit in June and the new cohort will be announced in July.
More info here. If you have questions, email nick@1517fund.com.
Apply today!