Explorer 1 Fund — pre-seed (inferred; no round or prior funding disclosed) & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$5.0M Checks)
Explorer 1 Fund is a pre-seed (inferred; no round or prior funding disclosed), Seed venture capital firm based in United States investing in Deep Tech. The firm typically writes $100K–$5.0M checks.
- Check size
- $100K–$5.0M
- Partners
- 4 listed
- Stage
- pre-seed (inferred; no round or prior funding disclosed), Seed
- Sectors
- Deep Tech
- HQ
- United States
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-11-08
pre-seed (inferred; no round or prior funding disclosed), Seed
$100K – $5.0M
4 partners
Investment Thesis
Explorer 1 Fund backs aerospace, mobility, and deep tech startups, with a broad early-stage mandate. The fund appears suited to companies building infrastructure or software for aviation workflows and training.
How Explorer 1 Fund invests
Explorer 1 Fund is a vc firm based in United States. The firm invests at the pre-seed (inferred; no round or prior funding disclosed), Seed stages, with a focus on Deep Tech.
Explorer 1 Fund typically writes checks of $100K–$5.0M per investment.
Partners & Team
Leon Alkalai
General Partner
Philip Scully
General Partner
Daniel Kleinmann
Principal
Daniel Wallman
Principal
Industry Focus
Invests In
- •Raising at pre-seed (inferred; no round or prior funding disclosed), Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Deep Tech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $5.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Leon Alkalai, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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