Fifty Years is an entrepreneur-run early stage venture fund based in San Francisco, California focused on investing in technology companies. Fifty Years funds companies which are attempting to solve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with a focus on synthetic biology and food technology companies. Fifty Years VC focuses primarily on seed stage investments into companies with built products and some market validation.
The fund was founded by Seth Bannon and Ela Madej in 2016, and formed its name from a famous essay "Fifty Years Hence" written by Winston Churchill in 1932.
Notable companies Fifty Years VC has invested in include: Geltor, Memphis Meats, Starsky Robotics, Astranis, and Cofactor Genomics.
In July 2019, Fifty Years VC announced they raised $50 million for their second fund. The fund will be used to invest in companies employing technology to improve food supply, healthcare and other areas with global impacts.
Fifty Years VC produces and supports Impact.Tech, which is an event series for scientists, entrepreneurs and investors focused on solving problems through business.
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Chafing Against Regulation, Silicon Valley Pivots to Pandemic
Andrew Leonard
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April 15, 2020
Climate change isn't going anywhere, and investment could soon rise - Marketplace
Molly Wood
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June 9, 2020
Danny In The Valley - Fifty Years' Seth Bannon: "Passing the Mr. Burns test"
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Jan 24, 2020
Danny In The Valley: Fifty Years' Seth Bannon: "When a bear chases you into a tree, how do you get down?" on Apple Podcasts
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March 25, 2020
Deep tech VCs on what they view as some of the most impactful young startups right now
Connie Loizos
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January 18, 2020
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Plant-based meat
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Alex Mieszczak
Executive assistant at Fifty Years. - 2
Aleksander Holm
Interested in understanding the world we live in. - 3
Kata Helaniemi
Life enthusiast intrigued about impact+tech. Supporting entrepreneurs using technology to solve the world's biggest problems. - 4
Dawson Sewell
Writing about startups. - 5
Jude Gomila
Founder and CEO of Golden, Entrepreneur. Investor in 200+ companies. Cantabrigian (Gonville and Caius). Interested in the Universe. - 6
Elena Ruban
Freelancer now. Graduated from Financial University - 7
Amy Sar
Data acquisition Golden, computational linguist - 8
Keeri Tramm
Accomplished manager, brand communicator, and burgeoning data analyst. - 9
Katrina-Kay Pettitt
Data Duchess @ Golden - 10
Melanie Manipula
Helping organize knowledge.
