Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

I love getting a solid cold email or DM from founders! No need for an intro to 1517. Some things will make your message standout and get a response (faster than others)🧵:

@ilokeshmotwani Thank you!

@DStrachman I wish every VC made their thesis this clear—very thoughtful.

I love getting a solid cold email or DM from founders! No need for an intro to 1517. Some things will make your message standout and get a response (faster than others)🧵:

California golden poppies as far as the eye can see

I have been going down a rabbit hole on the history of pranks and mischief in San Francisco. Blog post below:

That’s professional fairy godmother :P

@bscholl @SimoneSyed

@SimoneSyed @DStrachman Moon bar had great views but was lacking in atmosphere

Laying on grass and looking up at the sky is free therapy

@Tri_Stanisaurus @MsSlothrop Lovely!

Danielle, my friend Al here lived in the bay for a long time, is a tinkerer and creator of things. Has incredible terrarium knowledge and is also very much an animal person. She's building some really cool stuff around disease management, and symptom tracking. Plus you just makes cool things. I think you two would get along as general human beings.

A dose of serenity for yall. Or whatever you call dirt and plants inside glass enclosures. Maybe this will help you raise that cash and send those projects or what have you.

Some guaranteed ways to find love - -Make eye contact with your barista -Smile at people -Shower and floss -Do some physical activity to release oxytocin -Think about ways to make yourself AND others happy -Experience joy in little things -Skip Netflix and go for a walk

💧I’m doing my own outreach—buying cases of water to pass out during this heat wave. People and their dogs are out here with nothing—and there’s little to no outreach on the ground. If anyone wants to help—donate water, dog food, supplies, or come out—DM me. We can do more together.

"Danielle and Michael were our biggest early believers. They met with us weekly, gave us feedback, and 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. Can’t honestly say Loom would be a company if it hadn’t been for their belief." Joe Thomas Co-founder and CEO of Loom

@augierakow It's truly incredible!

@DStrachman Good to know! 🥬 🍇 🍉

How I feel about Costco produce!

In 2015, @DStrachman and @William_Blake launched a $20M fund built on the controversial belief that VCs misprice (and misunderstand) founder talent by relying on credentials. It was a thesis they had tested with great success at @thielfellowship . A decade later, 1517 Fund I is comfortably in the top 5% of its vintage, with pre-seed investments in Loom (acq. for $975m), Lambda (current val. $5.9B), and Deepgram (val. $1.3B). Their secret was hunting where no other institutional investor bothered to look; hanging out in coffee shops, hacker spaces, and talking to teenagers without degrees. They have been true first believers, every time...and their returns suggest the rest of the industry has been leaving a lot of money on the table. Full breakdown below from @credistick covering the story of Michael - the philosopher - and Danielle - the principal - and their techno-patronage.

@MsSlothrop @Tri_Stanisaurus Howdy!

@Tri_Stanisaurus @DStrachman I don’t think so. Howdy!

@augierakow 🤣

今朝起きた時から体重は2.5キロも増えている💦

🚨Walking my dog today during this SF heat wave, I ran into a man I see often who’s clearly struggling. His dog—desperate and overheated—started drinking my dog’s pee because he was so thirsty. I ran inside for water and he chugged three bottles. That should never happen. Where are the outreach teams right now? Where are the basic services during extreme heat? We hand out supplies for harm reduction, pipes, foil and straws—but where is the water when it’s this hot? This isn’t just about people. Animals are suffering too.

@leeknowlton YES!

Laying on grass and looking up at the sky is free fun, too! Clouds are an infinite canvas for imagination.

@suffiyanmalikk @drgurner It could happen someday!

@DStrachman @drgurner Move to Texas!!

During the day, fund manager extraordinaire. By night, supreme bunny bonding handler. My home is basically a petting zoo now.

@lunarcycling It depends :)

@DStrachman Actual therapy is a scam

. 𐙚 ˚ So much happening in Art & Culture in San Francisco this week! My favorite events (3.17-3.23):

“The closest thing I have to a girlfriend is America. I love America. It’s my wife.” — @MoMonuments